By Chris Alliegro [bio]
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary [Free]
- Overview of the major changes in the SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) platform, an integral part of SQL Server 2005
- Introduction [Free]
- Explains what business intelligence (BI) systems are and how they are used; provides overview of SQL Server 2005 BI platform components, improvements, and strategy; explores platform's impacts on customers and partners
- Integration Services Overhauled
- SQL Server 2005 includes completely rewritten tools for data integration, transformation, and cleansing, which could strengthen SQL Server's position in data warehousing, reporting, and other business intelligence areas
- Analysis Services Extends the OLAP Cube
- SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services is a more fully realized platform for building online analytic processing (OLAP) and data mining applications and could help drive upgrades to SQL Server 2005
- End-User Report Creation in Reporting Services
- Updates to Reporting Services and a new end-user reporting feature could encourage upgrades to SQL Server 2005; however, the new feature works only with SQL Server data sources
- Caveats and Considerations
- Highlights some of the challenges customers and partners may face when working with, or upgrading to, the SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) platform
- Resources
- Links and pointers to additional information about the SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) platform
- Appendix: SQL Server 2005 Availability, Pricing, and Packaging
- Microsoft has changed SQL Server pricing and licensing for SQL Server 2005; this section describes those changes and maps Business Intelligence (BI) platform features to SQL Server 2005 editions
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