Module1: Getting Set Up

• Course Overview
• The Environment & Tools
• Database Types
• SQL Server 2012 Certification
• SQL Server Basics
• Getting the Sample Database
• Attaching the Sample Database
• LAB A: SQL Server 2012 Configuration Manager
• LAB A: SQL Server 2012 Configuration Manager
• LAB B: SQL Server 2012 Management Studio Tour

Module 2: Data Warehouse Basics

• Data Usage Challenges
• Understanding Normalization
• Normalized Structure Challenges
• DW Schema Basics
• Simple DW Example
• Auditing and Lineage
• Understanding Granularity
• LAB A: Exploring SSDT for Visual Studio 2012
• LAB B: Exploring AdventureWorks2012 & AdventureWorksDW2012

Module 3: Creating a Data Warehouse

• Understanding Fact Tables
• Understanding Dimensions
• Dimension Column Types
• Understanding Indexes
• Identifying Our Dimensions
• Identifying Our Fact Table
• LAB A: Creating Our DW Database
• LAB B: Creating Our Dimensions
• LAB C: Creating Our Fact Table
• LAB D: Creating Our Relationships

Module 4: Design and Implement Data Flow Using SSIS

• SSIS Basics
• Data Movement Planning
• Data and Control Flow
• Using Connection Managers
• Data Conversion Task
• Understanding Containers
• Understanding Groups
• Creating a Data Flow Task
• Data Flow Adapters
• LAB A: Using the Import Export Wizard
• LAB B: Simple SSIS Example
• LAB C: Loading the Customer Dimension
• LAB C: Loading the Customer Dimension

Module 5: Advanced Control Flow

• Understanding Expressions
• Package and Task Transactions
• Using Variables
• Understanding Variable Scope
• Parameters vs. Variables
• Property Parameterization

Module 6: Deploying Packages

• Deploying SSIS Packages
• Creating the SSISDB Catalog
• Deploying a Project
• Executing a Package
• Scheduling a Package

Module 7: Building an OLAP

• Understanding OLAP Modeling
• Create a Cube
• Refine the Cube
• Refining Dimensions
• LAB A: Cube Wizard
• LAB B: Cube Designer, Adding new Measure, Dimension, Relationship
• LAB C: Creating Time Dimension
• LAB D: Browsing the Cube

Module 8: SQL Server Report Server

• SSRS Architecture
• Configuration
• Report Builder 3.0
• Report Manager
• Report Server
• Data Sources
• Subscription

Module 9: Creating Reports using SSRS

• Reporting Server Projects
• Creating Tabular Report
• Adding Controls
• Creating List Report
• Creating Expressions
• Global Collections
• Formatting
• Creating Groups
• Calculating Totals
• Interactive Sorting
• Creating Parameters
• Creating Matrix Reports
• Matrix Features
• Creating A Chart
• Adding Gauges
• Adding Map
• LAB A: Deploy Reports
• LAB B: Report Manager