2. Patrick Baumgartner Program Manager DAT311

3. 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 SharePoint Server DELIVERY ReportsDashboardsExcelWorkbooksAnalyticViewsScorecardsPlans

4. Complete and integrated performance management offering Pervasive delivery of intelligence through Microsoft Office system Enterprise grade and affordable Improving organizations by providing business insights to all employees leading to better, faster, more relevant decisions

5. Enterprise class application framework supporting: Business planning and management reporting Business process monitoring (KPIs, Scorecards, Dashboards) Business analytics (root cause analysis, variance analysis) Software components include Performance Point Planning and Monitoring Servers for storing data, business rules and logic, form and report definitions, process control, security Business Modeler used by users to create, manage and maintain planning and management reporting applications Dashboard Builder used to design and build KPIs, Scorecards and Dashboards Excel Add-In used for designing forms and reports and; provides the ability to view and contribute data interactively with PPS Models SharePoint is the platform for hosting Dashboards, Scorecards, KPIs and additional collaborative data

6. Business Planning and Modeling Pervasive Analytics Dashboards and Scorecards Business ModelerExcel Add-in SharePoint Dashboard Builder End User support to Design Maintain Contribute View Analyze Servers to store Data Business rules Business logic Input Forms Reports definitions Process control Security

7. Monitor What happened? What is happening? Analyze Why? Strategy Continuous business improvement, not just an annual exercise Plan What will happen? What do I want to happen?

8. Is any of this still relevant? Business Analysts Executives Information Workers Many moving parts Manual consolidation Linked Spreadsheets Error-prone Slow

9. What, Why, How, Who, When? Collaborative, User-friendly, Contextual. “Information that is relevant to me” Aligned, Actionable, Accountable. “Information that I can trust and act on” Flexible, Secure, Auditable. “Build and modify within compliance” Forecasting Planning Reporting Scorecard & Dashboard Analytics

10. “Flexibility within a framework” Support standardization and consistency of business definitions Support information requirements throughout an organization (Corporate, Region, Area, Division, Business Unit, etc.) Enable ‘local’ information needs to be defined and supported within the framework (system) User experience Build on users familiarity and knowledge of Office system Bring ‘offline’ decision making online Capture local IP/knowledge as part of the system Enterprise-ready Robust/scalable platform Auditable and secure Data center support and management

11. Business-Driven –Business users can build performance dashboards easily through an integrated design experience across monitoring and analytics. People –All users have visibility into organizational performance. They can monitor and take action in a familiar and collaborative environment. –Personalized performance views are delivered to all users, all types of use (Office, SharePoint, Reporting Services). Functionality and Value –Spans from personal performance dashboards to formal methodology-based and cascading scorecards. –Access to a wide range of structured and unstructured data-sources enables a more comprehensive dashboarding and scorecarding experience (OLAP, relational, Office). –Web-based and offline functionality provides wide scorecarding reach (internal and external). –Contextual KPIs and reports reflect changes of planning, budgeting and forecasting data. –Rich capabilities can be deployed quickly and cost- effectively (Strategy Maps, Office integration). –Built-in templates and wizards allow users to quickly build and share dashboards and scorecards.

12. Business-Driven –Business users capture and share analytical best practices using an intuitive and collaborative environment. People –Data visualization and analytics make it easy for users understand complex information faster, spot highlights, trends and opportunities. –Rich analytical functionality reach is extended to all users, all types of use out of the box (Excel, SharePoint, Reporting Services). Functionality and Value –Enable users to build, share and manage their analysis with no coding. –Enable users to build local and server-side data calculations and combine actions, annotations, scorecards as well as planning, budgeting and forecasting KPIs and metrics. –Web-based thin analytics, providing access to information to the right people at the right time. –Guided and contextual analysis gained through the tight integration between KPIs and analytics within the same performance dashboards. –Analytics span from multidimensional slice and dice to rich capabilities like drill-across, drill-to-detail, root- cause analysis, prediction and centralized business logic definitions.

13. Business-Driven Business users can define, modify and maintain logical business models integrated with business rules, workflows and enterprise data People Information workers can interact with and continuously contribute to the business processes of planning, budgeting and forecasting in the familiar Excel environment Functionality and Value Business users design models the way they think about their business Spans from single-model deployments to enterprise scenarios Top-down and bottom-up planning functionality connecting people and driving accountability Process management to manage forms, workflows, submissions, approvals, reports, notifications and annotations Secure and auditable environment

14. People Users can combine operational data and financial data into one report, rather than reconsolidating data through error-prone and time-consuming manual efforts Information workers build, customize and share production quality reports from Excel while being connected to a secure and centrally managed server Functionality and Value Build models that drive profitability analysis incorporating standard financial functionality Support management and financial GAAP consolidation process with multiple currency conversions, inter-company eliminations and reconciliations, multi-tier allocations Dynamic and standard reports including financial and business performance reports Publish live reports from Excel to Reporting Services and Microsoft Office Server providing consistency of experience for report consumers

16. Demo scenario Integration Delivery in Office Monitoring Driving accountability Analytics Asking questions Collaboration More than just numbers Planning Affecting the future Q&A END

17. Technical Communities, Webcasts, Blogs, Chats & User Groups http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) & TechNet http://microsoft.com/msdn http://microsoft.com/technet Trial Software and Virtual Labs http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/trials/default.mspx Microsoft Learning and Certification http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/performancepoint

18. Biggest SQL Server community event in Australia 14 SQL Server sessions over two days Special guest presentation from Kevin Kline President of PASS, Director of Technology – Quest Software When? Weekend of the 13 th and 14 th of October Where? Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga What does it cost? This event is FREE http://www.sqldownunder.com

19. Best place to learn about SQL Server for FREE User Groups in most capital cities Great networking opportunity http://www.sqlserver.org.au

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