MI CROSOFT

DATA
WAREHOUSE I N DEPTH
7-10 November 2006
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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A KI MBALL UNI VERSI TY COURSE

Wi t h SQL Ser ver 2005, Mi crosof t provi des a
compl et e sui t e of t ool s t o bui l d dat a warehouse
and busi ness i nt el l i gence syst ems usi ng sof t ware
f rom a si ngl e vendor. Thi s course prepares you
t o deal wi t h t he many f acet s of devel opi ng,
depl oyi ng, operat i ng, and growi ng a Mi crosof t
dat a warehouse syst em.
Taught by WARREN THORNTHWAITE
and JOY MUNDY
Warren Thornthwaite and Joy Mundy, authors with Ralph
Kimball of the newly published Microsoft Data Warehouse
Toolkit, will provide you with Microsoft-specific detailed
guidance for working through the data warehouse lifecycle,
from requirements gathering and design through the ETL
system, relational data warehouse, OLAP and data mining
applications, to reporting and other BI applications.
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MICROSOFT DATA WAREHOUSE IN DEPTH
7-10 November 2006
WARREN
THORNTHWAITE
Warren Thornthwaite has been
building data warehousing and
business intelligence systems since
1980. Warren worked at Metaphor
for eight years, where he managed
the consulting organization and
implemented many major data
warehouse systems. After Metaphor,
Warren managed the enterprise-
wide data warehouse development
at Stanford University. He then co-
founded InfoDynamics LLC, a data
warehouse consulting firm, with Joy
Mundy. Warren joined up with
WebTV to help build a world class,
multi-terabyte customer focused
data warehouse before returning to
consulting with the Kimball Group.
In addition to designing data
warehouses for a range of
industries, Warren speaks at major
industry conferences and for leading
vendors, and is a long-time instructor
for Kimball University. Warren holds
an MBA in Decision Sciences from
the University of Pennsylvanias
Wharton School, and a BA in
Communications Studies from the
University of Michigan.
KIMBALL UNIVERSITY
Kimball University (KU), operated by the Kimball Group, is the definitive source for dimensional data warehouse education.
The KU goal is to provide the highest quality and most practical education consistent with KU instructors books and extensive
experience in the dimensional approach. Youll learn from the best in the business. Quest For Knowledge has partnered with
KU for several years to bring the highly rated KU classes to Europe.
www.Q4K.com QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE
JOY MUNDY
Joy Mundy has focused on
data warehousing and business
intelligence since the early
1990s, specializing in business
requirements analysis, dimensional
modeling, and business intelligence
systems architecture. Joy co-
founded InfoDynamics LLC, a data
warehouse consulting firm, then
joined Microsoft WebTV to develop
closed-loop analytic applications
and a packaged data warehouse.
Before returning to consulting with
the Kimball Group in 2004, Joy
worked in Microsoft SQL Server
product development, managing
a team that developed the best
practices for building business
intelligence systems on the Microsoft
platform. Joy began her career as
a business analyst in banking and
finance. She graduated from Tufts
University with a BA in Economics,
and from Stanford with an MS in
Engineering Economic Systems.
COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to the Business
Dimensional Lifecycle
Roadmap for the DW/BI system
Project Planning and Management
Assess readiness
Define and plan the project
Manage the project
Defining Business Requirements
Gathering business requirements
Requirements prioritization session
Tips and tactics for achieving milestones
and avoiding pitfalls
Exercise: Translating requirements into the
DW Bus Matrix
Designing the Business Process
Dimensional Model
Basic dimensional modeling concepts
Conformed dimensions
Slowly changing dimensions
Additional concepts in dimensional
modeling
Hierarchies and snowflaking
Degenerate and junk dimensions
Many to many dimensions
The dimensional modeling process
Microsoft DW/BI System Architecture
Common components of DW/BI system
architecture
Mapping Microsoft components to the
general DW/BI architecture
Process: How to create an architecture
plan
The conformed data warehouse
Exercise/discussion: Develop and present
summary architecture for attendees systems
System Setup
System configuration
Distributing SQL Server components
across server
Memory
Storage
Rough system sizing
Installing SQL Server
Choosing the edition of SQL Server
Issues to consider during installation
and configuration
Planning early for development, test,
and production systems
SQL Server Relational DW Physical
Design
Column names and data types
Primary and foreign keys
Initial index plan
Fact table partitioning
ETL System Design
Develop a high-level map
Exercise: High-level map for
MDWT_AdventureWorksDW
Develop standard strategies for
common tasks
Develop table-level details
The ETL system specification
ETL System Development Using
Integration Services
Introduction to Integration Services
and the BI Studio tools
Control Flow elements
Data Flow elements
Debugging within the BI Studio
development environment
General SSIS design techniques
Modularize packages
Variables, expressions, and
configurations
Save extracted data before
transformation
Template packages
Populating dimension tables
Using the slowly changing
dimension wizard
Avoiding the slowly changing
dimension wizard
Populating fact tables
Basic fact table processing
The surrogate key pipeline
Advanced issues in fact table
processing
A simple Audit system
The Analysis Services OLAP
Database: Designing Dimensions
Why Use Analysis Services OLAP?
Aggregation design and
management
Query performance
Complex calculation logic
Getting Ready
Partially populate the relational DW
Create a data source and data
source view
Designing Dimensions
The vocabulary of dimensions
The Dimension Wizard
The Dimension Editor
The Analysis Services OLAP
Database: Designing Cubes
Designing cubes
Analysis Services cube terminology
Cube structure
Dimension usage
Process and browse the cube
Calculations, KPIs, and Actions
Translations and Perspectives
Physical design considerations
Physical design terminology
Storage mode
Aggregations
Partitions
Processing cubes
BI Applications
Basic BI application concepts
The reporting system design process
Standard report template
Report specifications
Reporting system navigation design
The BI application development process
Delivering BI Applications with
Reporting Services
Reporting Services overview
Designing a report
Sourcing from the relational
database
Sourcing from Analysis Services
Deploying a report
Report Manager
The BI portal
Reporting Services metadata
Report Builder
Adding Business Value with Data
Mining
Data Mining overview
The SQL Server 2005 data mining
architecture
The data mining process
Extended demo: Creating a data
mining model
Developing the input data set
Selecting algorithms
The data mining designer
Iterating
Validating the model
Using the data mining model in production
Data mining metadata and
maintenance
The Metadata Morass
Defining metadata
Managing metadata
Metadata in SQL Server 2005
A simple business metadata data model
Securing the Microsoft DW/BI System
Getting ready
Developing a plan
Providing open access
Itemizing sensitive data
Securing various types of data access
Securing SQL Server components
Relational database
Analysis Services
Reporting Services
Deployment: The Great Unveiling
System deployment
Pre-deployment testing
Testing the deployment process
Deploying the relational database
Deploying Integration Services
packages
Deploying Analysis Services
databases
Deploying Reporting Services reports
User readiness
DW/BI documentation
User training
User support
Desktop readiness and configuration
Operations and Maintenance
Providing ongoing user support
Executing SSIS packages in production
Monitoring the DW/BI system
General operating system monitoring
Monitoring the relational data warehouse
Monitoring Integration Services
Analysis Services
Reporting Services
Performance tuning
Backup and recovery
Growing the DW/BI System
Technical work: Iterating the Lifecycle
Organizational work: Marketing and
managing expectations
System interconnections
Real Time Business Intelligence
Defining real-time BI
Making the case for (and against) real-time
Alternative approaches to providing
real-time data
Executing reports in real-time
Loading the DW/BI system in real-time
Using Analysis Services with real-time data
MICROSOFT DATA WAREHOUSE IN DEPTH
7-10 November 2006
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is designed to appeal to
all major roles on a data warehouse
project on the Microsoft platform. It offers
useful guidance for data warehouse team
managers, system architects, ETL system
architects and developers, data warehouse
operational staff and BI application
designers and developers.
