Users Declare: Thumbs Up (Mostly) For Microsoft’s BI Stack: TDWI

Users Declare: Thumbs Up (Mostly) For Microsoft’s BI Stack: TDWI: "BI pros—or BI pros in Microsoft-centric technology shops, anyway—think Microsoft’s Office-based BI strategy could do for business intelligence front-end tools what SQL Server and its all-in-one BI stack have done for the business intelligence back-end. More to the point, many say, Microsoft’s push into BI client tools is primed for success largely because SQL Server 2005 gets everything—or just about everything—right. BI pros—or BI pros in Microsoft-centric technology shops, anyway—think Microsoft’s Office-based BI strategy could do for business intelligence front-end tools what SQL Server and its all-in-one BI stack have done for the business intelligence back-end. More to the point, many say, Microsoft’s push into BI client tools is primed for success largely because SQL Server 2005 gets everything—or just about everything—right. "