20467 Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

About this Course

This five-day instructor-led course teaches students how to design and implement a BI infrastructure. The course discusses design, installation. The course discusses design, installation, and maintenance of a BI platform.

This course maps to skills and knowledge measured by Microsoft Exam 70-467, and in conjunction with on-the-job experience, can help prepare you for the exam.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for BI professionals such as BI Architects or database professionals who need to design BI solutions. BI Architects are responsible for the overall design of the BI infrastructure, including how it relates to other data systems in use. In addition, their responsibilities include Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube design and integration with Microsoft SharePoint or line-of-business applications.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan the components of a BI solution.
• Plan a BI infrastructure.
• Design a data warehouse.
• Design an ETL solution.
• Plan analytical data models.
• Plan a BI delivery solution.
• Design a Reporting Services solution.
• Design an Excel reporting solution.
• Plan a SharePoint Server BI solution.
• Monitor and optimize a BI solution.
• Plan for BI operations.

Course Outline

Module 1: Planning a BI Solution

This module discusses how to plan the components of a BI solution.

• Elements of a BI Solution
• The Microsoft BI Platform
• Planning a BI Project

Module 2: Planning SQL Server Business Intelligence Infrastructure

This module explains how to plan an appropriate BI infrastructure for a given set of BI services.

• Considerations for BI Infrastructure
• Planning Data Warehouse Hardware

Module 3: Designing a Data Warehouse

This module explains how to design a data warehouse for a given set of user requirements.

• Data Warehouse Design Overview
• Designing Dimension Tables
• Designing Fact Tables
• Designing a Data Warehouse Physical Implementation

Module 4: Designing an ETL Solution

This module explains how to design an ETL solution for a data warehouse.

• ETL Overview
• Planning Data Extraction
• Planning Data Transformation
• Planning Data Loads

Module 5: Designing Analytical Data Models

This module explains how to design analytical data models for specific BI scenarios.

• Introduction to Analytical Data Models
• Designing an Analytical Data Model
• Designing Dimensions
• Enhancing Data Models

Module 6: Planning a BI Delivery Solution

This module explains how to choose an appropriate delivery solution for a given scenario.

• Considerations for Delivering BI
• Common Reporting Scenarios
• Choosing a Reporting Tool

Module 7: Designing a Reporting Services Solution

This module explains how to design a Reporting Services solution.

• Planning a Reporting Services Solution
• Designing Reports
• Planning Report Consistency

Module 8: Designing a Microsoft Excel-Based Reporting Solution

This module explains how to design a reporting solution that uses Excel.

• Using Excel for Data Analysis and Reporting
• PowerPivot for Excel
• Power View for Excel

Module 9: Planning a SharePoint Server BI Solution

This module explains how to design a SharePoint BI solution.

• Introduction to SharePoint Server as a BI Platform
• Planning Security for a SharePoint Server BI Solution
• Planning Reporting Services Configuration
• Planning PowerPivot Configuration
• Planning for PerformancePoint Services

Module 10: Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

This module explains how to monitor and optimize a BI solution.

• Overview of BI Monitoring
• Monitoring and Optimizing the Data Warehouse
• Monitoring and Optimizing Analysis Services
• Monitoring and Optimizing Reporting Services

Module 11: Operating a BI Solution

This module explains how to plan management and maintenance operations for a BI solution.

• Overview of BI Operations
• ETL Operations
• Data Warehouse Operations
• Analysis Services Operations
• Reporting Services Operations

Dienu skaits: 5
Maksa privātpersonām (bez PVN): 940.00 €
Maksa organizācijām (bez PVN): 1175.00 €