There are many different pieces in the Microsoft BI toolset. In this session, we will take a look at all of the different pieces and utilize each of them to create a unified dashboard, where each component is being leveraged. The tools that will be utilized during this session will include SQL Server 2008, SSRS 2008, SSAS 2008, Excel 2007, Excel Services, PPS 2007, Dashboard Designer, SharePoint Server 2007 and more.

1. Leveraging the Microsoft BI Toolset to Monitor Performance Dan English Principal Consultant – Business Intelligence Architect DanE@magenic.com http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com http://twitter.com/denglishbi

3. Over 5 years experience with Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

4. Architect and develop dashboard solutions for enterprise reporting and monitoring

5. Experienced in ETL and Analysis Services development, requirements gathering, and data modeling

6. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)

7. PASSMN 2009/2010 – Executive Board Chair (President)

8. Twitter – http://twitter.com/denglishbi

10. Headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and San Francisco

11. 2005 Microsoft Partner of the Year, Custom Development Solutions – Technical Innovation

12. 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist, Data Management

13. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and National Systems Integrator

16. How many are using Excel, Access, or Reporting Services for information delivery?

17. How many are currently using dashboards or portals?

19. Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview Self-Service access & insight Data exploration & analysis Predictive analysis BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE BUSINESS MIDDLE TIER Dashboards & Scorecards Excel Services Web based forms & workflow Collaboration Enterprise Search Enterprise Content Mgmt LOB data integration DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BI PLATFORM Analysis Services (OLAP) Reporting Services Integration Services (ETL) Data Mining Data Warehousing

20. Are you confused yet?

21. Do you want this?

22. BI Maturity Model By Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research, TDWI

23. Microsoft BI Delivery Components

24. Excel and Reporting Services Reach more desktops Access to SSAS cubes directly through Excel Predictive analysis through Excel Report rendering directly in Word and Excel Extend SharePoint with rich reporting Combine collaboration and workflow capabilities with managed reporting Centralized publishing, viewing, management, and delivery of reports through SharePoint Accelerate performance management Access to thin analytical client for rich data exploration Closed loop analysis tied to performance monitoring and planning

25. Report Builder 2.0 Intuitive, Office-optimized authoring environment for Business users New enhanced version of Report Builder Extended reach of Reporting Services Intuitive design interface Combine business users friendly semantic layer with support for direct SQL access Ability to customize reports regardless of initial design location Seamless modification of data fields and chart types Support for: Relational and multidimensional data Multiple data sources Multiple regions

26. Reporting Services / Excel Demo

27. Reporting Services Demo Screenshots

28. Excel Demo Screenshot

29. PerformancePoint Server Monitor What happened? What is happening? Analyze Why did it happen? Strategy Plan What will happen? What do I want to happen?

31. Dashboard Designer

32. Filters

33. New Report Types

34. Thin, Interactive OLAP Charts

35. Thin, Interactive OLAP Grids

36. Strategy Maps

37. Data Mining Trend Charts

38. Excel Services

39. New Scorecard Capabilities

40. Import Analysis Services KPIs

41. Export to Excel from Dashboards

42. New Data Sources

43. Excel 2007

44. Excel Services

45. SharePoint lists

46. Enhanced User Experience

47. Bulk Editing

48. Analytic View Designer

49. Time Intelligence

51. Drill Down To (Cross Drill)

52. Expand/Collapse

53. Pivot

54. Smart sizing

55. Show Details (Drill to Detail)

56. Tooltips for data points

57. Show chart data in a grid

58. Export to Excel or PowerPoint

59. Show in New Window

61. Scorecards

62. Charts

63. Grids

64. Strategy Maps

65. Other Reports

66. Drag and drop items to canvas

67. Coordinate views with filters

68. Use flexible zone layouts

69. Preview

71. Dashboard Designer Demo Screenshot

72. SharePoint Dashboard Screenshot

74. Data exploration & analysis

75. Predictive analysis

76. Data visualization

77. Contextual visualization

78. Dashboards & Scorecards

79. Excel Services

80. Web based forms & workflow

81. Collaboration

82. Search

83. Content Management

85. Reporting Services

86. Integration Services

87. Master Data Services

88. Data Mining

89. Data WarehousingData Infrastructure & BI Platform

91. Self-service analysis delivered thru Excel 2010 Work with massive amounts of data

93. Avg Instance CPU

94. Avg Instance Memory

95. Query Response Time

96. Activity

97. Performance

98. Historical Utilization

99. Users vs Queries

100. Usage monitoring

101. # of Users

102. # of Queries

104. Resources Microsoft BI Site http://www.microsoft.com/bi/ PerformancePoint Server 2007 training courses http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA103523901033.aspx Up to Speed with PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard-designer-help/up-to-speed-with-performancepoint-dashboard-designer-HA101818158.aspx PerformancePoint Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/performancepoint/default.aspx Channel9 MSDN BI Screencasts http://channel9.msdn.com/Showforum.aspx?forumid=38&tagid=277 SQL Server Best Practices http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb671432.aspx Microsoft Virtual Labs (TechNet and MSDN) http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx Magenic Blogs http://blog.magenic.com/blogs

105. Questions

106. Thank you http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com http://twitter.com/denglishbi info@magenic.com www.magenic.com