When deciding to use PowerPivot in your enterprise, you must weigh the costs, benefits, risks, and rewards of implementing a self-service business intelligence (BI) offering instead of a traditional ...

Last week, we announced the availability of the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. Today we are excited to share that the SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot downloads for Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft ...

When designing a new SharePoint farm there are some decisions that are easy to make and for which there are useful examples such as the number of SharePoint servers that will be required and the ...

One of the main concerns for PowerPivot as an IT Professional or Database Administrator is that PowerPivot involves many different systems of SharePoint, Office, and SQL Server 2008 R2. It also has a ...

PowerPivot for Excel is an add-on for Microsoft Excel. It lets users conduct powerful business intelligence (BI) in an environment that is familiar. PowerPivot is a free download from Microsoft and ...

A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...

Spreadsheets, which have long been a disruptive force to enterprise IT, to some extent are the "killer" applications that helped drive the adoption of personal computers (PCs) in the enterprise.