Why Use It?

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 helps enable organizations to build comprehensive, enterprise-scale analytic solutions that deliver actionable insights through familiar tools. SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services introduces the BI Semantic Model, a single model for users with multiple ways of building business intelligence (BI) solutions.

This means:

• Continued support for the powerful online analytical-processing (OLAP) technologies that make SQL Server Analysis Services indispensible to BI specialists.
• Tools for IT professionals and developers who are familiar with dealing with data in rows and columns.
• Support for a spectrum of BI solutions that span personal, team, and corporate contexts.