Databases Reference
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The chapter described how the various BI tools can work separately or together in different scenarios,
for different user communities, and at different stages of maturity with BI capabilities. Don't be overly
concerned if you or business users in your company want to start using a certain tool before the
maturity model or road map says you're ready for that stage. The whole point of BI is to empower
users to access information in any way possible. Just ensure that users aren't trying to use a tool that
requires greater technical skills than they possess. If they're willing to learn, support them in their
efforts, but don't turn them loose without support, because they might simply give up on all BI out
of frustration. For the same reason, don't implement a tool if the necessary infrastructure isn't yet in
place or if it doesn't provide the specific functionality that you need. At this point, you should have
a better understanding of how the tools available in the Microsoft BI stack work together to support
your goals for delivering information to users at all levels of your company, and you should feel better
prepared to select a tool. The next chapter explains what you'll need to do to establish the back-end
infrastructure to better support many of these tools.
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