Calgary BI Training event, Sales and Technical

I am going to be a presenter at a partner event next month (April 2008) in Calgary.  Please contact me or your PAM if you can be in the area and are interested in attending. The focus of the technical portion will be on SSAS, PPS and ProClarity. Here are the details:

BI Overview Event Details

Date – April 7^th 8:30-1:00PM

Location – downtown Calgary (tentative Westin Hotel) based on number of attendees

Agenda

8:30 welcome

8:45-10:45 BI Sales Training

·       BI Product Overview

o   Microsoft BI Vision and Product Stack

o   What is PPS?

o   Why do customers want PPS?

·       Co-Engagement

o   Best practices for working with Microsoft BI sales team to present and deliver PPS solutions to customers

·       PPS Resources

o   Review of documentation, sites, training options, forums to support your BI Consulting Practice

10:45-11:00 break

11:00-1:00pm BI Technical Overview

·          Whiteboard Architecture overview

·          Demos

·          Solution delivery

o   Planning your BI solution

o   Pitfalls and traps, Best Practices

·          Discussion Q&A

1:00 PM session end