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M50263: Introduction to Microsoft Business Intelligence from SQL 2008 through SharePoint and Office

5 Day Course
Hands On
Official Microsoft Curriculum
Code M50263

This course has been retired. Please view currently available Microsoft SQL Server Training Courses.

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Overview Of the Microsoft BI Stack (12 topics)

  • The Goal of Business Intelligence
  • SQL 2008 Business Intelligence Platform
  • Integration Services
  • Analysis Services
  • Reporting Services
  • SharePoint Report Center
  • Multidimensional Space Terminology
  • SharePoint 2007 Terminology
  • Tools for Developers and Users
  • Business Intelligence Project Skill Sets Required
  • Business Intelligence Life Cycle
  • Lab: Introduction To The Stack Tools

Unified Data Model (5 topics)

  • UDM Vision
  • Problems UDM addresses
  • Benefits
  • Situations in which the UDM is inappropriate
  • Lab: Unified Data Model

SQL Server Integration Services (19 topics)

  • Major Components
  • Practice: Import Wizard, DtwTypeConverssion.xml
  • New or changed features
  • Script task
  • Practice: Script Task
  • Change Data Capture
  • Data Profiling Task and Viewer
  • Practice: Data Profiler and Viewer
  • SSIS Connection Project
  • Practice: Connection Project
  • Extract Transform Load
  • Best Practices for Deployment
  • Advanced Features of Packages
  • Practice: Logging
  • Transactions
  • Checkpoints
  • Practice: Work with Transactions and Checkpoints
  • Best Practices for Design
  • Lab: SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server Analysis Server (15 topics)

  • Cubes
  • Multidimensional Space
  • Measures
  • Practice: Explore Measures
  • Dimensions
  • Practice: Create an unnatural hierarchy
  • Special Dimensions, Time and Slowly Changing
  • Schemas
  • Cube Processing
  • Partitions
  • Proactive Caching
  • Aggregations
  • Practice: Monitoring Aggregations
  • SSAS 2008 Enhancements
  • Lab: SQL Server Analysis Server

MDX Query Language (12 topics)

  • Overview
  • Editor
  • Select Statement
  • Where Clause
  • Tuples
  • Cells
  • Partial Tuples
  • Sets
  • Functions
  • Limiting Sets
  • Working With Time
  • Lab: MDX Query Language

SQL Server Reporting Services (14 topics)

  • Integration with SharePoint
  • Report Processing and Rendering
  • Report Authoring
  • Practice: Prepare SharePoint for Reporting Services
  • Data Access
  • Practice: Create Shared Data Sources
  • Data Sets
  • Practice: Create Datasets, Add a report Parameter
  • Semantic Models
  • Practice: Create a Report Model. Modify and Deploy the Model and Design a report based on the model
  • Tablix
  • Charts
  • Geospatial Data
  • Lab: SQL Server Reporting Services

SharePoint Server 2007 (17 topics)

  • SharePoint Terminology
  • Functionality
  • Portals
  • Practice: Create a Portal
  • Content Types
  • Practice: Create a Content Type
  • Workflows
  • Web Parts
  • Practice: Create a web page and add web parts
  • Data Connection Libraries
  • Shared Service Provider
  • Report Center
  • Dashboards/Scorecards
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Practice: KPIs
  • Subscriptions
  • Lab: SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Business Data Catalog (5 topics)

  • Why the BDC
  • BDC Web Parts
  • Application Definition Files
  • Authentication and Security
  • Lab: SharePoint Business Data Catalog

SharePoint Excel Services (8 topics)

  • Excel on the Server
  • Using Excel Services
  • Limitations
  • Trusted File Locations
  • Excel Web Service
  • Excel Web Access
  • Excel Calculation Service
  • Lab: SharePoint Excel Services

Data Mining and Excel (6 topics)

  • Notable Uses OF Data Mining
  • Key Terms
  • Types Of Data Mining Algorithms
  • The Microsoft Implementations OF The Algorithms
  • Excel and The BI Extensions
  • Lab: Data Mining and Excel

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have: - A working knowledge of RDBMS - A working knowledge of Business Intelligence Studio - A working knowledge of Excel and the Office Ribbon - An understanding of the goals of Business Intelligence

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