Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server Bukit Merah, Central

Course details

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 2014, implement ETL with SQL Server Integration Services, and validate and cleanse data with SQL Server Data Quality Services and SQL Server Master Data Services.

Note: This course is designed for customers who are interested in learning SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014. It covers the new features in SQL Server 2014, but also the important capabilities across the SQL Server data platform.

Course Outline

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing 
• Lesson 2: Planning Data Warehouse Infrastructure
• Lesson 3: Designing and Implementing a Data Warehouse
• Lesson 4: Creating an ETL Solution with SSIS 
• Lesson 5: Implementing Control Flow in an SSIS Package
• Lesson 6: Debugging and Troubleshooting SSIS Packages
• Lesson 7: Implementing a Data Extraction Solution
• Lesson 8: Loading Data into a Data Warehouse
• Lesson 9: Enforcing Data Quality 
• Lesson 10: Master Data Services
• Lesson 11: Extending SQL Server Integration Services
• Lesson 12: Deploying and Configuring SSIS Packages
• Lesson 13: Consuming Data in a Data Warehouse 

Prerequisites

This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:

• 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.