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Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014. Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.

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Certification Overview

The exam tests your ability to architect a complete data warehouse lifecycle: designing DW schemas and SSIS solutions, extracting/transforming data from heterogeneous sources, implementing efficient load strategies, deploying SSIS solutions securely, and ensuring data quality throughout. Success requires both theoretical knowledge of DW patterns and hands-on SQL Server/SSIS configuration skills.

What This Certification Proves

This certification validates expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise data warehouses using SQL Server 2012/2014, including ETL workflows with SSIS, data loading strategies, and quality assurance. It demonstrates readiness for BI and data warehouse architect roles managing complex data integration pipelines.

Who Should Take This Exam

Database developers and SQL Server administrators transitioning to BI/data warehouse roles, or IT professionals with 2+ years of relational database experience seeking to specialize in ETL and DW architecture. Ideal for those building enterprise-scale data solutions.

Topic Breakdown

5 domains covering 184 questions

DomainQuestionsWeight
Configure And Deploy Ssis Solutions8345%
Extract And Transform Data3418%
Build Data Quality Solutions2916%
Design And Implement A Data Warehouse2715%
Load Data116%

Study Plans

Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level

30 Days

Intensive Sprint

Week 1-2

  • Master fundamentals: Configure And Deploy Ssis Solutions
  • Read Microsoft official documentation
  • Complete 7 questions daily

Week 3

  • Deep dive: Extract And Transform Data
  • Review weak areas from results
  • Take 2 full-length exams

Week 4

  • Review all flagged questions
  • Timed exams to build stamina
  • Final revision of key concepts

60 Days

Balanced Approach

Week 1-2

  • Survey all exam domains
  • Set up study environment
  • Begin with foundational topics

Week 3-4

  • Focus: Configure And Deploy Ssis Solutions
  • Focus: Extract And Transform Data
  • 4 questions daily

Week 5-6

  • Focus: Build Data Quality Solutions
  • Hands-on labs if applicable
  • Review explanations for wrong answers

Week 7-8

  • Complete all 184 questions
  • Identify and eliminate weak areas
  • Take 3 full-length timed tests

90 Days

Comprehensive Study

Month 1

  • Learn all exam domains at a comfortable pace
  • Build strong foundational knowledge
  • 3 questions daily

Month 2

  • Deep dive into each domain
  • Hands-on practice and labs
  • Take weekly timed exams

Month 3

  • Work through all 184 questions
  • Identify and eliminate weak areas
  • Take 3 full-length timed exams

70-463-Specific Tips

  • Master SSIS package design patterns—focus on data flow transformations (Lookup, Merge Join, Aggregate) and control flow error handling, as these dominate the exam
  • Build a hands-on lab environment: create a small data warehouse schema and practice loading data from multiple sources using SSIS; theory alone won't cut it
  • Study dimension and fact table design patterns (slowly changing dimensions, surrogate keys, conformed dimensions)—this underpins all DW design questions
  • Deep-dive into data quality components: Data Profiling, Fuzzy Lookup, Fuzzy Grouping, and how to validate/cleanse data during load
  • Practice T-SQL for INSERT/UPDATE/MERGE statements in staging areas and understand incremental load strategies (full vs. delta)
  • Review SSIS deployment and configuration options: project-level vs. package-level parameters, environment variables, and configuration files
  • Work through scenario-based questions: given a source system, design the entire DW pipeline end-to-end

Relevant Career Roles

Data Warehouse DeveloperETL DeveloperBusiness Intelligence DeveloperSQL Server Database DeveloperData Integration Architect

Sample Questions

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Q1Design and implement a data warehouse

You are reviewing the design of an existing fact table named factSales, which is loaded from a SQL Azure database by a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package each day. The fact table has approximately 1 billion rows and is dimensioned by product, sales date, and sales time of day. The database administrator is concerned about the growth of the database. Users report poor reporting performance against this database. Reporting requirements have recently changed and the only remaining report that uses this fact table reports sales by product name, sale month, and sale year. No other reports will be created against this table. You need to reduce the report processing time and minimize the growth of the database. What should you do?

Q2Configure and deploy SSIS solutions

You are designing a complex SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) project that uses the Project Deployment model. The project will contain between 15 and 20 packages. All the packages must connect to the same data source and destination. You need to define and reuse the connection managers in all the packages by using the least development effort. What should you do?

Q3Build data quality solutions

You are the administrator for a Master Data Services (MDS) environment. A user who is not an administrator must be able to access Master Data Manager. You need to assign permissions to the user. Which function should you use?

Q4Build data quality solutions

You are preparing to install SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services (MDS). You need to ensure that the database requirements are met. What should you install?

Q5Build data quality solutions

You are maintaining a Data Quality Services (DQS) environment. The production server failed and a new server has been set up. The DQS databases are restored to a new server. All the appropriate permissions are granted. DQS users are experiencing issues connecting to the new Data Quality Server. You need to enable users to connect to the new server. Which Surface Area Configuration property should you enable?

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