Analysis Services Architect InfoCenter

The role of an Analysis Services architect is to decide the technology usage for a given business intelligence (BI) solution, as well as focus on the interaction and interoperability of both individual projects within a solution and individual solutions across the enterprise. As the solution-level decision maker, an Analysis Services architect provides vision and scope to projects within a business intelligence solution, and is known by job titles such as Data Warehouse Architect or Enterprise Data Architect.

To help the Analysis Services architect be as effective as possible, this Analysis Services Architect InfoCenter provides links to those topics considered most useful in understanding the BI functionality for enterprise-level applications in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS).

Concepts Unified Dimensional Model Data Mining Concepts Planning Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Backward Compatibility Upgrading or Migrating Analysis Services International Considerations for Analysis Services Other Business Intelligence Components SQL Server Integration Services SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Database Engine

More InformationAnalysis Services Concepts and ObjectsAudiences and InfoCentersInstalling Analysis Services Installing SQL Server Analysis Services from the Command Prompt Installing SQL Server Analysis Services by Using Setup Installing SQL Server 2005 Components Installing the SQL Server Database Engine Installing SQL Server Integration Services by Using Setup Installing SQL Server Reporting Services Tutorials and Walkthroughs SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Tutorial Data Mining Tutorial SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial