CTP4 of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is now available

August 26, 2007

Microsoft announced the ENU (English) release of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 CTP4 software. See the "What's new in PerformancePoint Server CTP4" document from the following Connect site for details on new changes.

MSConnect and Download
You can download the files within the "Download" section of Microsoft Connect (https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx).

SQL Server Samples & Community Projects

Here you can download SQL Server Samples & Community Projects.

BIDS Helper

Here is a link to BIDS Helper - the set of VS.Net add-ins that extend and enhance the functionality of the SQL Server BI Development Studio. I find these add-ins very helpful for work in the BI Development Studio.

BIDS Helper feaures:

• Analysis Services
• Aggregation Manager
• Calculation Helpers
• Column Usage Reports
• Delete Unused Aggregations
• Deploy Aggregation Designs
• Deploy MDX Script
• Dimension Health Check
• Dimension Optimization Report
• Measure Group Health Check
• Printer Friendly Dimension Usage
• Tri-State Perspectives
• Show Extra Properties
• Update Estimated Counts
• Validate Aggregations
• Visualize Attribute Lattice
• Integration Services
• Create Fixed Width Columns
• dtsConfig File Formatter
• Expression and Configuration Highlighter
• Expression List
• Smart Diff
• General
• Enable/Disable features

SQL Server 2008 July CTP

August 1, 2007
SQL Server 2008 July CTP is now available