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Designing a Business Intelligence Solution for the Enterprise Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Course 2794: Two days; Instructor-Led

Introduction

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

The purpose of this two-day instructor-led course is to teach Business Intelligence (BI) professionals working in enterprise environments to design a BI solution architecture. Students will be taught the importance of keeping all components of the solution and stages of the lifecycle in mind. The first day focuses on foundational standards and practices for the enterprise. The second day focuses on a project-specific lifecycle for capturing requirements and deriving a solution architecture.

This is the first course in the Business Intelligence curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other courses in the curriculum.

Audience

This course is intended for experienced BI and Microsoft SQL Server professionals. The target students for this course already have an understanding of how to use the SQL Server 2005 tools to implement BI infrastructure and solutions, but need to develop their understanding of design principles and best practices when planning, implementing, and deploying a Business Intelligence architecture and solution.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must:

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence Architecture

In this module, students will learn about key design principles that should be considered when scoping a BI solution, and about the components of the back end and front end of a BI solution, so that they can design and develop appropriate BI solutions for organizations.

Lessons

Lab 1: Identifying Business Intelligence Solution Requirements

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 2: Overview of the Business Intelligence Project Lifecycle

This module examines the core processes and requirements to achieve a successful Business Intelligence project.

Lessons

Lab 2: Planning a Business Intelligence Project

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 3: Introduction to Business Intelligence Development

This module describes how to plan and manage the development process for a Business Intelligence project. It discusses considerations for assembling the development team, managing the development process, testing, and deploying the solution.

Lessons

Lab 3: Developing a Business Intelligence Solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 4: Designing Business Intelligence Infrastructure

This module describes how to identify infrastructure requirements for a Business Intelligence solution, and how to design an effective infrastructure to provide the required levels of scalability and availability.

Lessons

Lab 4: Supporting Business Intelligence Infrastructure Growth

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 5: Managing Business Intelligence Operations

This module explains how to manage and operate a Business Intelligence solution.

Lessons

Lab 5: Using Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) to Manage Business Intelligence Operations

After completing this module, students will be able to: