PerformancePoint Server joins Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007

Posted by Sheraz Alvi in Enhance SharePointFeb 10th, 2009 | No Comments
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You can now benefit from a complete business intelligence solution without any further investment in standalone versions of PerformancePoint Server. As Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 has been joined in by the PerformancePoint Server 2008.
Microsoft announced that they are moving the scorecard, dashboard, and analytic functionality from PerformancePoint Server into SharePoint Server Enterprise, providing a complete perspective of business performance across enterprise functions such as finance, sales and human resources. These changes enable you to benefit from a complete and integrated business intelligence (BI) solution through your existing investments in SharePoint.
The addition of PerformancePoint Server 2007 greatly improves visibility into your company performance and rapidly see what is profitable and what is not. You can use this single integrated application to monitor and analyse the success your company enjoys or the barriers it faces and to plan for the future of your business.

PerformancePoint Server 2007 greatly enhances SharePoint and includes.

  • Robust monitoring and analytics capabilities.

Scorecards, dashboards, and analytics are all integrated into the same application making deployment simple and helping drive alignment and accountability.

  • Improved planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

Drive strategic objectives and goals into the planning and budgeting process to ensure departmental plans align with corporate strategy.

  • Faster financial reporting and consolidation.

Consolidate financial data from multiple general ledgers and reporting systems to achieve a single, integrated view of financial information.

  • Accountability from the individual to the enterprise

Users can create scorecards, dashboards, and analytics that align with their own responsibilities and goals and with the overall goals and objectives of the organisation. This means that everyone has an up-to-date, consistent view of the data and the most current insight on the entire organisation’s performance.

  • Performance management for all business users

PerformancePoint Server 2007 was designed to reach everyone involved in your business at all levels of your organisation. Users’ experiences are improved with familiar and easy-to-use interfaces, including Microsoft Office Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.

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