As shown in Part 1 of this blog, Excel Services is a versatile service application that can be scaled out independently to many individual application servers running the ECS (Excel Calculation Server) service. Users can easily explore data and conduct analysis and Excel Services reports that use SQL Server analysis services data.

What is Excel Services and what is it used for? Among its multiple advantages and capabilities, it allows Excel workbooks that are uploaded to SharePoint to be shared, secured, managed, and used directly inside of a browser. In terms of Business Intelligence (BI), Excel Services in SharePoint provides a simple-to-use reporting tool for end users.