Microsoft recently released the Analytics Accelerator R2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on CodePlex.  This version adds reporting for SQL Server 2008, as well as enhancements to the older SQL 2005 reports.

Analytics R2 Accelerator - Sales Manager Dashboard Report

The future R3 version will add cubes, data mining applications, PerformancePoint scorecards and other great analytical tools.

Be sure to download this release and give it a trial run on the April 2009 VPC.  Let me know if you like it!

Download Link:

• Analytics Accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 [CodePlex.com, 5MB]
• Sample Sales Manager Dashboard Report [PDF]
  

Excerpt from the Whitepaper:

The Analytics Accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 will be delivered in three releases – each release will build on the capabilities of its predecessor. Here is a summary of what each release will include:

Release 1 (December 2008):
•    SQL Server 2005 Dashboard reports
•    Simple SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) cube

Release 2 (THIS RELEASE):
•    SQL Server 2008 Dashboard reports
•    Fixes and enhancements to the SQL Server 2005 dashboard reports

Release 3:
•    Simple SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS) cube
•    Sales Pipeline trending analysis example (SQL Server 2005 AND 2008)
•    Enhanced SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube (SQL Server 2005 AND 2008)
•    Embedded data mining applications
•    Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server scorecards
•    Security synchronization plugin (and source code) to replicate the Microsoft Dynamics CRM security model to the SSAS cubes

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