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Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Exam. Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.
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Certification Overview
This exam tests the ability to architect complete BI solutions on SQL Server 2014, encompassing infrastructure planning, data warehouse design using dimensional modeling, ETL pipeline creation with SSIS, BI semantic models with SSAS, and reporting solutions with SSRS. Success requires understanding how to integrate T-SQL, the Database Engine, and BI tools into cohesive, scalable enterprise solutions.
What This Certification Proves
This exam validates expertise in designing comprehensive business intelligence solutions using SQL Server 2014, covering infrastructure planning, data warehouse architecture, ETL processes, data modeling, and reporting solutions. It's designed for professionals responsible for architecting and implementing enterprise BI systems, proving readiness for BI architect or senior data warehouse design roles.
Who Should Take This Exam
Database architects, business intelligence architects, senior data warehouse developers, and IT professionals with 3-5+ years of SQL Server experience seeking to validate their ability to design complex BI infrastructures and solutions at an enterprise scale.
Topic Breakdown
6 domains covering 115 questions
| Domain | Questions | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Design Bi Data Models | 37 | 32% |
| Design A Reporting Solution | 27 | 23% |
| Design A Data Warehousing Solution | 18 | 16% |
| Design An Etl Solution (Extract, Transform, And Load) | 18 | 16% |
| Plan Business Intelligence (Bi) Infrastructure | 12 | 10% |
| Design Bi Infrastructure | 3 | 3% |
Study Plans
Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level
30 Days
Intensive Sprint
Week 1-2
- Master fundamentals: Design Bi Data Models
- Read Microsoft official documentation
- Complete 5 questions daily
Week 3
- Deep dive: Design A Reporting Solution
- 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: Design Bi Data Models
- Focus: Design A Reporting Solution
- 3 questions daily
Week 5-6
- Focus: Design A Data Warehousing Solution
- Hands-on labs if applicable
- Review explanations for wrong answers
Week 7-8
- Complete all 122 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
- 2 questions daily
Month 2
- Deep dive into each domain
- Hands-on practice and labs
- Take weekly timed exams
Month 3
- Work through all 122 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed exams
70-467-Specific Tips
- Focus heavily on data warehouse schema design (star/snowflake schemas) and dimensional modeling—this directly impacts ETL and BI data model design decisions
- Master SSIS package design patterns for ETL—practice building incremental loads, error handling, and slowly changing dimensions
- Study SSAS cube design, aggregation strategies, and MDX query optimization as it bridges data warehousing and reporting
- Understand the full BI infrastructure lifecycle: plan → design infrastructure → implement data warehouse → build ETL → create models → deploy reporting
- Review real-world scenarios for infrastructure scalability, performance tuning, and maintenance—the exam tests architectural thinking, not just tool commands
- Practice designing solutions that balance performance, maintainability, and cost across multiple SQL Server BI components
- Build hands-on labs covering all 8 domains end-to-end, not isolated topics—the exam tests how components integrate
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You are creating a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) calculation for Projected Revenue in a cube. For Product A, Projected Revenue is defined as 150 percent of the Total Sales of the product. For all other products, Projected Revenue is defined as 110 percent of the Total Sales of the product. You need to calculate the Projected Revenue as efficiently as possible. Which calculation should you use? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
You are developing the database schema for a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) BI Semantic Model (BISM). The BISM will be based on the schema displayed in the following graphic. You have the following requirements: - Ensure that queries of the data model correctly display average student age by class. - Ensure that the solution supports role-based security and partitions. - Minimize development effort. You need to design the data model. What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
You are designing a strategy for an enterprise reporting solution that uses SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Many of the SSRS reports will use common utilities and functions, including the following: - Report utility functions and business logic in code - Standardized report formatting properties such as fonts and colors for report branding Formatting may change and new functions may be added as the reporting solution evolves. You need to create a strategy for deploying the formatting and code across the entire enterprise reporting solution. You must also ensure that reports can be easily updated to reflect formatting and function changes. What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
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