Microsoft today outlined some finer points for testing business intelligence capabilities in the Excel 2013 and SharePoint 2013 previews.

SQL Server 2008 R2 BI Solution Stack PowerPivot for Excel An add-in for Excel, PowerPivot is built on the SQL Server Analysis Service Engine Vertipaq.

Creating a Microsoft SharePoint list from Microsoft Excel data is safer than sharing the entire Excel workbook.

Microsoft offers a Web version of Excel. But there's an important difference with hosted spreadsheets from competitors like Google and Zoho: it's tied to SharePoint Server and Office 2007. A ...