This module introduces students to data warehouse concepts, architecture consideration, main hardware considerations for building a data warehouse, and designing and implementing a schema for a data warehouse.
Montreal College of Information Technology
Collège des technologies de l’information de Montréal
CERTIFICATES
MCSA – SQL 2016 BI Development
State of the Industry
As a business intelligence specialist, you help organizations collect and process intelligence and information that helps them stay competitive. This fast-paced course provides IT professionals with the knowledge and skills to provision a Microsoft SQL Server database and creating a managed enterprise BI solutions. Participants will learn how to provision SQL Server both on-premise and in Azure, and installing from new and migrating from an existing install. This course also covers how to implement both multidimensional and tabular data models along with the creation of cubes, dimensions, measures, and measure groups. After completing the course, professionals would be able to implement the logical and physical design of a data warehouse, deploy SSIS projects, implement Azure SQL Data warehouse and dimensions in the cube, perform data mining techniques for predictive analysis. This course prepares professionals for two official Microsoft certifications.
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ADVISOR
* Morning, evening, weekends
Professional benefits
Professionals work in a wide array of companies, from startups to global organizations. The annual salary range for a business intelligence specialist is between $56,000 to $111,000.
Who Should Apply
BI developers
Database professionals
IT professionals
Chloe D
STQA
Rosana N
Java Developer
Sihame B
BI Developer
Dan C
Java Developer
Abilities acquired
at course completion
Creating a data warehouse architecture
Implementing logical and physical design of data warehouse
Creating and working with Columnstore indexes
Implementing an Azure SQL data warehouse
Implement ETL Solution with SSIS
Deploying and Configuring SSIS Packages
Analyze data with Azure SQL data warehouse
Creating multidimensional databases
Configuring measure and measure groups
MDX and cube functionality
Implementing a tabular data model by using analysis services
DAX and performing predictive analysis with data mining
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN COURSE OUTLINE
MCSA – SQL 2016 BI Development
This module focuses on Azure SQL Data Warehouses and on how to implement them, implement data and control flow in a SSIS package. This module also covers debugging and troubleshooting SSIS packages.
This module is designed to understand the implementation of an SSIS solution that supports incremental DW loads, changing data and how to implement master data services to enforce data integrity at source.
This course examines the configuration and deployment of SSIS packages in a sample production environment. Students also learn about creating SSIS packages and environments for an SSIS solution.
This course introduces students to key BI concepts and the Microsoft BI product suite. It also focuses on creating multidimensional databases using SQL Server Analysis Services. It also covers attribute hierarchies, relationship hierarchies and dimension attributes.
This module examines the implementation of dimensions in a cube along with measures and measure groups in a cube.
This course covers the syntax of MDX and usage of it. Participants will also learn about customization of cube functionality, implementing key performance indicators, perspectives and translations.
SKILLS ACQUIRED
Data warehousing solutions
Logical and Physical design of Data warehouse
Working with indexes
Azure SQL data warehouse
ETL solution with SSIS
Master data services
Multidimensional databases
Cubes, dimensions, MDX, DAX
Tabular data model by using analysis services
Data mining
CERTIFICATION EXAMS
70-767 - Implementing a Data Warehouse using SQL
70-768 - Developing SQL Data Models
TOP REASON
TO JOIN MCIT
- Industry-relevant, job-ready programs
- Internship possibilities
- Eligibility for off-campus work permit program [ocwpp]
- Eligibility for post-graduation work permit [pgwp]
- Eligibility for points under Quebec’s immigration policy
- Scholarships and financial aid
INSTRUCTOR SPOTLIGHT
Aimable Karangwa
I hold a masters in IT management and am a Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), a PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and have obtained a PRINCE2 Foundation certification. I have 17 Years of experience as a senior business analyst consultant.
Ayda Ghasemi
I am a SQL instructor at MCIT and a member of the Data and BI team at Couche-Tard. I have expertise in Microsoft Azure stack on-premises and in Azure cloud. I hold a bachelors in Physics and an MBA. I also spent a year as a BI developer at MCIT.
Dhruv Gusain
Enterprise Java developer with a passion for sports. My Aim, to have a connection with the students and make them understand the crux of any concept.
Gregory Shinder
I love working with SQL Server, especially to solve performance problems. Have a poor-performing query? Challenge accepted! I also like to design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions. When I’m not trying to break another SQL server, you’ll find me teaching SQL.
Haythem Rehouma
I am a full-stack and mobile developer who works on native mobile (Android and iOS) and cross-platform (PhoneGap/Ionic/ReactNative/Angular) apps for both business and consumer customers. Examples of my apps included location-based services and sensors.
Iraj Hedayati
I'm leading the data team at Guavus, a major data analytics company, working with the Hadoop ecosystem. I hold a master's degree in computer science and one in software engineering. I was always eager to pursue teaching, an activity that I thoroughly enjoy.
Jiji Raghavan
I am a software QA instructor at MCIT where I help students focus on their vision by guiding them through each phase of their career. I have 6 years of experience as a QA engineer and 2 years in teaching. It motivates me as I can see myself as an agent of change in my students’ life. I want to inspire all of my students to be ambitious and make a difference in their life and career.
Kashyap Vedantam
With more than 6 years of industry experience, I’ve developed many applications in various programming languages. I hold a masters in applied computer science from Concordia and am a certified Microsoft SQL developer. I seek to create a classroom atmosphere that is stimulating and makes students feel valued. "Grow by learning something new every day."
Souleyman Sidibe
I am an experienced IT project manager with significant expertise in business intelligence (BI). I hold high-level degrees in IT networking, telecommunications, business intelligence, and programming. I’ve previously worked as a database specialist, an ETL developer, a BI analyst, and a business analyst. My main motivation in teaching is to transfer the knowledge that helps others fulfill themselves.
Toufik Lazri
I am a university graduate in computer engineering and have been developing and implementing computer applications for more than 25 years. I have been teaching Java technologies for more than 10 years. I enjoy passing on my knowledge in a clear and dynamic way in order for students to make a successful transition to the labor market.
Vimal Kapoor
I am a dynamic IT professional with experience in corporate IT systems, network support solutions, and Wipro technologies. I have the proven ability to provide creative and effective server and networking strategies for all Microsoft operating systems and server products.COMMUNITY TESTIMONIAL
At 47, I was working in a no-consequence job at a retail center. At 48, I got into Bestseller with a diploma from MCIT with no prior experience in networking tools.
Vasilieos Nikiratas — Networking Student
