PowerPivot is Released!

PowerPivot gives users the power to:

• Create compelling self-service BI solutions…
• Facilitate sharing and collaboration on user-generated BI solutions in a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment..
• Enables IT organizations to increase operational efficiencies through Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2-based management tools…

PowerPivot for Excel is a data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within the application users already know and love—Microsoft Excel. It’s the user-friendly way to perform data analysis using familiar Excel features you already know, such as the Office Fluent user interface, PivotTable and, PivotChart views, and slicers. It’s the fast way to generate rich and interactive analysis tools, easily mistaken for IT solutions after weeks of effort. It’s the right way to achieve deeper business insight and shorter decision cycles.

PowerPivot for SharePoint brings knowledge-sharing and management to the world of self-service BI. It’s the secure and reliable platform for sharing and collaborating on user-generated data models and analysis in Excel and in the browser while automatically refreshing those analysies. Efficiently discover and monitor mission-critical self-service BI applications by using the PowerPivot Management Dashboard. PowerPivot for SharePoint provides the right technology to distribute business insights to all employees helping lead to better, faster, more relevant decisions while avoiding the proliferation of spreadmarts and data silos in the enterprise.

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