{"id":11974,"date":"2009-01-25T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T19:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.220.58.236\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2009-01-25T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T19:47:07","slug":"microsoft_kills_performancepoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/microsoft_kills_performancepoi.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Kills PerformancePoint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/bi\/archive\/2009\/01\/23\/microsoft-bi-strategy-update.aspx\">announced on their blog<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;In mid 2009, we will release PerformancePoint Server 2007 &#8220;Service Pack 3&#8221; &#8230; Thereafter, our customers and partners should not expect further investment in standalone versions of PerformancePoint Server.&quot; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Guy Weismantel BI Strategy Announcement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/winme\/0901\/35195\/Guy_Weismantel_BI_Announcement_MBR.asx\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"371\" alt=\"guy_weismantel\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/WindowsLiveWriter\/MicrosoftKillsPerformancePoint_12766\/guy_weismantel_3.jpg?resize=480%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/winme\/0901\/35195\/Guy_Weismantel_BI_Announcement_MBR.asx\" target=\"_blank\">video announcement<\/a> Guy Weismantel, Director of Microsoft BI announced that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Based on customer feedback, we are consolidating the scorecard, dashboard, and analytic functionality from Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server into Office SharePoint Server Enterprise&#8230;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;&#8230;through our Dynamix Business Unit, we will continue to invest in forecasting, management and financial reporting, and budgeting solutions as part of our packaged application business.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video and a related SharePoint <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/sharepoint\/archive\/2009\/01\/23\/microsoft-business-intelligence-strategy-update-and-sharepoint.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">blog posting<\/a> try to portray this as good news, and that Microsoft is making the changes because of the increasing strategic importance of BI, and in order to &quot;remove the barriers for customers who want to deploy a complete Business Intelligence solution&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligententerprise.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/microsofts_big_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog posting<\/a> on Intelligent Enterprise, Cindi Howson expressed doubts (that were echoed by several commenters to the posting):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;There is of course the alternative view to this move: Microsoft simply got into the performance management game too late and is simply conceding the market to competitors&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For some comments along these lines from a self-proclaimed biased source, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panorama.com\/blog\/?p=129\" target=\"_blank\">Panorama&#8217;s blog posting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other posts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beyondbi.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/23\/performancepoint-terminated-some-more-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Some more facts on the termination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/peterkol.spaces.live.com\/Blog\/cns!68755AEAC31F9A6C!992.entry\" target=\"_blank\">PerformancePoint Planning is no more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cwebbbi.spaces.live.com\/blog\/cns!7B84B0F2C239489A!4133.entry\" target=\"_blank\">More thoughts on the death of PPS Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft kills PerformancePoint &#8212; 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