1. publish excel workbooks on sp in compatible browser
   1. ecel client not needed
   2. no active x controls to install
   3. javascript and dhtml only
2. display Business intelligence webparts
   1. store data that represents key business processes, organize that data
3. characteristics
   1. better symmetry across excel and excel services
      1. more support for office 2010 features
   2. improved user experience
      1. ajax based: you can refresh elements of a page instead of page refresh
   3. unattended service account
      1. single account for retrieval of data
      2. account can be used as a privileged account in ms office 2010
      3. stored in secure store service
   4. windows powershell
      1. capable of providing a complete excel services deployment
      2. cant use stsadm.exe
      3. useSPServiceApplication
   5. trusted locations
      1. created by default
      2. admin must create when unc are used
   6. slicer feature
      1. manual filtering
      2. data filter
4. custom applications
   1. user-defined functions
   2. REST API
   3. ECMA script
5. configuring
   1. Global settings
      1. load balancing
      2. memory
      3. throttling
      4. unattended service account
      5. data connection timeouts
   2. trusted file locations
      1. place, library where spreadsheets can be loaded from
   3. trusted data providers
   4. trusted data connection libraries
   5. user defined function assemblies
      1. define custom developed code assemblies that provide functionality and data to be used by spreadsheets