I’m excited to deliver, together with the Madeira team, an introductory course on Business Intelligence next month. In this course we will learn: The basics of managing a BI project Dimensional modelling theory and concepts Design and implementation guidelines, using the Microsoft BI product stack, including: The Relational database setup The ETL process, using SSIS Analysis Services and the OLAP model Reporting Services This is an introductory course, best suited to DBAs who want to explore the...
Yesterday I presented at the Israeli BI User Group at Microsoft Headquarters in Raanana. I gave a presentation on the Data Profiling Task in SSIS and how to dynamically configure it and use it to be a part of your ETL workflow logic. I hope the crowd enjoyed it and that I was able to add value to at least some of the attendants. Meir Dudai from “ Valinor ” also gave a presentation about SQL Azure and the Cloud Computing concepts. Cloud computing is definitely one of the coolest buzzwords at the moment...
The 2010 Microsoft BI conference will be held on June 2010, and will be part of the 2010 TechEd North America, according to this blog post . I’m not sure I’ll be attending this conference, but definitely be on the lookout for a more detailed agenda to see if there is added value in me making the cross-Atlantic trip. With so many new features in the Microsoft BI stack for 2009 and 2010 ( a series of PowerPivot blog posts is coming up on this blog in the coming weeks, for example), there’s enough new...