Microsoft Business Intelligence Training Courses
Wise Owl train in all the main Microsoft Business Intelligence applications (collectively sometimes called the BI Stack), including Reporting Services and Analysis Services, as well as in the Excel Power BI Tools and Power BI.
We currently run the following scheduled Business Intelligence courses:
We reckon that you work in Business Intelligence or BI if your job involves interpreting large amounts of data to make business decisions. Below is a summary of the BI courses that we offer.
You can also create business intelligence tools using Excel, of course, or even by programming in SQL, C# or VBA. Business intelligence is at the heart of virtually every training course that we run!
SQL Server BI Tools
The Microsoft BI world includes the following software applications for SQL Server:
Software | Notes |
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Integration Services | This allows you to extract data from a number of different formats, transform it and then load it into its final resting place (such as a data warehouse). |
Analysis Services | This comes in two flavours: multi-dimensional model SSAS allows you to build cubes, while tabular model SSAS is the more modern variant. If you're not sure which to use, read this blog on the differences between them. |
Reporting Services | This allows you to create reports and publish them to your corporate Intranet or to the wider Internet (we also train on the similar Report Builder reporting tool - you can see the differences here). |
Other BI Tools
You can also create BI applications using Power BI:
Software | Notes |
|---|
Power BI | The standalone Power BI package allows you to create beautiful dashboards by importing data from a variety of data sources and then visualising it on screen. |
We also train in DAX, the formula language used by PowerPivot and Power BI (and by Analysis Services Tabular Model too, as it happens).
Each of our scheduled courses (whether classroom or online) includes:
- Small course sizes - we have a maximum of 6 people on each classroom or online course.
- A trainer! And not just anyone - our courses are only ever given by full-time Wise Owls.
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Full colour courseware and exercises of oustanding quality.
- A no cancellation guarantee (once you've booked and confirmed your training course, it will run).
- A one gigabyte USB stick, containing course files, answers to exercises and (by the end of the course) your answers too, together with a nice pen.
- Unofficial help after the course (although we don't have a dedicated post-course support line, in practice trainers will be happy to answer the odd ad hoc question after a course has taken place).
- A certificate sent out digitally or in paper form (your choice) after each course, together with (for tailored courses) the trainer's thoughts on how the course went.
In addition, our classroom courses also include:
- A computer for each delegate (obviously).
- Lunch out each day at a local restaurant (chosen on the day of the course, after discussion!).
- Unlimited refreshments during the day, including Tassimo or Nespresso coffee and a range of biscuits and snacks to keep you going through those dark afternoon hours.
Still not convinced? You can read hundreds of testimonials to the quality of our training (all attributed and added in the last 3 years.
Scheduled Business Intelligence training dates
Here are the Business Intelligence courses we have scheduled for the next 3 months:
All prices exclude VAT. If you can't see the dates you want, don't forget that you always have the option of arranging
onsite Business Intelligence training
at your offices (we'll even provide the computers and projector).
About our Business Intelligence training
Whichever Business Intelligence course you choose to attend, we'll try to make it as interesting as possible. In particular, you'll work with datasets which are as simple as they can be, while still allowing us to demonstrate the topics needing covering:
Whichever course you attend, we'll try to show you how you can analyse data (big or small) and present it in a meaningful and interesting way!
Other Business Intelligence training resources
There are many ways in which we can help you learn Business Intelligence!
Blogs on Business Intelligence
As well as publishing courses and exercises, we've written a host of blogs about aspects of Microsoft's business intelligence software applications (collectively sometimes called the BI Stack).
Videos on Business Intelligence
You can learn about the Microsoft BI stack from our BI training videos.
Shorts on Business Intelligence
Watch our video shorts on the Microsoft BI stack.
Business Intelligence training venues
The main locations in which we train on MS BI applications are as follows.
