.. .Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Philo Janus Guy Fouché www.it-ebooks.info Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Copyright © 2010 by Philo Janus... services, and Pivot Table Services for client-side OLAP In SQL Server 2000, the feature was renamed SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) OLAP capabilities were underappreciated in SQL Server and 2000 Between... to enter the OLAP server market themselves SQL Server Analysis Services In 1996, Microsoft acquired OLAP technology from Panorama Software It shipped with SQL Server as OLAP Services (www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol /sql/ 70/maintain/olap.mspx)