Anith Gopal

So in a previous post I tried to tear down Gemini to something relatively simple, instead of curing cancer. This post is when I build it back up

Last month, we blogged about Project Gemini, a cool new add-on to Excel and SharePoint that lets you do some powerful data analysis. Well, the first preview release of Gemini is out this month as part of the SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP. The Gemini product team has started a new blog http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini .

Nuestro buen amigo Juan Alvarado ha creado un screencast sobre Gemini en su canal de screencast , aquí lo que es Gemini: “Gemini is the code name for the new breakthrough Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities being delivered in the SQL Server 2008 R2 release. Gemini enables end users to build BI applications by integrating data from a variety of sources, modeling, refining and analyzing the data, adding business logic, building reports and visualizations and ultimately sharing it with their coworkers in an environment that is managed and secured by IT

  New Orleans was host to the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference 2009 this week. With over 8,000 in attendance the WPC is a yearly opportunity for MS partners to connect with each other and gain insight into Microsoft’s strategy and direction.   I was able to attend the conference and wanted to provide a roundup for the exposure around Business Intelligence and some of the announcements that were made.

  Watch a preview of creating an analysis model with Excel and Gemini.       Watch a preview of sharing a Gemini model on the web with SharePoint and Excel Services.     Watch for more news on Microsoft BI and project Gemini at Microsoft’s user conference next week, TechEd 2009, May 11-15

Here’s a collection of some cool Microsoft BI Demos that I use regularly to showcase aspects of the Microsoft BI stack and show interesting examples of what insight to information can actually accomplish.