MS6235 Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

Exposure to enterprise data import and export scenarios.
Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment.
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:
SQL Server Agent.
SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE).
SQL Server System tables.
SQL Server accounts (users and permissions).

Course Description:

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement an Integration Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to develop, deploy, and manage Integration Services packages.

This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement data transfer or extract, transform, and load (ETL) solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Delegates will learn how to:

• Describe SQL Server Integration Services and its tools.
• Create an Integration Services package.
• Implement control flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement logging in an Integration Services package.
• Debug and implement error handling in an Integration Services package.
• Implement checkpoints and transactions in an Integration Services package.
• Deploy an Integration Services package.
• Manage and secure an Integration Services package

This course includes the following modules:

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

• The students will be introduced to the role that Integration Services plays in extracting, transforming, and loading data. The students will also be introduced to the tools that are used to build and manage Integration Services solutions

Developing Integration Services Solutions

• The students will be introduced to the development tasks that are involved in creating an Integration Services package

Implementing Control Flow

• The students will be introduced to the tasks and precedence constraints that can be used to implement control flow in an Integration Services package

Implementing Data Flow

• The students will be introduced to the data flow sources, transformations, and destinations that can be used to implement a data flow task in an Integration Services control flow. It also explains how to use data flow paths to direct valid and invalid rows through the data flow.

Implementing Logging

• The students will be introduced to how to use logging in an Integration Services package, and explained how to configure and use logging providers to generate information about a packages execution

Debugging and Error Handling

• The students will be introduced to how to debug Integration Services packages by using the debugging tools in Business Intelligence Development Studio. It then explains how to implement error-handling logic in an Integration Services package.

Implementing Checkpoints and Transactions

• The students will be introduced to what checkpoints are and how to implement them. It then discusses transactions, and describes how to implement transactional data access logic in an Integration Services package

Configuring and Deploying Packages

• The students will be introduced to how to create Package Configurations and how to deploy Integration Services packages to production servers

Managing and Securing Packages

• The students will be introduced to the management tasks that relate to Integration Services packages and explained how to perform those tasks by using the Integration Services management tools. It also describes how to secure Integration Services packages