UBS Tech Talk: Microsoft BI

Integrated Business Intelligence:SQL Server® 2008, SharePoint and Office

Agenda
Why Microsoft
Overview of Microsoft BI Capabilities
What’s new in SQL Server 2008 for BI
IW Middleware – SharePoint
Demonstration SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, Office, and SharePoint

The Microsoft End-to-End BI Offering
DELIVERY
COLLABORATION
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
SharePoint® Server
SEARCH
Reports
Dashboards
Excel
Workbooks
Analytic
Views
Scorecards
Plans
END USER TOOLS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS
Excel®
PerformancePoint Server™
BI PLATFORM
SQL Server
Reporting Services
SQL Server
Analysis Services
SQL Server DBMS
SQL Server Integration Services
Oracle
SAP
Siebel

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

Optimized Design ExperienceDimension & Aggregation Design
Dimension Design
Dimension Wizard
Dimension Editor
Attribute Relationship Designer
New designer for viewing and editing attribute relationships
Multiple built-in validations for support of idea dimension design
Aggregation Design
One Wizard
Improved Algorithm
Dedicated Designer
Aggregation and aggregation design views
Support for Manual edit/create/delete
Built-in validations for optimal designs assistance

Optimized Design ExperienceCube Design
Best Practice Design Alerts
Leverage over 60 best practices integrated into real-time designer checks
Real time “squiggly alert lines” serving as build time warnings
No pop-ups to get in your way
Dismiss alerts by instance or globally when desired
Add annotations

Analysis Services 2008In Action
demo

Analytical Clients Through Office 2007 Integration
Excel 2007
Familiar experience optimized as analytical client for Analysis Services
Enhancements around local cubes
Significant performance and functionality investments
Data Mining Add-Ins for predictive analysis
Performance Server 2007
Thin analytic client build for Analysis Services
Rich web capabilities for data exploration
Guided and contextual analysis through integrated dashboards.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Extensive Report Authoring
Powerful Designers
Audience targeted design environments
Advanced authoring capabilities
Design scalability
Flexible Report Layout
Support for multiple data sources
Pixel perfect reporting
Innovative layout capabilities
Rich Visualizations
Intuitive data experience
Data enriching charting capabilities
Fully customizable gauge types

Reporting Services 2008 in Action
demo

SharePoint Strategy
Single Business Productivity Platform leading to common:

End-user Experience
Rich Integrated Capabilities
Toolset and Development
Deployment and Management

Corporate
Web
Presence
Employee
Portal
Business Intelligence
Knowledge
Management
Portal
User Base
CorporatePortal
Regulatory
Compliance
Repository
Sales
Division
Portal
Custom
SAP
Front-End
Extranet
Collab
Site
R&D
Community
Geneva
Office
Site
Weekly
Issue
Tracking
Meeting
Team “ABC”
Site
Project “X”
Site
Enterprise Content and Applications

Business
Intelligence
Collaboration
Portal
SharePoint 2007 Feature Areas
Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, e-mail integration, project management “lite”, Outlook integration, offline docs/lists
Server-based Excel spreadsheets and data visualization, Report Center, BI Web Parts, KPIs/Dashboards
Platform
Services
Rich and Web forms based front-ends, LOB actions, pluggable SSO
Enterprise Portal template, Site Directory, My Sites, social networking, privacy control
BusinessForms
Workspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
Content
Management
Search
Enterprise scalability,
contextual relevance, rich
people and business data search
Integrated document management, records management, and Web content management with policies and workflow

Bringing it together with SharePoint
demo

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