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October 2009 - Posts - BeI - Microsoft Business Intelligence

BeI - Microsoft Business Intelligence

By Yossi Elkayam (MCS Microsoft Israel) & Eran Sagi - (MS BI Regional Director)

October 2009 - Posts

Performance Point Server SP3 Reminder

Hello guys,

 

I've recently been questioned alot about  SP3 for PPS. The following blog entry is a reminder service regarding the avilability of SP3 and its main features.

(Originaly published by : Aseem Nayar blog) 

 

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Was released at Oct 15th and available through the Microsoft Download Center.

·         Download sites: PerformancePoint Server 2007 SP3 (x86), PerformancePoint Server 2007 SP3 (x64)

·         Documentation:  Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, IW documentation is being published.

 What’s New in SP3

Focused on the supportability of PerformancePoint Server 2007, Service Pack 3 offers not only a wide range of bug fixes but also a few new features and feature enhancements. For Planning customers, this release offers the following new features:

×          Submitting line-item details with assignments. This new feature enables users to add, edit, view, and submit line item details. They can also view the submitted line-item details in reports.

×          Adjusting security with the PPSCmd utility. This feature enables users to lower security changes within PPSCMD.  For example, it is now possible to move security from Read/Write to Read Only within the PPSCMD utility.

×          Extending the application calendar beyond 25 years. This feature enables users to manually change the maximum limit of future years to a value greater than 25 and less than or equal to 200.

For Monitoring & Analytics customers, SP3 offers improved usability, with better handling of zone adjustments, scrolling, and filtering and improved messaging. SP3 also provides better integration with Excel Services, SharePoint Server, and ProClarity.

PerformancePoint Server 2007 SP3 is being released in 18 languages (including English). The localized versions of PPS SP3 will be released by tier beginning in December, 2009. All versions are being released to the following channels:

·         Microsoft Download Center. Localized versions of SP3 will be available beginning in December 09.

·         Volume licensing (VL). The English version will be available in early December; localized products will be available in early January.

·         MSDN. All languages are expected to be available by mid-December.

·         ProductsWeb. All languages are expected to available within 4 weeks of the respective release dates.

ProClarity 6.3 SP3 was released on October 9 and is available on the Microsoft Download Center.

·         Download sites:  ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 SP3 (ENU), ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3 SP3 (ENU)

·         ProClarity 6.3 SP3 documentation:  ProClarity SP3 Readme and ProClarity SP3 Hardware and Software Requirements

 

 

Have Fun,

 

Eran

Israeli BI Group meeting (#7)

Hello,

I'd like to invite you to our next Israeli BI Group meeting (#7).

When: OCT 28th, Wednesday 17:30.

Where: Microsoft Offices, Ra'anana, 2 Hapnina Street, floor 0, DEKEL meeting room near the reception.

Program:
17:30 - 17:45 Gathering
17:45 - 19: Yossi Elkayam & Franck Sidi – Microsoft Israel. The BI Quest. Comprehensive review on the platform and the future.

19:15 - 19:30 Break
19:30 - 20:30 The BI Quest  Cont…

20:30- 21:00 Q&A
I’d like to encourage you to propose a session about a topic that you think that may interest our group.
If you’re interested, please send us e-mail with the topic and duration (ideally 60 minutes).

Regards,
Eran Sagi

Just Call me "Power Pivot"... Sneak peak to the former Gemini Project

Microsoft announced the formal name for the "Gemini Project". The Power Pivot is almost here.
If you are curios and would like to know more, you can visit the Power Pivot Web site.

I would like the opportunity to invite you all to our Israel BI user group meeting, the following meeting would reveal the upcoming future fo MS BI.
So if you can't wait and would like to see for yourself. Join us for at Oct 28th at 17:30 At Microsoft Raanana for the "BI quest" a short journey to the future...

 

Have fun,

 

Eran