SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services operations guide

Microsoft has releases Analysis Service 2008 R2 operations guide. 

This can be quite useful to understand new feature and optimizations in 2008 R2 edition. 

We can download it from 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh226085.aspx 

This white paper describes how operations engineers can test, monitor, capacity plan, and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP solutions in SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2.