On Microsoft PressPass there is an interview with Lewin Levin, corporate VP for Office Business Applications, about BI at Microsoft.
From the interview:
“We’re announcing that Microsoft is significantly increasing, aligning and broadening our investments in business intelligence (BI). Office and the Microsoft Office System are going to play a much bigger role. Specifically, we’re shipping the newest Office system product – the Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005, and we are also previewing new Office “12” BI features, which are a big, new focus for Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. With this new product and the new Office features, Microsoft will make BI tools accessible to more people and more mainstream within organizations.”
Read the complete interview