SetFocusBridging the Gap Between Talent and Opportunity ®

Corporate Course TrainingFebruary - April, 2010

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Cost per attendee: $1,800

Cost per attendee: $1,800

Cost per attendee: $1,800

Cost per attendee: $1,500

Cost per attendee: $1,800

Cost per attendee: $1,800

The goal of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to develop C# applications for the Microsoft .NET Platform. The course focuses on C# program structure, language syntax, and implementation details.

Topics covered include:

• Overview of the Microsoft .NET platform

• Overview of .NET

• Using value-type variables

• Statements and exceptions

• Methods and parameters

• Arrays

• Essentials of object oriented programming

• Using reference-type variables

• Creating and destroying objects

• Inheritance in .NET

• Aggregation, Namespaces, and Advanced Scope

• Operators and Events

• Properties and Indexers

• Working with Types

Cost per attendee: $1,500

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In this course, you will learn how to use Windows Communi-cation Foundation (WCF) and you will see how it is a unified programming model for building service-oriented distributed applications. You will see how to build, host and call WCF services and you will gain a deep understanding of the basic building blocks of WCF, including endpoints, bindings and contracts. In addition, see how to handle exceptions, maintain state between calls to a service and use transac-tions. Subsequent topics include and basics of WCF security, integrating WCF with Windows Workflow Foundation and building WCF services that support Representational State Transfer (REST) and syndication. By the time you have completed the course, you will have a goodunderstanding of how to build and use WCF services in your distributed applications.

Topics covered include:

• Introduction to WCF

• Hosting and Calling WCF Services

• Bindings and Contracts

• Exceptions, Diagnostics and Message Patterns

• Sessions and Transactions

• Security

• Workflow Services

• RESTful Services and Syndication

Cost per attendee: $1,800

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This course will enable technology professionals with little or no ETL experience to be comfortable and productive with the SSIS tools and technologies. In this course you will learn about the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and working with Control and Data Flows to build workflows to extract, transform, and load data using a variety of data sources, transformations, and destinations. You will also become familiar with SSIS package management and package deployment along with learning to write solid code using debugging, error handling, and logging techniques.

Topics covered include:

• A Guided Tour of Integration Services

• Control Flow

• Data Flows

• Variables and Configurations

• Advanced Control Flow

• Error Handling and Logging

• Advanced Data Flow

• Package Deployment

• Package Management

• Scripting and Custom Components

• Best Practices

• Going Beyond ETL

Cost per attendee: $1,800

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In this course, you will learn how to create KPI scorecards and build dashboards with various charts for monitoring and analysis using Performance Point Server 2007, create reports and score cards using SharePoint Excel Services. This course also shows students how to incorporate reports from SQL Server Reporting Services into SharePoint, how to incorporate Excel spreadsheets into SharePoint via Excel Services and into Performance Point.

Topics covered include:

• Introduction to PerformancePoint Server

• Performance Management

• Creating Scorecards

• Creating Reports and Scorecards

• Importing SSRS Reports

• Creating a SharePoint Site Collection

• Incorporating SSRS reports into SharePoint

• Incorporating Excel spreadsheets into SharePoint via Excel Services

• Incorporating Excel spreadsheets into PerformancePoint

Cost per attendee: $1,800

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In this course, you will learn how to use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS) to design and implement OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes and data mining models to support Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. This course includes concepts, procedures and practices based on real-world experience giving both the novice and experienced SQL Server 2008 developer the tools to build data cubes and forecasting solutions. This course also provides information on end-user tools including Microsoft Excel 2007, Office Visio 2007 Professional Edition.

Topics covered include:

• What Is Microsoft Business Intelligence?

• OLAP Modeling

• Using SSAS in BIDS

• Intermediate SSAS

• Advanced SSAS

• Cube Storage and Aggregation

• Introduction to MDX Queries

• MDX Expressions

• Introduction to Data Mining

• SSAS Administration

• Advanced Administration and Optimization

• Introduction to SSAS Clients

Cost per attendee: $1,800

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In this course, you will learn how to use SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, explore its basic architecture and gain a basic understanding of the components of SSRS 2008. The reports you create in the course will employ shared data sources, interactive sorting, and drill-down capabilities. You’ll gain knowledge of SSRS Security in managing user roles and accounts. You’ll also discover how to view reports using URL access and the Reporting Services Web Service API, without requiring users to use Internet Explorer. Finally, you'll learn how to empower your users to create ad-hoc reports using Report Builder and Report Model projects.

Topics covered include:

• Introducing SQL Server Reporting Services

• Creating Tabular and List Reports

• Calculation and Formatting

• Grouping and Sorting

• Working with Parameters

• Creating Matrix Reports and Charts

• Managing Reporting Services

• Security

• Programming Reporting Services

• Advanced Reporting Services Programming

• Snapshots and Subscriptions

• Ad-Hoc Reporting with Report Builder 2.0

Cost per attendee: $1,800

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