BI2008newFeatures

What’s new in SQL 2008 BI

Lynn Langit Developer Evangelist SoCal

http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

Session Objectives and Agenda

Understand what’s new in SQL 2008 for BI

SSAS

OLAP cubes

Data Mining Structures

SSIS

Clients

Excel

SharePoint

SSRS

Performance Point

SQL Server 2008 BI Focus Areas

New in SSAS for OLAP Cubes

Demo – SSAS Cubes

New in SSAS for Data Mining

New in Excel Integration

Demo – Data Mining and Excel integration

New in SSIS

Demo – SSIS

New in SSRS & SharePoint

Summary

Focus areas for SQL Server 2008 performance

Usability – particularly around ease of design

Performance & Scalability

Simplified configuration and management

DM Webcasts Fri, 02 Nov 2007 MSDN Webcast: Build Smart Web Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 MSDN Webcast: Building Adaptive Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 300) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 MSDN Webcast: Extending and Customizing SQL Server Data Mining (Level 300) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 MSDN Webcast: Creating Visualizations for SQL Server Data Mining (Level 300) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 1 of 3): Your First Project with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 2 of 3): Understand SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for the 2007 Office System (Level 200) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 3 of 3): Use Predictive Intelligence to Create Smarter KPIs (Level 200)

BI Resources from Lynn Langit 1. “Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence” (published by APress in April 2007) 2. http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal 3. “Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008” (MSPress Fall 2008)

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