This document provides an overview of business intelligence tools from Microsoft including SQL Server, SharePoint, and Office products. It discusses data sources, tools for analysis and visualization like SQL Server Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Excel Services, and PerformancePoint Services. It also covers integrating these tools on the Microsoft BI platform and demonstrates some of the capabilities like Excel Services, PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint, and Visio and PerformancePoint Services. The goal is to provide understanding of the Microsoft BI environment and how to manage, administer, and create usable BI solutions.

2. Business Intelligence from data to presentation Leonard Mwangi MCDBA, MCSTPartner/Principal Consultant e Tek Global Inc.

3. Quick SurveyHow many are using SQL Server> 2005?2008?2008 R2?How many are using SharePoint2003?2007?2010?How many are using Microsoft Office 2003?2007?2010?

4. SQL Server toolsReporting ServicesAnalysis ServicesMulti-Dimensional DataData Mining

5. Microsoft SharePoint 2010Collaboration platformSitesCommunitiesCompositesConnect and Empower PeopleCut Costs with a Unified InfrastructureContentInsightsRapidly Respond to Business NeedsSearch

6. Objectives & GoalsObjectives BI as a solution overviewFunneling data sources Benefits of BI platformMitigating data risks in BISharePoint Server 2010 SSRS/SSAS & SharePointExcel Services PowerPivot (Excel & SharePoint 2010)PerformancePoint 2010Visio Services BI Indexing Connectors GoalBI understanding Manage & Administer BI environmentCreate a usable BI solution

7. Decision makersDesktop analysis tools

8. Server analysis & Collaboration toolsData sourcesScorecardsCharts and graphsSpreadsheetsDashboardsFinancial reports IM/chatEmailPortalsMeetingsTelevision reportsSlide decksDocumentsInternetWebcastsRSS feedsPresentationsBlogsProject plansAnalytic applicationsNewspapersMagazinesIntranet

9. Data does not exist in your Line of Business (LOB) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems.

10. Decision Support SystemDecision makersIT guysInformation Workers Competitor Intel’ Officer (CIO)

11. Risks evinced by the IW’sSolution governanceData OversightWho’s using it Where is it coming from Where is it going Data Insight - Compliance - Security - Availability

12. Being on IW’s teamManaged Self-Service BIAccess accurate data sourcesGreat user experienceProvide reusable solutions Building a BI Solution

13. BI Platform

14. BI Stack

15. Benefits of Microsoft BI PlatformData entry to a centralized data model like SSAS – Supported by RDBMSData level securityEvery day tools/applications MS Excel SSAS & Excel integration for ad hoc capabilities, data entryCentralized storageData aggregation can be time consuming.Reusable data collection.Business rules easily enforced.

16. SSAS 2008 R2Good-ol’ data mining and super powerful aggregation toolVery intuitive top-down analysis of large quantities of data

17. SSRS 2008 R2Reports generation tool. Interactive, tabular, graphical or free-form reports from different data sources.Role based IW  Utilize Report Builder 3.0Analysts  Utilize Report Builder 3.0/ SQL Server BIDSDevelopers  BIDS, API’s, Web ServicesIntegrated with SharePoint Native modeOutside SharePointWeb Parts to view reports (Report Explorer & Viewer)SharePoint Integrated modeSharePoint managed Connect to other web parts

18. SQL Server & SharePointSQL Server 2008 R2 – offers Self-Service BI Capabilities through Integration with SharePoint Products. Reporting Services (SSRS) – Can run in SharePoint integrated mode for reports deployment.Analysis Services (SSAS) requires SharePoint 2010 integration through MS SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint.

19. Microsoft SharePoint 2010InsightsExcel ServicesExcel Services w/ PowerPivotBI CenterCalculated KPI’sChart Web PartsDashboardsData Connection LibDecomposition TreePerformancePoint ServicesVisio ServicesSitesCommunitiesCompositesContentInsightsSearch

20. Excel Services 2007Second generation of excel servicesMS Office Excel 2007Excel 2007 ClientCustomapplicationsBrowser Rendering (EWA)View & interactAuthor and Publish SpreadsheetsOpen SpreadsheetWeb ServiceAccess

21. Excel Services 2010MS Office Excel 2010Excel CustomapplicationsBrowser Rendering (EWA)View & interact Create, editAuthor and Publish SpreadsheetsDownload a copyOpen for EditWeb ServiceAccess REST APIPowerShell for Administration

22. Browser look & feel

23. Scalability for large implementations

24. SharePoint trusted OOB w/ Data refresh DemoExcel Services 2010

25. Excel Services REST

26. Excel Web App PowerPivot for ExcelLarge scale of data into an excel workbook (.xlsx file)Multiple data sources merged into excel file, PowerPivot data relationship layer treats it as a single data source.Using In-Memory BI (IMBI) databaseIMBI database architecture known as VertiPaqEverything running of Memory no I/OPowerPivot part of excel. – Converts .xlsx file into XML Files.Free download for Excel 2010

27. PowerPivot for SharePointWorks with Excel ServicesMakes it possible to render PowerPivot workbooks in SharePoint.Users cannot edit PowerPivot data in browser modeCan be scaled to run on a dedicated server in a farm.How it worksPowerPivotWorkbookNon-PowerPivotData ExcelExcel ServicesSharePoint manages Processing, Compression & Memory mgmt.

28. PowerPivot for SharePointArchitecture

29. DemoPowerPivot for Excel

30. PowerPivot for SharePointVisio Services

31. DemoVisio ServicesPerformancePoint Services (PPS)DashboardsSharePoint dashboard deploymentFilters Scorecards, report viewsRich analytical visualizationDecomposition treeData SourcesSSRS, SSAS, SQL, Excel Services, PowerPivot and SharePoint listsExtensibility Security managed by SharePointPPS Contents stored in SPS Content DB.Click once windows app for creating dashboards.

32. DemoPerformancePoint ServicesQ & A session

33. Resourceshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179167.aspx#BKMK_WhatsNew – Excel 2010http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170438.aspx -- Reporting Serviceshttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx--SPS featureshttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Licensing-Details.aspx - SPS licensing http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f81e39be-abd3-4b71-9b60-21cfb9761fc9 -- BI indexing Connectorhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394320.aspx -- BI Tool