What’s new in SQL 2008 BI

Lynn Langit Developer Evangelist SoCalhttp://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

Session Objectives and Agenda Understand what’s new in SQL 2008 for BI

SSAS OLAP cubes Data Mining Structures

SSIS Clients

Excel SharePoint SSRS Performance Point

SQL Server 2008 BI Focus Areas

New in SSAS for OLAP Cubes

Demo – SSAS Cubes

New in SSAS for Data Mining

New in Excel Integration

Demo – Data Mining and Excel integration

DM in the Cloud

Test Data Types•Relational•CSV•SQL Services

Try it in the cloud…

Analysis Results in the Cloud…

Calling the Cloud…(from Excel 2007)

New in SSIS

Demo – SSIS

New in SSRS & SharePoint

Demo – Report Builder

Summary

Focus areas for SQL Server 2008 performance Usability – particularly around ease of design Performance & Scalability Simplified configuration and management

BI Resources from Lynn Langit

1. “Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence” - APress in April 2007

2.2. http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGalhttp://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

3.3. “Smart Business Intelligence “Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008” - 2008” - MSPress Feb 2009MSPress Feb 2009