Microsoft IT Academy: Course 10056: Introducing Business Intelligence in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Online

This two-hour course provides you with the skills and knowledge required to use the different business intelligence technologies and components in SQL Server 2008. You will learn to install and configure these technologies and components to support a business intelligence solution. This course should help students to prepare for Exam 70-448.

• All current Cambridge University members (departments and colleges)
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

To benefit from this course, the learner must be familiar with database concepts, Microsoft Windows, server management concepts such as roles and tracing, and programming concepts such as loops and functions.

This clinic covers the following topics:

• Overview of Business Intelligence.
• Overview of a Data Warehouse
• Creating a Business Intelligence Solution
• Overview of SQL Server Integration Services
• Introduction to SQL Server Analysis Services
• Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe an overview and components of BI.
• Describe a data warehouse.
• Start a SQL Server BI solution.
• Describe SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
• Describe SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).
• Describe SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).

Self-taught online

To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Macromedia Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.

For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:

• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

• The following software must be running on your computer in order to access this course with Screen Reader Software:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Window-Eyes from GW Micro
• JAWS from Freedom Scientific
• MSAA enabled

How to Enrol

• Email us: training@ucs.cam.ac.uk
• Telephone courses: (01223 3)34662

Important Information:

• To view this course you will need a Microsoft Live ID or Hotmail email account and to view the materials you will need to login and access the courses with Microsoft’s Explorer web browser (other browser systems may experience problems).