Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Course Code: 5030

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Overview

Targeted towards database and business intelligence professionals, this five day course helps participants understand how to plan and design business intelligence solutions that are based on Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and other Microsoft BI technologies. The course is not intended for individuals new to SQL Server 2014 BI technologies; it is rather a better fit for professionals who have experience implementing solutions with SQL Server database engine, SQL server integration services, SQL server analysis services and SQL server reporting services. The course discusses planning, monitoring and optimizing BI solutions, planning SQL Server BI infrastructure, designing data warehouses, designing reporting services solutions and Microsoft Excel based reporting solutions.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 5 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 5 days

What You'll learn

Plan a BI solution
Plan SQL Server BI infrastructure
Design a data warehouse
Design an extract, transform and load (ETL) solutions
Design analytical data models
Plan a BI delivery solution
Design a reporting services solution
Design a Microsoft Excel based reporting solution
Plan a SharePoint Server BI solution
Monitor and optimize a BI solution
Operate a BI solution

Outline

Module 1: Planning a BI solution

Elements of a BI solution
Planning of a BI solution
The Microsoft BI platform
Lab: Planning BI solutions

Module 2: Planning SQL Server Business Intelligence Infrastructure

Considerations of BI Infrastructure
Planning Data Warehouse Hardware
Lab : Planning BI Infrastructure

Module 3: Designing a data warehouse

Data Warehouse Design Overview
Designing Dimension Tables
Design FACT tables
Lab : Designing a Data Warehouse Logical Schema

Module 4: Designing an ETL solution

ETL Overview
Planning for Data Extraction
Planning for Data Transformations
Planning for Data Loading
Lab : Designing an ETL Solution

Module 5: Designing analytical data models

Introduction to analytical data models
Designing analytical data models
Lab : Designing Analytical Data Model
Lab : Designing Dimensions and Hierarchies

Module 6: Planning a BI delivery solution

Considerations for BI delivery
Common Reporting Scenarios
Choosing a Reporting Tool
Lab : Planning a BI Delivery Solution

Module 7: Designing a reporting services solution

Planning a Reporting Solution
Designing Reports
Planning Report Consistency
Lab : Designing a Reporting Services Solution

Module 8: Designing an Excel based reporting solution

Using Excel for Data Reporting and Analysis
PowerPivot in Excel
Power View in Excel
Lab : Designing and Excel Reporting Solution

Module 9: Planning a SharePoint Server 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
Lab : Implementing a SharePoint Server BI Solution
Lab : Implementing PerformancePoint Services

Module 10: Monitoring and optimizing a BI solution

Overview of BI Monitoring
Monitoring and Optimizing the Data Warehouse
Monitoring and Analyzing Analysis Services
Monitoring and Optimizing Reporting Services
Lab : Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

Module 11: Operating a BI solution

Overview of BI Operations
ETL Operations
Data Warehouse Operations
Analysis Services Operations
Reporting Services Operations
Lab : Operating a BI Solution

Prerequisites

In addition to professional experience, participants need to have the following –

A 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