Professional Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint

The next wave of business intelligence, Self-Service BI, seeks to meet the demands of powerful hardware and shorter decision time frames. This book introduces PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint, showing you how to use this innovative software for self-service analytics and reporting. Authored by key members of the Microsoft team that built the product, this book will guide you through the use of in-memory BI server technology, data analytics eXpressions, and report gallery. The book also discusses how to deploy and manage sandbox servers, and a companion website provides sample reports and applications.

Sivakumar Harinath is a Senior Test Manager on the SQL Server Analysis Services team and a coauthor of Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX.

Ron Pihlgren is a 15-year Microsoft veteran and member of the SQL Server Analysis Services team as a senior test manager.

Denny Guang-Yeu Lee is a member of the SQL Customer Advisory team and a coauthor of Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX.