Published Books

Here is a short list of published books on Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
This book shows readers best practices for managing business performance using Office PerformancePoint 2007 and related Microsoft tools. It discusses how to leverage PerformancePoint with other key technologies, including SharePoint Server, SQL Server Business Intelligence tools and Office Excel and Excel Services. The authors show how to use PerformancePoint for common performance management scenarios, including scorecarding, dashboarding, reporting and analysis. Specific end-user scenarios begin by describing the business requirements and objectives and end with a detailed technical guidance for implementing performance management solutions.

The Rational Guide To Monitoring and Analyzing with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
This book will bring you up to speed on the Monitoring and Analytics features of PerformancePoint Server 2007. Topics include performance management theory, PerformancePoint Server installation and configuration, the Dashboard Designer, and the six Monitoring elements. Advanced topics include deployment, security, and scoring.

Business Intelligence with Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
You will learn how to collect and store data, monitor progress, analyze performance and distribute dynamic reports. Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides full details on creating scorecards and dashboards, and performing advanced analysis on data. You will also learn how to integrate PerformancePoint Server with ProClarity, Excel 2007, and SQL Server Reporting Services.

Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007: Building Business Intelligence Solutions (Pro)
If you’re interested in harvesting data from your corporate databases, developing solutions to represent it visually to different audiences in your business, and slicing and dicing that information in a variety of different ways, PerformancePoint Server—and this book—are for you.

Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers: Forms Server 2007, Groove Server 2007, Live Communications Server 2007, PerformancePoint Server ... Server 2007 for Search (Unleashed)
This book explore the features, the installation, and the configuration of seven new servers - including PerformancePoint Server 2007. This book provides you with the knowledge you need to determine the use of each server, the prerequisites and procedures of server installation, the post-installation configuration options so you can set it and forget it, and finally, a look at the client-side applications that interact with the new servers.

Microsoft® Office 2007 Business Intelligence
This is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today's networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you're already using to help you in your everyday work.

Downloadable Books

Title	Description	Updated date	URL	Size MB
PerformancePoint Server Operations Guide Download	This book provides prescriptive information for maintaining and performing the daily operations of PerformancePoint Server 2007.	November 2007	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=106545	3.15
Deployment Guide for PerformancePoint Server 2007 Download	This book provides prescriptive information for planning and deploying PerformancePoint Server 2007	November 2007	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=106633	1

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