Course Overview
This three-day instructor-led course is aimed at database professionals who manage Business Intelligence (BI) operations. This course looks at various options that provide the ability of business users to analyze data and share their findings, starting with managed BI data sources and expanding to personal and external/public data sources.
Who Should Attend
The primary audience for this course are business intelligence professionals. The secondary audiences for this course are technically proficient business users.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to: Describe key features of a self-service BI solution Describe the key capabilities of SQL Server BI in a SharePoint environment Describe common Analysis Services operational tasks Describe PowerPivot for SharePoint server Describe Power Query Describe Windows Azure HDInsight
Course Prerequisites
- 10987 Performance Tuning and Optimizing SQL Databases
- 20767 Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse
Next Steps and Related Courses
- 10989 Analyzing Data with Power BI
Course Outline
1 – Introduction to Operational Management in BI Solutions
- Rationale for BI Operations
- Roles in BI Operations
- Technologies Used in BI Operations
- Environment and Operational Standards
2 – Configuring BI Components
- The Importance of Standardized Builds
- Configuration Considerations for BI Technologies
- BI Architectures
- SharePoint BI Environment
3 – Managing Business Intelligence Security
- Security Approach to BI Solutions
- Security Components
- Security Approach for BI Components
- The Security Approach in Different BI Environments
4 – Deploying BI Solutions
- Application Life Cycle Management for BI Solution
- Stand-Alone Deployments
- Team-Based Deployments
5 – Logging and Monitoring in BI Operations
- The Need for Logging and Monitoring
- Logging Options
- Monitoring Options
- Setting Up Alerts
6 – Troubleshooting BI Solutions
- Troubleshoot Failed BI Solutions
- Troubleshooting the Data Warehouse
- Troubleshooting SQL Server Analysis Services
- Troubleshooting SQL Server Reporting Services
7 – Performance Tuning BI Queries
- The Need for Performance Tuning
- BI Queries to Performance Tune
- Tools for Performance Tuning
- Remediating Performance Issues
