Learn how to help your clients improve business performance by delivering better decision making throughout the organization with the confidence that your insight into corporate data is sound, informed, and complete. (Length: 30 minutes)

Survey after survey lists business intelligence (BI) at the top of software spending priorities for companies of all sizes. And yet, despite the time, money, and resources aligned against the goal of making better business decisions, companies do not yet have a solution that lets them address these issues in a strategic fashion. Attend this session to understand how Microsoft is challenging our customers to “think bigger” about business intelligence, move beyond the rigid tools and applications they’re using today, and utilize our integrated solutions to provide an unbeatable combination of tools and applications that helps individuals, teams, and organizations reach their full potential.

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There are significant resources available to partners interested in selling and implementing Microsoft BI solutions for customers. This session will cover the resources that partners should be investigating to help accelerate success. We’ll cover the available training as well as marketing and sales guidance and specialization within the Microsoft Partner Program. Presenters:Joanne Pinter is a Senior Marketing Manager driving Partner Readiness for Microsoft BI Partners.

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We’ll discuss and demonstrate the three key deliverables of PerformancePoint Server and how Microsoft has changed the landscape for decision making. Each of the key deliverables for PerformancePoint Server have been transformed into compelling discussion threads you can use to unleash the enterprise decision making potential using PerformancePoint Server. At the end of the session you will be conversant on PerformancePoint Server, able to present the key deliverables of PerformancePoint Server and how PPS fits in the Microsoft BI vision, and ultimately accelerate the sales cycle.

A Windows Live ID is required to take this training.

Why go with Microsoft for your BI needs? This session will cover the key discussion points when convincing customers about why they should be investing in Microsoft to meet the BI needs of their entire organization. Solutions built from the ground up, award winning infrastructure and affordable implementations are some examples of what will be covered. We’ll review Microsoft’s vision for enterprise wide BI delivered through office as well as the BI product roadmap.

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A new day for BI has arrived and represents significant opportunities for partners to deliver dramatic customer value and significantly grow their business in the process. Analysts call Microsoft BI “market disrupting” and “game-changing”, and partners are “betting the farm on Microsoft”. Learn why now is the right time, BI / Performance Management is the right focus area, and Microsoft is the right partner to drive significant growth for your business. This session communicates Microsoft's BI strategy, market and partner opportunity, and an understanding of the Microsoft BI offerings including SQL Server 2005 (and an introduction to BI capabilities in SQL Server 2008), Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 and the 2007 Office system.

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In this first of two sessions you will join us, Microsoft and a partner as we walk through the why and how of their addition of a Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) practice to their business model. The Partner, similar to yourself, will share the successes they have discovered by having BI as a part of their solutions offering.

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Homepage from Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, including product features, benefits, case studies and purchasing information.

Accelerate and grow your Business Intelligence practice by attending this course to refine your strategy and go-to-market approach for delivering BI solutions to customers. This course is designed to help take an existing Business Intelligence Practice to new heights to support your business aspirations. The class focuses on taking an existing practice and making it more productive, and profitable.

A Windows Live ID is required to take this training.