5. MISSION CRITICAL PLATFORMDEVELOPER & IT PRODUCTIVITYPERVASIVE INSIGHT Microsoft Confidential—Preliminary Information Subject to Change SQL Server 2012 Pillars

6. Enabled as SharePoint Shared Service Built-in scale-out for RS Service Apps SharePoint Cross-farm reporting Integrated backup & recovery, ULS logging, PowerShell etc. End User Alerting Defined from within operational or ad-hoc reports Intuitive Alert rules Alerts self-managed through SharePoint XLS/Word 2007/2010 BIDS integrated with Dev10 shell Power View Highly visual design experience Rich metadata-driven interactivity Presentation-ready at all times Increase efficiencyIncrease Proactive Intelligence Managed Self Service BI – Corporate BI Empower users

8. Reporting Services is now configured and monitored like other SharePoint shared applications. Maximum set of SharePoint IT management capability enabled Lower TCO on IT who can now leverage existing SharePoint skillset and experience.

13. Microsoft SQL Server 2011 new Self Services Alerting capability makes it trivial for any end user while viewing a report to define rules and thresholds on data and be alerted when they are reached. This transforms a traditional pull mode activity to a push mode activity greatly increasing Information Workers productivity. Proactive and responsive data monitoring that enables action. Data Alerts help IWs cope with information overload. Intuitive and flexible alert rules customized to each Information Worker.

14. Users create alerts directly on the data they see in reports Report authors control which data is available for alerting Supports reports created in Report Builder or BI Development Studio (BIDS) Create data alerts from within reports Intuitive Alert Rules (greater than, before/after) Easy to use scheduling (weekly, daily, monthly) Relevant data included in Alert Message Detect important data changes Source: Data.gov - Data.gov and the Federal Government cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from Data.gov.

15. Per site administration reduces IT burden Fine grained authorization Self-managed through SharePoint IT Visibility & Control of user-defined alerts Managed through SharePoint

20. Power View is an interactive data exploration and visual presentation experience.

21. Highly Visual Design Experience Presentation-ready at all times Rich metadata-driven interactivity Interactive Presentation turns pervasive information into persuasive information Deliver and collaborate through SharePoint Full screen presentation mode for interactive boardroom session Fully integrated with PowerPivot Drive greater insight through smart and powerful querying Zero configuration highlighting and filtering Animated trending and comparisons Interactive, web-based authoring and sharing of information Familiar Microsoft Office design patterns Powerful data layout with banding, callout and small multiples visualizations