This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft End-to-End business solutions using SQL Server 2008 in an integrated environment with SharePoint and Office 2007. The course introduces the students to Microsoft Unified Data Model, SQL 2008 Analysis Services, Integration Services, Reporting Services, Report Builder 2.0, SharePoint 2007 Integration, Reporting Services Content Types, Business Data Catalog, and Business Intelligence with Excel 2007 and Visio 2007.

Module 1: Overview Of the Microsoft BI Stack
Lessons

• 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 Explore the toolsets
  

Module 2: Unified Data Model
Lessons

• UDM Vision Problems
  
• UDM addresses
  
• Benefits
  
• Situations in which the UDM is inappropriate
  
• Lab : Unified Data Model
  
• Create a Data Source
  
• Create a Data View
  
• Create, process, deploy and browse a cube
  
• Proactive Cache
  

Module 3: SQL Server Integration Services
Lessons

• 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
  
• Create a SSIS Project in BIDS
  
• Create and implement several data flows
  
• Load data via a SQL statement
  

Module 4: SQL Server Analysis Server
Lessons

• 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
  
• Define an OLAP Cube
  
• Working with Measures and Measure Groups
  
• Time and Hierarchies Relating Dimensions
  
• Build Deploy and Browse the Cube
  

Module 5: MDX Query Language
Lessons

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

Module 6: SQL Server Reporting Services
Lessons

• 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
  
• Use BIDS to Create a OLAP Report
  
• Report Builder 3.0
  

Module 7: SharePoint Server 2007
Lessons

• 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
  
• Create a Report Center
  
• Configure Report Integration
  
• Create Data Connection
  
• Create Report Library
  
• Create Subscriptions
  

Module 8: SharePoint Business Data Catalog
Lessons

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

Module 9: SharePoint Excel Services
Lessons

• Excel on the Server
  
• Using Excel Services Limitations
  
• Trusted File Locations
  
• Excel Web Service
  
• Excel Web Access E
• xcel Calculation Service
  
• Lab : SharePoint Excel Services
  
• Create a User Defined Function
  
• Retrieve A Value From A Workbook
  
• Deploy A Web Part To Use EWS
  

Module 10: Data Mining and Excel
Lessons

• 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
  
• Utilize The Excel Data Mining Tools

After completing this course, students will be able to: Describe the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. Explain the Unified Dimension Model and when it can and cannot be used. Use the new Business Intelligence Features in SQL 2008. Create a SSAS Project using the Microsoft Unified Dimension Model. Create a Data Mart using Business Intelligence Studio. Create a Integration Services project and load a Data Mart. Load a Data Mart from a flat file. Model Dimensions, Measures and Cubes. Learn The basics of MDX query language. Understand the pros and cons of Integration into SharePoint. Create a Report using Report Builder 3.0. Load and Manage Reports with SharePoint. Create Report Subscriptions in SharePoint. Create and customize the SharePoint Report Center. Realize the importance of and customize SharePoint Content Types. Explain the differences in workflows in SharePoint. Understand and Create a Shared Service Provider in SharePoint. Understand and Create a Business Data Catalog in SharePoint. Utilize the Business Intelligence add-ins for Excel 2007.

Additional Reading To help you prepare for this class, review the following resources: The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimbal Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed.