Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server On Demand 20463

Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing This module provides an introduction to the key components of a data warehousing solution and the high-level considerations you must take into account when you embark on a data warehousing project.

Lessons

• Overview of Data Warehousing
• Considerations for a Data Warehouse Solution

Lab : Exploring a Data Warehousing Solution

Module 2: Data Warehouse Hardware Considerations This module discusses considerations for selecting hardware and distributing SQL Server facilities across servers.

Lessons

• Considerations for building a Data Warehouse
• Data Warehouse Reference Architectures and Appliances

Lab : Planning Data Warehouse Infrastructure

Module 3: Designing and Implementing a Data Warehouse

This module describes the key considerations for the logical design of a data warehouse, and then discusses best practices for its physical implementation.

Lessons

• Logical Design for a Data Warehouse
• Physical design for a data warehouse

Lab : Implementing a Data Warehouse Schema

Module 4: Creating an ETL Solution with SSIS This module discusses considerations for implementing an ETL process, and then focuses on Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) as a platform for building ETL solutions.

Lessons

• Introduction to ETL with SSIS
• Exploring Data Sources
• Implementing Data Flow

Lab : Implementing Data Flow in an SSIS Package

Module 5: Implementing Control Flow in an SSIS Package This module describes how to implement ETL solutions that combine multiple tasks and workflow logic.

Lessons

• Introduction to Control Flow
• Creating Dynamic Packages
• Using Containers
• Managing Consistency

Lab : Implementing Control Flow in an SSIS Package Lab : Using Transactions and Checkpoints

Module 6: Debugging and Troubleshooting SSIS Packages This module describes how you can debug packages to find the cause of errors that occur during execution. It then discusses the logging functionality built into SSIS that you can use to log events for troubleshooting purposes. Finally, the module describes common approaches for handling errors in control flow and data flow.

Lessons

• Debugging an SSIS Package
• Logging SSIS Package Events
• Handling Errors in an SSIS Package

Lab : Debugging and Troubleshooting an SSIS Package

Module 7: Implementing an Incremental ETL Process This module describes the techniques you can use to implement an incremental data warehouse refresh process.

Lessons

• Introduction to Incremental ETL
• Extracting Modified Data
• Loading Modified data

Lab : Extracting Modified Data Lab : Loading Incremental Changes

Module 8: Enforcing Data Quality This module introduces Microsoft SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS), and describes how you can use it to cleanse and deduplicate data.

Lessons

• Introduction to Data Quality
• Using Data Quality Services to Cleanse Data
• Using Data Quality Services to Match data

Lab : Cleansing Data Lab : De-duplicating data

Module 9: Using Master Data Services Master Data Services provides a way for organizations to standardize data and improve the quality, consistency, and reliability of the data that guides key business decisions. This module introduces Master Data Services and explains the benefits of using it.

Lessons

• Master Data Services Concepts
• Implementing a Master Data Services Model
• Managing Master Data
• Creating a Master Data Hub

Lab : Implementing Master Data Services

Module 10: Extending SQL Server Integration