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Prerequisites

This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:
Knowledge of data warehousing and data modeling principles.
Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe key features and benefits of self-service BI.
Use SQL Server Reporting Services to implement a self-service reporting solution.
Use PowerPivot in Microsoft Excel to create analytical data models.
Use Power Query in Microsoft Excel to import data into a data model.
Use Power View in Microsoft Excel to create interactive data visualizations.
Use Power Map in Microsoft Excel to create geographic data visualizations.
Use Microsoft SharePoint Server to implement collaborative self-service BI solutions.
Find and use public data in the Windows Azure Marketplace.
Use Microsoft Office 365 Power BI to implement cloud-based self-service BI solutions.
Provision and use a Windows Azure HDInsight cluster for Big Data analysis.
Use Pig and Hive to analyze big data in Windows Azure HDInsight.
Design and implement Big Data processes to support self-service BI.

Introduction to Self-Service Business Intelligence

Extending Enterprise BI
Microsoft Self-Service BI and Big Data Technologies

Self-Service Reporting

Introduction to Self-Service Reporting
Shared Data Sources and Datasets
Report Parts

Self-Service Data Modeling with PowerPivot

Creating Data Models in Excel with PowerPivot
Using DAX in a PowerPivot Data Model

Importing Data with Power Query

Introduction to Power Query
Using Power Query to Import Data

Visualizing Data with Power View in Microsoft Excel

Introduction to Power View
Creating Dynamic Data Visualizations

Visualizing Geographic Data with Power Map

Introduction to Power Map
Using Power Map

Collaborative BI with Microsoft SharePoint Server

Sharing PowerPivot Workbooks
Managing PowerPivot Services in SharePoint Server
Using Power View in SharePoint Server

The Windows Azure Marketplace Data Market

Introduction to the Windows Azure Marketplace
Using Windows Azure Marketplace Data in Microsoft Excel

Cloud Collaboration with Power BI for Microsoft Office 365

Introduction to Power BI
Natural Language Queries with Q&A
Sharing Queries
The Data Management Gateway

Introduction to Big Data and Windows Azure HDInsight

Introduction to Big Data
Windows Azure HDInsight

Processing Big Data with Pig and Hive

Processing Big Data with Pig
Processing Big Data with Hive

Implementing Big Data Processing Solutions with Windows Azure HDInsight

Automating Big Data Processing Tasks
Integrating Windows Azure HDInsight with Enterprise Data