Microsoft Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale | 3-day course

Overview

This accelerated Microsoft: Microsoft Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale course, covers methods and practices for performing advanced data analytics at scale.

In just 3 days, you’ll learn to use Microsoft Purview, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI to build analytics solutions. You’ll also learn how to:

Build on existing analytics experience and will learn to implement and manage a data analytics environment, query and transform data, implement and manage data models, and explore and visualize data.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Microsoft exam, and achieve your Microsoft Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

People who have subject matter expertise in designing, creating, and deploying enterprise-scale data analytics solutions.
People who have advanced Power BI skills, including managing data repositories and data processing in the cloud and on-premises, along with using Power Query and Data Analysis Expressions (DAX).

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Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 3-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
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Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

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Curriculum

Module 1: Implement and manage a data analytics environment (25–30%)

Govern and administer a data analytics environment

Manage Power BI assets by using Azure Purview
Identify data sources in Azure by using Azure Purview
Recommend settings in the Power BI admin portal
Recommend a monitoring and auditing solution for a data analytics environment, including Power BI REST API and PowerShell cmdlets

Integrate an analytics platform into an existing IT infrastructure

Identify requirements for a solution, including features, performance, and licensing strategy

Configure and manage Power BI capacity

Recommend and configure an on-premises gateway in Power BI

Recommend and configure a Power BI tenant or workspace to integrate with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Integrate an existing Power BI workspace into Azure Synapse Analytics

Manage the analytics development lifecycle

Commit code and artifacts to a source control repository in Azure Synapse Analytics
Recommend a deployment strategy for Power BI assets
Recommend a source control strategy for Power BI assets
Implement and manage deployment pipelines in Power BI
Perform impact analysis of downstream dependencies from dataflows and datasets
Recommend automation solutions for the analytics development lifecycle, including Power BI

REST API and PowerShell cmdlets

Deploy and manage datasets by using the XMLA endpoint

Create reusable assets, including Power BI templates, Power BI data source (.pbids) files, and shared datasets

Module 2: Query and transform data (20–25%)

Query data by using Azure Synapse Analytics

Identify an appropriate Azure Synapse pool when analysing data

Recommend appropriate file types for querying serverless SQL pools

Query relational data sources in dedicated or serverless SQL pools, including querying partitioned data sources

Use a machine learning PREDICT function in a query Ingest and transform data by using Power BI

Identify data loading performance bottlenecks in Power Query or data sources

Implement performance improvements in Power Query and data sources

Create and manage scalable Power BI dataflows

Identify and manage privacy settings on data sources

Create queries, functions, and parameters by using the Power Query Advanced Editor

Query advanced data sources, including JSON, Parquet, APIs, and Azure Machine Learning models

Module 3: Implement and manage data models (25–30%)

Design and build tabular models

Choose when to use DirectQuery for Power BI datasets
Choose when to use external tools, including DAX Studio and Tabular Editor 2
Create calculation groups
Write calculations that use DAX variables and functions, for example handling blanks or errors, creating virtual relationships, and working with iterators
Design and build a large format dataset
Design and build composite models, including aggregations
Design and implement enterprise-scale row-level security and object-level security

Optimize enterprise-scale data models

Identify and implement performance improvements in queries and report visuals
Troubleshoot DAX performance by using DAX Studio
Optimize a data model by using Tabular Editor 2
Analyse data model efficiency by using VertiPaq Analyzer
Implement incremental refresh
Optimize a data model by using denormalization

Module 4: Explore and visualize data (20–25%)

Explore data by using Azure Synapse Analytics

Explore data by using native visuals in Spark notebooks
Explore and visualize data by using the Azure Synapse SQL results pane

Visualize data by using Power BI

Create and import a custom report theme
Create R or Python visuals in Power BI
Connect to and query datasets by using the XMLA endpoint
Design and configure Power BI reports for accessibility
Enable personalized visuals in a report
Configure automatic page refresh
Create and distribute paginated reports in Power BI Report Builder

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

DP-500: Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement and manage a data analytics environment; query and transform data; implement and manage data models; and explore and visualize data.

Passing score: 700

Domains:

Implement and manage a data analytics environment (25–30%)
Query and transform data (20–25%)
Implement and manage data models (25–30%)
Explore and visualize data (20–25%)

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

A foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they’re implemented using Azure data services.
Proficient understanding in consuming data from Azure Synapse Analytics and should have experience querying relational databases, analysing data by using Transact-SQL (T-SQL), and visualizing data.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call (0)8 44 68 27 85 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
19/2/2024 (Monday)	21/2/2024 (Wednesday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-
24/6/2024 (Monday)	26/6/2024 (Wednesday)	Wait list	Nationwide
5/8/2024 (Monday)	7/8/2024 (Wednesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
16/9/2024 (Monday)	18/9/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
28/10/2024 (Monday)	30/10/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
9/12/2024 (Monday)	11/12/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide

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