Remember that Gold and Certified Partners can register for what we are calling ‘Early Start Initiatives’ to help get ready for forthcoming specialisations in the competencies of the partner program.

Performance Management Early Start Initiative

Start preparing now to attain the Performance Management specialization, designed specifically for partners specializing in the design, development and implementation of Performance Management Solutions that enable organizations to monitor, analyze and improve performance using the Office System components of the Microsoft Business Intelligence offering.

New ProClarity Training Available

ProClarity 6.3 will be available through Microsoft volume licensing beginning March 1, 2007. Get to know the advanced analysis and visualization capabilities of ProClarity now through online training in the Partner Learning Center.

ProClarity Professional Client - End User Training Part 1
Learn how to create and modify queries, and change view types.

Clarity Professional Client - End User Training Part 2
Learn how to publish views to a Briefing Book.

ProClarity Dashboard End User
Gain introductory end-user knowledge on how to use the ProClarity Dashboard to analyze the organization.

ProClarity Analytics Server Environment and Authoring
This course will introduce you to the ProClarity Analytics Server (PAS) environment. Learn how to publish Briefing Books to PAS for others to consume.

Introducing ProClarity Business Logic Server
Get introductory training on how to use Business Logic within your environment. Create and publish dynamic sets and members to ProClarity Analytics Server and understand how to leverage these items throughout the organization.

ProClarity Web Standard Client End User
This course provides end-user knowledge of basic ProClarity navigation and collaboration for the thin client, including an introduction to OLAP technology.

ProClarity Dashboard Administrator
Learn how to construct a dashboard from existing ProClarity views, parameterize dashboards, and integrate them with portals.

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 Community Technology Preview

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 will bring together the next generation of scorecarding, analytics and planning capabilities into a complete performance management solution. The PerformancePoint 2007 Community Technology Preview now has over 5000 participants. CTP 2 is quickly approaching so be sure and register so you can have access to the software, Newsgroups, feedback forums and training events.