Pro SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Solutions

Book Description
Business Intelligence (BI) software is everywhere. It is the code and
tools that allow you to view different components of a business using a
single visual platform, making comprehending mountains of data easier.
With SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has married one of the most-used team
collaboration tools with its business intelligence products, including
PerformancePoint Services and Excel Services. Now, users of SharePoint
can have a single place to get a view of their business, its
organization and processes, and its financial performance.

Constructing this type of portal is a process unique to each business. With Pro SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Solutions,
authors Sahil Malik and Srini Sistla take you through the different
tools, services, and frameworks available for building a BI portal atop
SharePoint 2010. With comprehensive coverage of Visio Services,
PerformancePoint, Excel Services, and a practical look at building
scorecards, dashboards, and other reporting solutions, this book answers
the fundamental questions about why and how BI can work for your
business.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the fundamentals and framework of BI.
• Learn how to integrate Visio Services, and discover the developer story.
• Practice working with the Secure Store Service.
• Experience authoring and publishing reports using Report Builder and how to re-purpose published reports in Reporting Services.
• Glean practical advice about deploying and developing for PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint 2010.
• Learn about the advances in Excel Services and PowerPivot, and their application within SharePoint to practical situations.
• Gain a deep understanding of the Business Data Services featureset in SharePoint 2010.

Who this book is for
This book offers SharePoint developers an essential BI foundation
experience and an introduction to SQL Server 2008 Tools for Business
Intelligence. This book will also benefit SQL Server developers and
administrators who require knowledge of setting up the basic
infrastructure on the SharePoint platform for BI.

About the Author
Sahil Malik has been working as a consultant in Microsoft technology
for about 9 years now. He has worked for many top notch clients across
the globe including many fortune 100 companies and government
organizations within the United States. Malik started programming in a
DOS world, moved to Win32 API, Borland C++, MFC, VC++/ATL, VB 6, and
eventually to .NET in both VB.NET and C# worlds. He is currently helping
architect a highly visible public website using ASP.NET 2.0/SQL Server
2005, and also leads the office of emerging technologies at a
prominent government office. Malik frequently speaks at local user
groups and conferences. He also co-wrote Pro ADO.NET with VB .NET 1.1 . For his community involvement and contribution, he has also been awarded the Microsoft MVP award.