Performance Point integration in SharePoint 2010
Microsoft had released not too long ago, the last Service Pack for the standalone version of PerformancePoint Services - PerformancePoint Server 2007 SP3.
From here on out, all development for PPS is going to be part of SharePoint Server. This is again part of Microsoft's strategy of empowering SharePoint as a product, as it also connects to Excel Services, Reporting Services (including Report Builder) and Visio Services.
So what's new to PerformancePoint 2010?
- SharePoint Server 2010 as the repository - meaning PerformancePoint Services stores data sources in document libraries and all other dashboard content in lists.
- PerformancePoint Services uses SharePoint Server 2010 to manage user credentials and to secure access to dashboard content and its underlying data sources
- A KPI details report which works as a webpart to show relevant metadata about the KPI to the user
- Enhanced Analytics reports
And as always - with every good there is a bad, as PPS no longer supports Trend Charts, PivotTable reports, PivotChart reports and 32-bit server architecture to name a few.
You can read more details about PerformancePoint 2010 and also take a look at how Microsoft sees all the capabilities of BI in SharePoint 2010 (highly recommended, as a picture is better than 1000 words).