Microsoft MCSA: SQL 2016 BI Development Equivalent Training Course

Earning an MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development certification validates your extract, transform, and load (ETL) and data warehouse skills, along with those for implementing BI solutions using multidimensional and tabular data models and online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes. This certification will qualify you for a position as a BI developer.

• Microsoft Course 20767
• Microsoft Course 20768

Microsoft Course 20767

This course describes how to implement a data warehouse platform to support a BI solution. Students will learn how to create a data warehouse with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 and with Azure SQL Data Warehouse, to implement ETL with SQL Server Integration Services, and to validate and cleanse data with SQL Server Data Quality Services and SQL Server Master Data Services.

Audience profile

The primary audience for this course are database professionals who need to fulfil a Business Intelligence Developer role. They will need to focus on hands-on work creating BI solutions including Data Warehouse implementation, ETL, and data cleansing.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the key elements of a data warehousing solution
• Describe the main hardware considerations for building a data warehouse
• Implement a logical design for a data warehouse
• Implement a physical design for a data warehouse
• Create columnstore indexes
• Implementing an Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Describe the key features of SSIS
• Implement a data flow by using SSIS
• Implement control flow by using tasks and precedence constraints
• Create dynamic packages that include variables and parameters
• Debug SSIS packages
• Describe the considerations for implement an ETL solution
• Implement Data Quality Services
• Implement a Master Data Services model
• Describe how you can use custom components to extend SSIS
• Deploy SSIS projects
• Describe BI and common BI scenarios

Prerequisites

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

• At least 2 years' experience of working with relational databases, including:
• Designing a normalized database.
• Creating tables and relationships.
• Querying with Transact-SQL.
• Some exposure to basic programming constructs (such as looping and branching).
• An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing

Describe data warehouse concepts and architecture considerations.

• Overview of Data Warehousing
• Considerations for a Data Warehouse Solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the key elements of a data warehousing solution
• Describe the key considerations for a data warehousing solution

Module 2: Planning Data Warehouse Infrastructure

This module describes the main hardware considerations for building a data warehouse.

• Considerations for Building a Data Warehouse
• Data Warehouse Reference Architectures and Appliances

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the main hardware considerations for building a data warehouse
• Explain how to use reference architectures and data warehouse appliances to create a data warehouse

Module 3: Designing and Implementing a Data Warehouse

This module describes how you go about designing and implementing a schema for a data warehouse.

• Logical Design for a Data Warehouse
• Physical Design for a Data Warehouse

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement a logical design for a data warehouse
• Implement a physical design for a data warehouse

Module 4: Columnstore Indexes

This module introduces Columnstore Indexes.

• Introduction to Columnstore Indexes
• Creating Columnstore Indexes
• Working with Columnstore Indexes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create Columnstore indexes
• Work with Columnstore Indexes

Module 5: Implementing an Azure SQL Data Warehouse

This module describes Azure SQL Data Warehouses and how to implement them.

• Advantages of Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Implementing an Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Developing an Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Migrating to an Azure SQ Data Warehouse

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the advantages of Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Implement an Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Describe the considerations for developing an Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Plan for migrating to Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Module 6: Creating an ETL Solution

At the end of this module you will be able to implement data flow in a SSIS package.

• Introduction to ETL with SSIS
• Exploring Source Data
• Implementing Data Flow

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe ETL with SSIS
• Explore Source Data
• Implement a Data Flow

Module 7: Implementing Control Flow in an SSIS Package

This module describes implementing control flow in an SSIS package.

• Introduction to Control Flow
• Creating Dynamic Packages
• Using Containers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe control flow
• Create dynamic packages
• Use containers

Module 8: Debugging and Troubleshooting SSIS Packages

This module describes how to debug and troubleshoot SSIS packages.

• Debugging an SSIS Package
• Logging SSIS Package Events
• Handling Errors in an SSIS Package

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Debug an SSIS package
• Log SSIS package events
• Handle errors in an SSIS package

Module 9: Implementing an Incremental ETL Process

This module describes how to implement an SSIS solution that supports incremental DW loads and changing data.

• Introduction to Incremental ETL
• Extracting Modified Data
• Temporal Tables

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe incremental ETL
• Extract modified data
• Describe temporal tables

Module 10: Enforcing Data Quality

This module describes how to implement data cleansing by using Microsoft Data Quality services.

• Introduction to Data Quality
• Using Data Quality Services to Cleanse Data
• Using Data Quality Services to Match Data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe data quality services
• Cleanse data using data quality services
• Match data using data quality services
• De-duplicate data using data quality services

Module 11: Using Master Data Services

This module describes how to implement master data services to enforce data integrity at source.

