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Author: Dejan Sarka
ISBN : 0735666091
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Ace your preparation for Microsoft® Certification Exam 70-463 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press®. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with online practice tests—featuring multiple, customizable testing options.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to:
- Design and implement a data warehouse
- Develop and enhance SQL Server Integration Services packages
- Manage and maintain SQL Server Integration Services packages
- Build data quality solutions
- Implement custom code in SQL Server Integration Services packages
Books with free ebook downloads available Free Training Kit (Exam 70-463): Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 [Paperback]
- Paperback: 848 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Psc/CD edition (December 21, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0735666091
- ISBN-13: 978-0735666092
- Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 7.2 x 8.9 inches
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Free Training Kit : Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
I'm just a third of the way through this book - it is almost entirely about SSIS, and it gently introduces this dimension to SQL Server. The structure is great, and you get taken smoothly along the learning curve. The text of the book is well edited, with few mistakes to distract your learning.
The exercises are well structured as well, but don't expect the samples "answers" supplied to always work. The authors need to test the samples. But, the supplied answers are close, and fixing those last few bugs is a learning opportunity that probably closely reflects what happens outside the classroom. Still, I would prefer a more controlled learning experience (that is why I bought this book).
So - top marks for the great structure, with excellent review questions, exercises, and case study questions.
The code samples clearly missed a QC step, so I would knock half a star off for that. But, I like the clarity and structure of the book, so I'm sticking with 5 stars. Note this review is based only the first third of the book - I'll update it if the remainder changes my perspective.
Update at the three quarters mark - the end is in sight!
The coverage of SSIS has been pretty good, which covers the majority of this book. The sections on Data Quality Services (DQS) and Master Data Services (MDS) are much weaker.
A source of frustration in this book - the exercises/code are uniformly lacking in testing, and there are bugs galore. I reported a couple of dozen errata for this book, but I just didn't bother with identifying bugs for the exercises/code. This is a distraction, as the exercises either take much longer (due to time spent figuring out and fixing the bugs), or you are tempted just to skip making the exercise work.