Online ProClarity Training and more about Performance Management
Remember that Gold and Certified Partners can register for what we are calling 'Early Start Initiatives' to help get ready for forthcoming specialisations in the competencies of the partner program.
I registered myself (yes we can, as Microsoft, ensure we can see what partners actually see in this system) for the new specialisations and got an email last week for each of them outlining useful things I could be doing to get ready. Here is the main content from the Performance Management Early Start initiatve mailer (if you want to go and register then go here)
"Performance Management Early Start Initiative
Start preparing now to attain the Performance Management specialization, designed specifically for partners specializing in the design, development and implementation of Performance Management Solutions that enable organizations to monitor, analyze and improve performance using the Office System components of the Microsoft Business Intelligence offering.
New ProClarity Training Available
ProClarity 6.3 will be available through Microsoft volume licensing beginning March 1, 2007. Get to know the advanced analysis and visualization capabilities of ProClarity now through online training in the Partner Learning Center.
- ProClarity Professional Client - End User Training Part 1
Learn how to create and modify queries, and change view types. - ProClarity Professional Client - End User Training Part 2
Learn how to publish views to a Briefing Book. - ProClarity Dashboard End User
Gain introductory end-user knowledge on how to use the ProClarity Dashboard to analyze the organization. - ProClarity Analytics Server Environment and Authoring
This course will introduce you to the ProClarity Analytics Server (PAS) environment. Learn how to publish Briefing Books to PAS for others to consume. - Introducing ProClarity Business Logic Server
Get introductory training on how to use Business Logic within your environment. Create and publish dynamic sets and members to ProClarity Analytics Server and understand how to leverage these items throughout the organization. - ProClarity Web Standard Client End User
This course provides end-user knowledge of basic ProClarity navigation and collaboration for the thin client, including an introduction to OLAP technology. - ProClarity Dashboard Administrator
Learn how to construct a dashboard from existing ProClarity views, parameterize dashboards, and integrate them with portals.
Don't Miss the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2007
Registration opens this month for the first-ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference, to be held May 9-11, 2007 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, USA will showcase Microsoft's market-leading business intelligence (BI) products, solution expertise and customer successes.
Featuring keynote addresses by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and Jeff Raikes, President, Microsoft Business Division, the event is designed to educate partners and customers on every aspect of Microsoft's BI offering. Technical and business decision makers can attend this 3-day conference to see how Microsoft can help them design, build and deploy robust Business Intelligence. You'll gain insight from industry thought leaders, discover best practices, and gain product knowledge from Microsoft's product experts.
We are expecting this inaugural Conference to sell out quickly. Register early in order to secure a seat for you and your team.
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 Community Technology Preview
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 will bring together the next generation of scorecarding, analytics and planning capabilities into a complete performance management solution. The PerformancePoint 2007 Community Technology Preview now has over 5000 participants. CTP 2 is quickly approaching so be sure and register so you can have access to the software, Newsgroups, feedback forums and training events.
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