Exam material for Microsoft 70-768 Developing SQL Data Models

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Problem

I want to take Exam 70-768, however I did cannot find too much material on internet to help me study. Do you have suggestions?

Solution

In this tip we will look at materials you can use for the Developing SQL Data Models exam.

What is the Microsoft 70-768 certification exam?

This exam is about creating and designing Multidimensional and Tabular databases.

Who should take the exam?

This is oriented towards BI developers or administrators in charge of large Business Intelligence databases in Multidimensional and Tabular Databases.

What are the Tabular and Multidimensional Databases?

These are special databases designed for reports. They are called OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) databases. They have a low number of transactions and they are used for reports with aggregations. Tabular is an in-Memory database and use RAM to store the data. Multidimensional databases are older and they are dependent on hard drive storage.

Which SQL Server 2012/2014 exam is similar to this one?

It is similar to exam70-466. However, several topics were removed like reporting services, XMLA, AMO. In general, this new exam covers more topics than the older one. The data mining topic is back in the new exam.

Is this exam difficult?

Yes. MDX and DAX are topics that are always difficult even for experts. The performance topics are always complex topics that are not fully covered in books.

Which books would you recommend for this exam?

Here are some recommended books:

Expert Cube Development with SSAS Multidimensional Models The Definitive Guide to DAX: Business intelligence with Microsoft Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services, and Power BI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model (Developer Reference) Tabular Modeling in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (2nd Edition) (Developer Reference) DAX Patterns 2015 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model (Developer Reference) Tabular Modeling in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (2nd Edition) (Developer Reference) Are there some courses for this exam?

Yes, these are some courses.

Course 20768B: Developing SQL Data Models Business Intelligence courses SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Course Catalogue SolidQ Mastering DAX Video Course SSAS Tabular Workshop BI & Analytics Online Tutorials Implementing Tabular Data Models Implementing Data Models and Reports Can you provide some links to study?

Gladly. Here are have some links:

Design and implement a data warehouse Create a multidimensional database by using Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Analysis Services MOLAP Performance Guide for SQL Server 2012 and 2014. Review DirectQuery in SSAS 2016, best practices and use cases Five Basic Steps for Implementing an Analysis Services Database Analysis Services Tutorials (SSAS) Partition Storage Modes and Processing Design and implement dimensions in a cube Introduction to Dimensions (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data) Degenerate Dimensions Parent-Child Dimensions Data Warehousing: Dimensional Role-Playing Dimension Relationships Define a Referenced Relationship and Referenced Relationship Properties Data Mining Tutorials (Analysis Services)