We're currently looking into SharePoint 2010 and we're decided what we need as a business.
We're at a point where we are looking to upgrade our MS SQL Server from 2008 to SQL 2012 Enterprise Edition but mainly on the back of SharePoint features.
Can somebody tell me if SharePoint Enterprise Edition can run Performance Point & PowerPivot off MS SQL Server 2008 or would it require SQL 2012 Enterprise?
Thanks
From what I've found you need:
SharePoint Enterprise in order to use PowerPivot and PerformancePoint (dashboard services) with SQL Server 2008 R2 for PowerPivot and PerformancePoint to run.
In this particular case there was no need for us to upgrade.
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Are there any ways to integrate SharePoint office 365 site with Team Foundation Server (to display data from TFS on SharePoint). Maybe, is there a webpart or anything that can do that)?
No such way by default. Check the Supported SharePoint versions for TFS version:
TFS 2015:
SharePoint 2013 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
SharePoint 2010 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
TFS 2013
SharePoint 2013 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
SharePoint 2010 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
TFS 2012
SharePoint 2013 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
SharePoint 2010 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise)
Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Standard, Enterprise)
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
TFS 2010
Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Standard, Enterprise)
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
I'm looking at the ssrs deployment guide on the Azure site and it says to specify a 2008 r2 target? is ssrs on Azure not 2012? can I deploy 2012 SSRS reports? Also it suggest I download report builder 3.0, do i need that if I plan to install 2012 BI ? Is there even a 2012 BI install for Visual Studio 2012? Ideally I'd like to build and deploy SSRS 2012 reports.
Also, Can SSRS2012 consume SharePoint Online List Sources? Any plans for SP Integrated SSRS in o365/SharePoint 2013 Online?
And finally, we are looking for way to move from SP 2007 On prem, but we have 500 SSRS 2005 reports in SharePoint we need to somehow deliver through SharePoint.. any good shorterm option while MS catches up with this critical integration need? Right now we have SharePoint clients that don't want to go to the Cloud without their SSRS Reports.
thanks.
Regarding SQL 2012 compatibility I can't find anything that explicitly confirms 2012 compatibility, but based on the "Guidelines and Limitations" info Azure SQL Reporting is compatible with SQL Server Data Tools, which are the new version of SQL tools released with SQL Server 2012. That page also contains a link to download Report Builder, which links to the 2012 version.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg430132.aspx#Tools
Note that Azure SQL Reporting only supports Native Mode report server (not Sharepoint Integrated) and also only supports Windows Azure SQL databases as a data source.
Is it required to have SharePoint server for working with Power View in SSRS? I have SQL Server with MSBI 2012. My client is inclined towards using Power view. Do I need need to install SharePoint (and pay for it) to use Power view in SSRS with SQL Server 2012 ?
Short answer is yes. From Microsoft:
Power View is now a feature of Microsoft Excel 2013, and is part of
the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services add-in for Microsoft
SharePoint Server 2010 and 2013 Enterprise Editions.
And:
Power View is a browser-based Silverlight application launched from
SharePoint Server 2010
More details:
Power View.
System Requirements for Power View.
I am looking at Access 2013 and when trying to create a linked table to a Sharepoint list, I keep receiving an error:
Access Services
Access can't connect to the external data source because the LocalDB component or the SQL Native Client component are not installed.
That's all there is to the error.
I am an admin with "Full Control" rights to Sharepoint. I have tried this on Sharepoint 2007 and 2013.
I'd like for it to work as it does here:
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/2012/08/30/link-to-sharepoint-lists-in-access.aspx
To anyone with same problem above, make sure the following components are installed on the Sharepoint Server:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Local DB (SQLLocalDB.msi)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application Framework (Dacframework.msi)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client (sqlncli.msi)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom (SQLDOM.MSI)
Microsoft System CLR Types for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SQLSysClrTypes.msi)
You must restart the SharePoint Server after following the install steps from the previous post.
If I use MOSS 2007 or Sharepoint Services 3.0 with TFS do I need a license or is there an implicit license with TFS, like there is for SQL Server.
You need a license for MOSS, but Sharepoint Services 3.0 are part of Windows and don't require a separate license to use. TFS only requires WSS to run. The stack looks like this:
WSS
/ \
MOSS TFS
WSS 3.0 comes free with Windows Server 2005/2008, MOSS always requires a separate license. TFS doesn't grant you any kind of SharePoint licensing afaik.
Ray - as others have said you need a license for MOSS beyond your Windows Server and TFS licenses, but not WSS 3.0 for TFS 2008. TFS 2010 does not require WSS or MOSS at all if you have another site or portal solution (i.e. FlexWiki, Zen, Pivotal Tracker, etc).