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Course 20467-D: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Course 20467-D: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2014

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This training course teaches database and business intelligence (BI) professionals how to plan and design a BI solution that is based on Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and other Microsoft BI technologies.

Audience Profile

This course is not designed for students who are new to SQL Server 2014 BI technologies; it is targeted at BI professionals with experience of implementing solutions with SQL Server database Engine, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services.

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of dimensional modeling (star schema) for data warehouses.
  • Basic server hardware knowledge.
  • The ability to create Integration Services packages that include control flows and data flows.
  • The ability to create a basic multidimensional cube with Analysis Services.
  • The ability to create a basic tabular model with PowerPivot and Analysis Services.
  • The ability to create Reporting Services reports with Report Designer.
  • The ability to implement authentication and permissions in the SQL Server database engine, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services.
  • Familiarity with SharePoint Server and Microsoft Office applications - particularly Excel.

Course outline

Module 1: Planning a BI Solution

Module Overview

This module enables students to plan the components of a BI Solution.

Lessons

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

Lab Sessions

Planning BI Solutions

Lab Lessons

Scoping a BI Solution
Determining Software Requirements

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of a BI Solution.
Identify the components of a BI Solution.
Plan a BI Project.

Module 2: Planning SQL Server Business Intelligence Infrastructure

Module Overview

This module describes how to use plan appropriate BI Infrastructure given a set of BI Parameters.

Lessons

Considerations of BI Infrastructure
Planning Data Warehouse Hardware

Lab Sessions

Planning BI Infrastructure

Lab Lessons

Planning Server Topology
Planning Data Warehouse Hardware

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of a BI Infrastructure and where you would use them.
Plan for the hardware requirements of a data warehouse implementation.

Module 3: Designing a Data Warehouse

Module Overview

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

Lessons

Data Warehouse Design Overview
Designing Dimension Tables
Design FACT tables

Lab Sessions

Designing a Data Warehouse Logical Schema
Designing a Data Warehouse Physical Implementation

Lab Lessons

Identifying Business Processes and Dimensions
Designing Dimension Models and Data Warehouse Tables
Designing File Storage
Designing Warehouse Data Structures

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Design a data warehouse.
Design dimension tables.
Design Fact tables.
Design a logical schema for a data warehouse.

Module 4: Designing an ETL solution

Module Overview

This lesson describes how to design an extract, transform and load (ETL) solution.

Lessons

ETL Overview
Planning for Data Extraction
Planning for Data Transformations
Planning for Data Loading

Lab Sessions

Designing an ETL Solution

Lab Lessons

Preparing for ETL Design
Creating Source to Target Documentation
Using SSIS To Load a Partitioned Fact Table

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of an ETL solution.
Design an ETL solution.

Module 5: Designing Analytical Data Models

Module Overview

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

Lessons

Introduction to Analytical data Models
Designing Analytical Data Models

Lab Sessions

Designing Analytical Data Model
Designing Dimensions and Hierarchies
Enhancing Data Models

Lab Lessons

Creating a Multidimensional Data Model
Creating a Tabular Data Model
Creating Dimensions in a Multidimensional Data Model
Creating Dimensions in a Tabular Data Model
Enhancing a Multidimensional Data Model
Enhancing a Tabular Data Model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the features of an analytical data model.
Design an analytical data model.

Module 6: Planning a BI Delivery Solution

Module Overview

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

Lessons

Considerations for BI delivery
Common Reporting Scenarios
Choosing a Reporting Tool

Lab Sessions

Planning a BI Delivery Solution

Lab Lessons

Assessing Reporting Requirements

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of a BI delivery solution.
Describe some common reporting scenarios.
Choose an appropriate delivery solution for a given scenario.

Module 7: Designing a Reporting Services Solution

Module Overview

This module describes how to design a reporting services solution.

Lessons

Planning a Reporting Solution
Designing Reports
Planning Report Consistency

Lab Sessions

Designing a Reporting Services Solution

Lab Lessons

Designing a Reporting Environment
Creating Reusable Report Items
Creating Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for a reporting Services solution.
Design reports for a reporting services solutions.
Plan for consistency of reporting.

Module 8: Designing an Excel Based reporting Solution

Module Overview

In this module students will learn how to design a reporting solution using Excel.

Lessons

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

Lab Sessions

Designing and Excel Reporting Solution

Lab Lessons

Planning Excel Features
Analyzing a Cube with Excel
Creating a PowerPivot Workbook
Using Power View in Excel

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe key features of excel reporting solutions.
Use PowerPivot in Excel to create reports.
Use Power View in excel to create reports.

Module 9: Planning a SharePoint Server BI Solution

Module Overview

This module introduces the use of SharePoint Server as a BI solution.

Lessons

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

Lab Sessions

Implementing a SharePoint Server BI Solution
Implementing PerformancePoint Services

Lab Lessons

Creating a SharePoint Server Site for BI
Configuring Reporting Services in SharePoint Server
Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint
Creating a PerformancePoint Dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of a SharePoint Server BI solution.
Plan security for a SharePoint Server BI solution.
Plan reporting solutions for a SharePoint Server BI solution.
Describe the components of a PerformancePoint Solution.
Implement PerformancePoint services.

Module 10: Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

Module Overview

At the conclusion of this module you will be able to optimize and monitor a BI solution.

Lessons

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

Lab Sessions

Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

Lab Lessons

Monitoring and Optimizing a Data Warehouse
Monitoring and Optimizing Analysis Services
Monitoring and Optimizing Reporting Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the options for monitoring and optimizing a BI solution.
Be able to monitor and optimize a BI solution.

Module 11: Operating a BI Solution

Module Overview

At the conclusion of this module you will be able to plan management and maintenance operations of a BI solution.

Lessons

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

Lab Sessions

Operating a BI Solution

Lab Lessons

Configuring SQL Server Integration Services
Automate Data Warehouse Load Tasks
Test Automated Operations

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components to be managed in a BI Solution.
Be able to manage the components of a BI solution.

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