Microsoft has dubbed SQL 2008 R2 as the BI release. We'll talk about what that means and how it can impact your technology choices. In this session Phil Hummel will introduce the new BI features and tell you what they do, how they work, and what to watch out for. You may be surprised that many of the benefits of BI in R2 don't require a wholesale upgrade of everything in your environment. You will learn about: Enhanced BI features • Reporting Services • Performance Point New BI Features • PowerPivot for Excel • PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010 • Master Data Services Phil Hummel is currently the Business Intelligence Practice Director for WinWire Technologies in Santa Clara.

1. SQL Server 2008 R2:
SQL Server 2008 R2
The BI Release
Speaker: Phil Hummel
WinWire Technologies
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June 2010
Mark Ginnebaugh, User Group Leader
mark@designmind.com

2. Phil Hummel
Director – Business Intelligence Practice
WinWire Technologies
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3. DELIVERY
SharePoint Server
Reports Dashboards Excel Analytic Scorecards PowerPivot
Visio Views
END USER TOOLS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS
Excel -Visio - ReportBuilder PerformancePoint
BI PLATFORM
SQL Server SQL Server
Reporting Services Analysis Services
SQL Server DBMS
SQL Server Integration Services
LOB LOB

4. SharePoint 2010 and SQL 2008 R2
What didn’t change in this wave?
● Analysis Services Multidimensional Database
● Analysis Services Data Mining
– Can’t use data mining add-in with PowerPivot
● Integration Services
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5. SharePoint 2010 and SQL 2008 R2
● PowerPivot for Excel
● PowerPivot for SharePoint
● Master Data Services
 Reporting Services
 Performance Point Services for SP 2010
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6. Performance Point scorecard and related
views
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7. Performance Point analytic views and
charts
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8. Performance Point FAQ
● Needs SSAS source to get all the advantages
● Fully Integrated design and content types now
● No longer supports
– Trend Charts
– PivotTable/PivotChart reports
– ODBC data sources
– Analysis Services 2000
– 32-bit server architecture
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9. Reporting Services 2008
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10. Highly flexible layout options
Custom Non-pivot Custom
Pivot Subtotals columns Headers
Stepped or Block grouping
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11. Report Builder 3.0
● Powerful Query Designer
● Familiar Microsoft Office Interface
● Powerful Wizards ● Flexible Layout Options w/ rich
visualizations
● SharePoint list as data source
● PowerPivot as data source
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12. Share & Collaborate
Report Part Gallery
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13. PowerPivot add-in PowerPivot add-in
for Excel for SharePoint
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14. PowerPivot FAQ
Excel-hosted client & reporting
In-memory BI engine
SharePoint for managed collaboration
Analysis Services for BI integration
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16. Administer Your Server – With Insightful Tools
Increase IT efficiency:
Familiar Technologies
for Authoring, Sharing,
Security, and
Compliance
Customizable IT
Dashboard
Visualize usage with
animated charts
Simplify management of SSBI content using
IT Operations Dashboard for SharePoint
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18. What is Master Data Management?
● MD – Slowly changing reference data shared across systems
PEOPLE THINGS PLACES ABSTRACT
• Customers • Products • Stores • Contracts
• Vendors • Organizational • Wells • Warrantees
• Sales people units • Power lines • Time
• Recipes • Geographical • Metrics
• Employees
• Parts areas
• Partners
• Storage bins
• Patients
• Documents
• MDM – An application for creating and maintaining an
authoritative view of master data including policies and
procedures for access, update, modification, viewing between
systems across the enterprise
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19. Before Master Data Services
Where is the real Boeing?
Boeing
Boeing Boeing Inc Aut_Boeing Boein’
(Renton)
HR Doc Purchasing
Asset Mgmt
DB
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20. After Master Data Services
Boeing
MDM
Merge/Match Role Security
Master Data
Stewardship
Versioning Hierarchy Mgmt
Workflow Approval
Boeing
Boeing Boeing Inc Aut_Boeing Boein’
(Renton)
HR Doc Purchasing
Asset Mgmt
DB
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21. Summary
● Performance Point Services
– Fully integrated ProClarity technology
– Great with SSAS data source
● Reporting Services and Report Builder 3.0
– New visualizations
– Self-service candidate
● PowerPivot Client and Server
– Ultimate power user Excel tool
● Master Data Services
– Get on top of BI master data from the start
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22. Overall Q&A
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23. For further information, please contact:
Phil Hummel @WinWire
Director – BI Practice
phil.hummel@winwire.com
@phil_hummel
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24. To learn more or inquire about speaking opportunities, please contact:
Mark Ginnebaugh, User Group Leader
mark@designmind.com