WelcomeJosé GriloServer and Tools LeadMicrosoft Portugaljosegril@microsoft.com

Microsoft Solutions for Business Intelligence and Performance Management

Overview of the DayRafal LukawieckiStrategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltdrafal@projectbotticelli.com

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Why Do We Need This Seminar?• Business Intelligence is the top priority IT concern

for CEOs in 2009• Integrated Performance Management is starting to

reach every type of a knowledge worker• Understanding BI requires good understanding of

a few key concepts and a view of the big picture

• This seminar will give you this foundation and it will show you a perspective of the Microsoft BI platform

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Acknowledgments & Notes

The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the opinions and views of Project Botticelli and/or Rafal Lukawiecki. The material presented is not certain and may vary based on several factors. Microsoft makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the information in this presentation.

Portions © 2009 Project Botticelli Ltd & entire material © 2009 Microsoft Corp. Some slides contain quotations from copyrighted materials by other authors, as individually attributed or as already covered by Microsoft Copyright ownerships. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Project Botticelli Ltd as of the date of this presentation.  Because Project Botticelli & Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft and Project Botticelli cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. Project Botticelli makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the information in this presentation. E&OE.

This seminar is based on a number of sources including a few dozen of Microsoft-owned presentations, used with permission. Thank you to Marin Bezic, Kathy Sabourin, Aydin Gencler, Bryan Bredehoeft, and Chris Dial for all the support. Thank you to Maciej Pilecki for assistance with demos.

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Agenda09:20 – 10:40 Improving Insight and Decision Making Using

Microsoft Business Intelligence and SQL Server 2008

11:00 – 12:15 Delivering BI Through Microsoft Office System 2007

Lunch: 12:15 – 13:1513:15 – 14:30 Aggregating Knowledge in a Data

Warehouse and Multidimensional Analysis15:00 – 16:00 Finding Hidden Intelligence with Predictive

Analysis of Data Mining16:00 – 16:30 Summary and Questions & Answers

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A Question, Please...• Would you identify yourself most closely with a:

• Business Decision Maker,• BI Consultant,• Developer,• Database Expert,• IT Professional?

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© 2009 Microsoft Corporation & Project Botticelli Ltd. All rights reserved.The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the opinions and views of Project Botticelli and/or Rafal Lukawiecki. The material presented is not certain and may vary based on several factors. Microsoft makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the information in this presentation.

Portions © 2009 Project Botticelli Ltd & entire material © 2009 Microsoft Corp. Some slides contain quotations from copyrighted materials by other authors, as individually attributed or as already covered by Microsoft Copyright ownerships. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Project Botticelli Ltd as of the date of this presentation.  Because Project Botticelli & Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft and Project Botticelli cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. Project Botticelli makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the information in this presentation. E&OE.