Microsoft Books

Microsoft books cover a wide range of applications and tools, as can be expected of a company of its size and maturity. Microsoft also publish their own books under the Microsoft Press label. There have been many excellent books written about Microsoft Business Intelligence tools. Below is a list of our favorites:

Data Warehouse

The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit:
With SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset
by Joy Mundy, Warren Thornthwaite, and Ralph Kimball

          

SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
by Brian Larson

          

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
by Brian Larson

          

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 New Features
by Michael Otey

          

Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
by Teo Lachev

          

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying
by Lubor Kollar, Dejan Sarka Itzik Ben-Gan

Sharepoint

The Microsoft SharePoint Step by Step Kit
by Penelope Coventry, Bill English, Todd Bleeker and Olga Londer

          

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007
Administrator's Companion
by Bill English with the Microsoft SharePoint Community Experts

          

Performance Point Server

The Rational Guide To Planning with
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
by Adrian Downes and Nick Barclay

          

The Rational Guide To Monitoring and Analyzing
with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
by Nick Barclay and Adrian Downes

          

Business Intelligence
with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
by Craig Utley

          

Business Intelligence
with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
by Craig Utley

          

Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007:
Building Business Intelligence Solutions
by Philo Janus

          

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
by Elaine Andersen

          

Excel

Professional Excel Development: The Definitive Guide to
Developing Applications Using Microsoft Excel and VBA
by Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey, John Green

          

Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence
by Doug Harts

          

Exam & certification specific books

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-431):
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance (Pro-Certification)
by Solid Quality Learning

          

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-445):
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
by Lachev, Sarka, and Loria

* At the time of writing, there aren't any Microsoft Press books or third party publisher books available for the 70-446 and 70-556 exams.

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