At Microsoft Days 2008, Abilitics SharePoint Consultant Rossen Zhivkov presented the session “Excel Services and Business Intelligence solutions”.

Here is a short extract of the session:

• What are the web-enabled spreadsheets & Excel Web Access?
• Usage scenarios of Excel Services as a front-end to a Business Intelligence solution based on SQL Server Analysis Services.
• Usage scenarios of the Excel Calculation Engine - how to save development & support costs by choosing to implement business logic in Excel Services over .NET development.
• Licensing & the total cost of ownership.