1. April 10-12, Chicago, IL Microsoft Data Explorer for Excel Faisal Mohamood, Lead PM, Microsoft

2. 2 Discover Combine Refine RelationalNon-relationalStreaming immersive data experiences connecting with worlds data any data, any size, anywhere Self-ServiceCollaborationCorporate AppsDevices Analytical End-To-End Data Platform

3. 3 Challenges with Data acquisition -Finding and connecting to data is not straightforward. -Fragmented set of experiences for connecting to data. -Data often needs to be reshaped before it can be used. -Any shaping that is performed is not repeatable. -Combining data from multiple sources is too difficult. -Volume, Velocity and Variety of data.

4. 4 Why Data Explorer? Enable self-service data discovery, query, transformation and mashup experiences for Information Workers, via Excel and PowerPivot Discovery and connectivity to a wide range of data sources, spanning volume as well as variety of data. Highly interactive and intuitive experience for rapidly and iteratively building queries over any data source, any size. Consistency of experience, and parity of query capabilities over all data sources. Joins across different data sources; ability to create custom views over data that can then be shared with team/department.

5. 5 S Data Sources Windows Azure Marketplace Windows Active Directory SQL Azure Azure HDInsight

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7. 7 Call to Action Download Data Explorer for Excel Preview today http://microsoft.com/bi Keep up with Data Explorer via our blog http://blogs.msdn.com/dataexplorer Send us feedback! Use Send a Smile/Frown feature in the product

8. 8 Win a Microsoft Surface Pro! Complete an online SESSION EVALUATION to be entered into the draw. Draw closes April 12, 11:59pm CT Winners will be announced on the PASS BA Conference website and on Twitter. Go to passbaconference.com/evals or follow the QR code link displayed on session signage throughout the conference venue. Your feedback is important and valuable. All feedback will be used to improve and select sessions for future events.

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