SharePoint 2010Business Intelligence Overview

John Gamble12th April 2011

Contents

1. Introduction2. Business Intelligence – v.quick recap3. SharePoint 2010– Data Analytical Features– Data Presentation Features– Collaboration Features

Demos along the way ..

SharePoint – A quick history

2001• First released

2003• SharePoint Portal

Server• .NET 1.1• XML templates• MySite introduced

2007• MOSS• .NET 3.0• SharePoint

Designer• SharePoint Services• Office Integration

2010• Full integration

with Office• Business

Intelligence• ... and lots more

Common Rules

and KPI’s

What do I want to

happen? (Planning and

Budgeting)

Are we aligned?

(Scorecards)

What is happening

now?(Dashboards)

Why did it happen?

(Analytics)

What will happen?

(Forecasting)

What did happen?

(Reporting)

BI - Answers these questions

Microsoft’s vision for BI should be:

Familiar Collaborative Managed

BI should be: Collaborative

Business Intelligence Groups

Individual Community Organisation

All with their own data needs …

PerformancePoint Services• Interactive dashboards• Now integrated into

SharePoint• Authentication

through SharePoint• Decomposition Tree

• First introduced in MOSS 2007

• Server-side calculation and browser based rendering of workbooks

• Distribution of all or part of a workbook for analysis by multiple users.

• Hosts PowerPivot applications.

Excel Services

Visio Services• Lets users share and view Visio Web drawings• Data connections with auto refresh• Don’t need Visio installed on clients to view• Data Sources:– SQL Server (7, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2)– Excel workbooks– SharePoint Lists– OLE DB / ODBC– Custom .NET data providers– So pretty much everything ….

• Requires Visio 2010 …

Visio Services /New Visualisation Tools

Demo

Office 2010 - Save As ….

SharePoint Workspaces

• Succeeds Microsoft Office Groove 2007• Client which enables real-time synchronisation

of desktop content with SharePoint document libraries or lists

• Regular synchronisation when on-line• Can edit off-line, re-sync when possible.• Windows authentication• Lync integration. Presence and

communication features.

Lync’ing it all together

Microsoft Office Lync • Facilitating different

communication options• Instant Messaging• Voice Over IP• Video Conferencing• Desktop sharing• “Presence information”• Federation with other

organisations

Demo - Collaboration

Collaboration and Social Networks

• Reports, documents and information can be ‘liked’ and ‘shared’

• Report commentary added on social site (intranet)

• Intranet used for report distribution, versioning and sign off

• Use of ‘search’ facility• SharePoint 2010 provides all

this

ConclusionsSharePoint 2010 BI – what have we seen?

• Workspaces• PerformancePoint Services• Excel Services• Visio Services• Office 2010 / Exchange Integration• Collaborative tools and real time communication

• BI tools for the me, my social group and my organisation, all in the same place

Creating an Intelligent Business?

Thank you

Any Questions?

john.gamble@altiusconsulting.com