Office Based Tools

Familiar Microsoft Office tools empower users of all levels with new insights.

Microsoft BI Solution Builder
Powerful Self-Service Analysis with Power Pivot in SQL Server 2012
Managed Self-Service BI: End User Created, IT Managed
Facilitate Faster Insights, Sharing and Collaboration with Power Pivot

A powerful solution that provides users of all levels with new insights through familiar Microsoft Office tools. Organizations can create compelling reports and analytical applications, easily share insights, and collaborate with colleagues.

What's New in SQL Server 2012 SP1

Access data from virtually any source.
Easily collaborate and share insight using Power Pivot.
Discover new insights and visualize data with Power View.
Inspire innovation in end users with data mashup capabilities.
All of the above capabilities available out of the box in Excel 2013.

Key Capabilities

Empower Users of All Levels
Mash-up and Analyze Data with Power Pivot, Now in Excel
Provide unmatched analytical performance with Power Pivot, a powerful data mashup and exploration capability based on xVelocity in-memory analytics engine - now in Excel 2013.
- Process billions of rows of data at the speed of thought.
- Download and learn more about Excel 2013.
Perform Rapid Data Exploration With Power View, Now in Excel
Effortlessly create, present, and share reports with Power View, now in Excel 2013.
- Perform rapid data exploration visually and interactively using SharePoint.
- Learn more about Power View.
Get an early look at upcoming self-service BI capabilities
Power BI for Office 365 preview: Get complete self-service BI for your on-premises and cloud-based data by using the new data discovery and analysis features in Excel with the collaboration capabilities in the new Power BI for Office 365 online service.
- Find out about Power BI for Office 365
- Explore Microsoft Data Insights