Updating your Business Intelligence Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Course Information
This three-day instructor-led course provides existing SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) professionals with the knowledge and skills to use new and enhanced BI capabilities in SQL Server 2012.
Audience profile
This course is intended for BI professionals with experience of using SQL Server 2008 R2.
At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe key new and enhanced features for BI in SQL Server 2012.
- Use new and enhanced features in SQL Server Integration Services.
- Manage data quality by using SQL Server Data Quality Services.
- Manage master data by using new and enhanced features of SQL Server Master Data Services.
- Use new and enhanced features of SQL Server Reporting Services.
- Create tabular data models with PowerPivot and DAX.
- Implement a tabular data model in SQL Server Analysis Services.
- Use Power View to create interactive data visualizations.
- Integrate Microsoft cloud technologies into a BI solution.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Experience of creating database solutions in SQL Server, including basic Transact-SQL programming.
- Familiarity with data warehousing and BI solutions, including extract, transform, and load (ETL), data modeling, and reporting.
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Updating your Business Intelligence Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2012
3 Day
Course Information
This three-day instructor-led course provides existing SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) professionals with the knowledge and skills to use new and enhanced BI capabilities in SQL Server 2012.
Audience profile
This course is intended for BI professionals with experience of using SQL Server 2008 R2.
At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe key new and enhanced features for BI in SQL Server 2012.
- Use new and enhanced features in SQL Server Integration Services.
- Manage data quality by using SQL Server Data Quality Services.
- Manage master data by using new and enhanced features of SQL Server Master Data Services.
- Use new and enhanced features of SQL Server Reporting Services.
- Create tabular data models with PowerPivot and DAX.
- Implement a tabular data model in SQL Server Analysis Services.
- Use Power View to create interactive data visualizations.
- Integrate Microsoft cloud technologies into a BI solution.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Experience of creating database solutions in SQL Server, including basic Transact-SQL programming.
- Familiarity with data warehousing and BI solutions, including extract, transform, and load (ETL), data modeling, and reporting.
Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2012 for Business Intelligence
This module provides an overview of how SQL Server 2012 can be used to build BI solutions. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server Integration Services This module describes the new and enhanced features in SQL Server Integration Services that can be used to create an ETL solution to load a data warehouse. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 3: Data Quality Services This module provides an introduction to SQL Server Data Quality Services, and teaches you how to build knowledge based data quality solutions for cleansing and matching data. Lessons
Lab : Cleansing Data Lab : Deduplicating Data After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 4: Master Data Services This module provides an introduction to master data management with SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 5: SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services This module provides an introduction to new and enhanced features in SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 6: Creating Tabular Data Models with PowerPivot This module provides an introduction to new and enhanced features in PowerPivot. Lessons
Lab : Using PowerPivot for Excel Lab : Creating Calculated Columns and Measures After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 7: Implementing an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model This module describes how to create tabular Analysis Services databases. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 8: Creating Data Visualizations with Power View This module provides an introduction to Power View, and describes how it can be used to create interactive data visualizations. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Using Cloud Technologies in a BI Solution This module introduces Microsoft cloud technologies that can be used in a BI solution. Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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