• Master Data Services Concepts
• Implementing a Master Data Services Model
• Managing Master Data
• Creating a Master Data Hub

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the key concepts of master data services
• Implement a master data service model
• Manage master data
• Create a master data hub

Module 12: Extending SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

This module describes how to extend SSIS with custom scripts and components.

• Using Custom Components in SSIS
• Using Scripting in SSIS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use custom components in SSIS
• Use scripting in SSIS

Module 13: Deploying and Configuring SSIS Packages

This module describes how to deploy and configure SSIS packages.

• Overview of SSIS Deployment
• Deploying SSIS Projects
• Planning SSIS Package Execution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe an SSIS deployment
• Deploy an SSIS package
• Plan SSIS package execution

Module 14: Consuming Data in a Data Warehouse

This module describes how to debug and troubleshoot SSIS packages.

• Introduction to Business Intelligence
• Introduction to Reporting
• An Introduction to Data Analysis
• Analyzing Data with Azure SQL Data Warehouse

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe at a high level business intelligence
• Show an understanding of reporting
• Show an understanding of data analysis
• Analyze data with Azure SQL data warehouse

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Microsoft Course 20768

This course is aimed at database professionals who fulfil a Business Intelligence (BI) developer role. This course looks at implementing multidimensional databases by using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and at creating tabular semantic data models for analysis with SSAS.

Audience profile

The primary audience for this course are database professionals who need to fulfil BI Developer role to create enterprise BI solutions. Primary responsibilities will include:

• Implementing multidimensional databases by using SQL Server Analysis Services
• Creating tabular semantic data models for analysis by using SQL Server Analysis Services
• The secondary audiences for this course are 'power' information workers/data analysts.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the components, architecture, and nature of a BI solution
• Create a multidimensional database with analysis services
• Implement dimensions in a cube
• Implement measures and measure groups in a cube
• Use MDX syntax
• Customize a cube
• Implement a tabular database
• Use DAX to query a tabular model
• Use data mining for predictive analysis

Prerequisites

This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence and Data Modeling

This module introduces key BI concepts and the Microsoft BI product suite.

• Introduction to Business Intelligence
• The Microsoft business intelligence platform

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the concept of business intelligence
• Describe the Microsoft business intelligence platform

Module 2: Creating Multidimensional Databases

This module describes the steps required to create a multidimensional database with analysis services.

• Introduction to multidimensional analysis
• Creating data sources and data source views
• Creating a cube
• Overview of cube security

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use multidimensional analysis
• Create data sources and data source views
• Create a cube
• Describe cube security

Module 3: Working with Cubes and Dimensions

This module describes how to implement dimensions in a cube.

• Configuring dimensions
• Define attribute hierarchies
• Sorting and grouping attributes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure dimensions
• Define attribute hierarchies.
• Sort and group attributes

Module 4: Working with Measures and Measure Groups

This module describes how to implement measures and measure groups in a cube.

• Working with measures
• Working with measure groups

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Work with measures
• Work with measure groups

Module 5: Introduction to MDX

This module describes the MDX syntax and how to use MDX.

• MDX fundamentals
• Adding calculations to a cube
• Using MDX to query a cube

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the fundamentals of MDX
• Add calculations to a cube
• Query a cube using MDX

Module 6: Customizing Cube Functionality

This module describes how to customize a cube.

• Implementing key performance indicators
• Implementing actions
• Implementing perspectives
• Implementing translations

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement key performance indicators
• Implement actions
• Implement perspectives
• Implement translations

Module 7: Implementing a Tabular Data Model by Using Analysis Services

This module describes how to implement a tabular data model in PowerPivot.

• Introduction to tabular data models
• Creating a tabular data model
• Using an analysis services tabular model in an enterprise BI solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe tabular data models
• Create a tabular data model
• Be able to use an analysis services tabular data model in an enterprise BI solution

Module 8: Introduction to Data Analysis Expression (DAX)

This module describes how to use DAX to create measures and calculated columns in a tabular data model.

• DAX fundamentals
• Using DAX to create calculated columns and measures in a tabular data model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the fundamentals of DAX
• Use DAX to create calculated columns and measures in a tabular data model

Module 9: Performing Predictive Analysis with Data Mining

This module describes how to use data mining for predictive analysis.

• Overview of data mining
• Using the data mining add-in for Excel
• Creating a custom data mining solution
• Validating a data mining model
• Connecting to and consuming a data mining model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe data mining
• Use the data mining add-in for Excel
• Create a custom data mining solution
• Validate a data mining solution
• Connect to and consume a data mining solution

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