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I was hoping to download CTP4 from the connect website myself...apparently we were told in the Australian Tech Ed by Patrick Baumgartner that we'll be able to download it, did you download it from the connect website?

Thanks Patrick. look forward to it! :) I'm pretty new to your blog and come from a Cognos background and looking forward to the PPS release ! :) Its looking pretty neat.

Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint™Server 2007   Technical Training

This four day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to architect and build Business Intelligence solutions using Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. This session covers both Monitoring and Analytics and Planning. Through extensive hands on exercises participants will build on their base knowledge.

Audience

This course is intended for experienced technical and solution architects PLUS training partners who have experience with the following technologies:

1)Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005; OR

2) ProClarity Analytics Server;   AND

3) Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2000/2005

Also important is some practical experience with Microsoft Office Performance Point Server CTP releases as well as solid knowledge of Financial Management processes such as Planning, Budgeting, and Financial Reporting.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe PerformancePoint Server architecture

• Recognize where PerformancePoint Solutions fit into the Microsoft BI Solution stack

• Create end to end planning applications

• Create end to end M&A Applications

• Integrate PPS applications with other BI technologies

Useful but not manditory Prerequisites

 Technical experience with architecting BI solutions using Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Server 2000 and 2005

 Experience building Data Warehouses

 Experience building Cubes

 Experience building scorecards and dashboards

 Financial accounting experience

 Experience with Windows SharePoint Services and MOSS

 Experience with the ProClarity Analytics product line

AGENDA

PerformancePoint 2007 Boot Camp Outline

Day 1:

•        Module 1:  Introduction to Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007

o   Section 1: PerformancePoint Architecture

  Lesson 1:  PerformancePoint Overview

  Lesson 2:  Planning Server

  Lesson 3: Monitoring Server

•        Module 2:  Data Integration

o   Section 1: Data Integration and PerformancePoint Server

  Lesson 1: Data Integration Overview

  Lesson 2: The Data Integration Process

•        Module 3:  PerformancePoint Planning Server

o   Section 1: PerformancePoint Interfaces

  Lesson 1:  Workspaces

o   Section 2:  PerformancePoint Applications

  Lesson 1: Creating Applications

  Lesson 2:  Models and Model Sites

  Lesson 3:  Members and Member Sets

Day 2:

o   Section 3:  Dimensions

  Lesson 1:  User-Defined Dimensions

  Lesson 2:  Predefined Dimensions

o   Section 4:  Associations

  Lesson 1: Model Associations

o   Section 5:  Forms and Reports

  Lesson 1:  Form Templates and report Access

  Lesson 2:  Creating Forms and Reports

  Lesson 3:  Managing Forms and Reports

o   Section 6:  Business Rules

  Lesson 1: Implementing Business Rules

  Lesson 2: Managing and Customizing Rules

  Lesson 3:  PerformancePoint Expression Language (PEL)

o   Section 8: Security and Roles

  Managing Roles

  Managing Permissions

o   Section 10: Managing PPS Workflow

  Lesson 1 Workflow Management

o   Section 11:  Deploying Models

  Lesson 1:  Model and Site Deployment

Day 3:

•        Module 4:  PerformancePoint Add-In for Excel

o   Section 1:  Overview

  Lesson 1: Add-In Features

  Lesson 2: Connecting to a PerformancePoint Server

o   Section 2:  Working with Assignments

  Lesson 1: Assignments Overview

o   Section 3: Forms and Reports

  Lesson 1: Using Forms and Reports

  Lesson 2: Cached Assignments and Working Offline

  Lesson 3: Refreshing Form and Report Data

  Lesson 4: Recalculating Formulas

  Lesson 5: Form and Report Design

  Lesson 6: Creating Forms and Reports

  Lesson 7: Extending Form and Report Functionality

  Lesson 8: Importing and Exporting Reports

Day 4:

•         Module 5:  PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics Server

o   Section 1:  Introduction to Monitoring and Analytics

   Lesson 1: Overview

o   Section 2: The Dashboard Designer

  Lesson 1: Dashboard Designer Properties

  Lesson 2: Dashboard Designer Interface

  Lesson 3: Using Dashboard Designer

o    Creating Dashboards

o    Dashboard Filters

  Creating Filters

  Linking Filters

o    Exporting Dashboards

o    Dashboard Administration

  Lesson 4:  Dashboard Designer Advanced Concepts

•         Calculations

•         Scores

•         Band Settings

•         Aggregations

•         MDX

•         Trends

•         Named Sets

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