2797: Designing a Reporting Solution Architecture for the Enterprise using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

The purpose of this course is to teach Business Intelligence (BI) professionals working in enterprise environments to design a reporting solution architecture that supports their BI solution. Students will go through the entire process-from identifying report data to promoting the reporting solution to production. Students will scale a reporting solution. Students will also be taught best practices for collaborating with application developers to integrate applications and reporting services.

The course focuses on the planning and design aspects of a reporting solution and does not teach you how to create reports or how to use the development tools provided with SQL Server 2005.

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This course is intended for experienced BI professionals. The target students for this course already have an understanding of how to use the SQL Server 2005 tools to implement reporting functionality, but need to develop their understanding of design principles and best practices when planning, implementing, and deploying a Reporting Services solution.

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Before attending this course, students must:

• Have hands-on experience with database development tasks.
• Writing and optimizing advanced queries.
• Creating database objects such as tables, views, and indexes.
• Have foundational conceptual understanding of Business Intelligence presentation architecture.
• Have built Reporting Services reports with Visual Studio or SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio.
• Have foundational understanding of Web-based architecture.
• Have foundational understanding of Web-based architecture.
• Have foundational understanding of Microsoft Windows security.

Already know how to use the following tools:

• SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
• SQL Server Management Studio
• Performance Monitor
• SQL Server Profiler
• Report Builder and Report Manager

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Module 1: Designing a Reporting SolutionIn this module, students will learn how to identify user requirements and business requirements for a reporting solution. They will then learn how to match the requirements of the user to Reporting Services technologies.

• Evaluating Business Requirements for a Reporting Solution
• Designing for Reporting Services

• Developing Reports
• Developing Report Models

• Integrating with Custom Applications
• Controlling Reporting Services by Using Web Services

• Deploying a Reporting Services Solution
• Managing Report Distribution

• Designing an Authentication Strategy
• Designing an Authorization Strategy
• Designing a Secure Communication Strategy

Module 6: Optimizing Report Performance
In this module, students will learn how to optimize a Reporting Services solution.

• Monitoring Report Execution
• Designing a Report Execution Strategy
• Scaling Reporting Services