VENUE
Radisson SAS Hotel Amsterdam Airport is
surrounded by the greenery of the Business
Park Schiphol-Rijk, only 10 minutes from
Schiphol International Airport and 30
minutes from Dam Square. The hotel offers
a shuttle service from and to the Airport.
Please contact the hotel directly for pricing,
availability and reservations.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft provides a complete suite of tools for you to build data
warehouse and business intelligence systems using software from a single vendor. This
course prepares you to deal with the many facets of developing, deploying, operating and
growing a Microsoft data warehouse system.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
This lecture and demo course will provide you a detailed technical introduction to building
a Microsoft data warehouse / business intelligence system that meets the needs of your
business users. The course will provide Microsoft-specific detailed guidance for working
through the data warehouse lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design through the
ETL system, relational data warehouse, OLAP and data mining applications, to reporting
and other BI applications. You will discuss issues around deploying, operating, and
securing the Microsoft data warehouse system.
The focus of the course is architectural: how should you design the components of the
system. We expect our students to be able to read documentation and follow Microsofts
generally straightforward user interfaces. Our goal is to teach you the hard stuff: not which
button to push, but how to design and build a successful Microsoft DW/BI system. The
pace of the course permits only demos by the instructor; do not expect hands-on tutorials
during class time.
PREREQUISITES
Students must understand dimensional modeling. This course supplements, rather than
replaces, the material in other KU courses. Whether or not youve attended one of our
KU courses, be sure to review the key dimensional design concepts prior to attending this
class.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee for this 4-day class is 2.895 per person. This includes four days
of instruction, buffet lunch and morning/afternoon snacks, course materials and a KU
Certificate of Completion. Students also receive a copy of The Microsoft Data Warehouse
Toolkit.
Q4K offers the following discounts. Only one discount may be used.
10% Early Bird discount for students registering by the Early Bird cut-off date
(30 September 2006). Payment must be received before the cut-off date to receive the
discount.
10% discount for groups of 3 or more students from the same company registering
for the same class at the same time.
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Architecting an IT environment that stands the test of time begins with a sharp
vision on the durability of all of its components. Quest for Knowledge (Q4K)
concentrates on education and training on software and concepts that have
a bright future in one of these interrelated disciplines: Data Warehousing,
Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management. The Q4K
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Visit our website www.Q4K.com or request our training catalog for a complete
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Kimball University
Kimball University (KU) is the definitive source for dimensional data warehouse
education. KU provides the highest quality and most practical education
consistent with KU instructors books and extensive experience in the dimensional
approach. Youll learn from the best in the business. Kimball University offers
public classes in venues around the US and internationally. In addition, KU
teaches classes on-site at client locations. All class content is vendor neutral.
With the support of
Newcom Information Systems
Newcom Information Systems (Newcom) has a long experience providing
consultancy in the fields of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. The
activity range of Newcoms professionals goes from business consulting to
implementation, as well as assessing company Business Intelligence infrastructure.
One of our standard services is the assessment of existing Business Intelligence
and Data Warehouse environments. The experience has proven that investments
in such environments are often not fully exploited because the information delivery
is not in line with the business needs. Newcom is a tool-independent consulting
company and guarantees the most successful strategy for your business. A perfect
connection to your organisation is created at all time where scalable, flexible
and extendable solutions prevail. And last but not least Newcom ensures proper
knowledge transfer. This means that you will be fully in control of the delivered
solutions. Visit the website at www.newcom.net for more information about our
services and solutions.
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employees, their ability to create leading-edge solutions and assets which
help customers to solve complex problems and the advantage of sharing and
extending the knowledge of their employees globally. Additional information can
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Microsoft
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software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full
potential. Over the past three decades, we have expanded our business from
the United States into more than 90 other countries, and we now employ nearly
60,000 people globally at Microsoft, were motivated and inspired every day
by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business
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