Performance management is a critical component of business intelligence and Microsoft will continue marketing and R&D investment in this area in future product releases.

kevin@byjobe.us — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:17:00 GMT

This is a statement from a seemingly more official document that can be viewed on the PPS TechNet site at:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ppsplanning/thread/9d02d0d5-2fd3-4dcf-8517-45fb5ba9177e

The quote is from the last sentence of point 1- What will happen to PerformancePoint Server?:

"Performance management is a critical component of business intelligence and Microsoft will continue marketing and R&D investment in this area in future product releases."

Maybe there is another life for some type of Planning application? Holding out hope that Microsoft will provide guidance soon on the vision of this statement.

Microsoft to abandon PerformancePoint Planning Server, Planning component will be discontinued

kevin@performancepointconsulting.com — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:19:00 GMT

Apparently, the rumors are true. This is the closest "official" item I've been able to find, but it does appear MS will abandon the Planning component for now:

http://blogs.msdn.com/bi/archive/2009/01/23/microsoft-bi-strategy-update.aspx

PerformancePoint Server and Business Performance Management

Performance management is a critical component of business intelligence and Microsoft will continue marketing and R&D investment in this area in future product releases.

Microsoft to abandon PerformancePoint Planning Server, Planning component will be discontinued