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Microsoft 070-467 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server |
| Exam Number: | 70-467 |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Multiple answer, Multiple choice, Case study / scenario questions |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD (guide historic list price; may vary by region) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired (no longer available for new certification as of Jan 31, 2021) |
| Real Exam Qty: | 45–55+ (multiple choice, scenario-based) |
| Available Languages: | English, Japanese (localized exam available) |
| Related Certifications: | MCSE: Data Management & Analytics 70-466 Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server |
| Passing Score: | 700 (scaled scoring) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Previously delivered through Pearson VUE as onsite or online proctored exam |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended experience with SQL Server BI stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) and data warehousing concepts |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/70-467 |
Microsoft 070-467 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Design Data Acquisition and Data Models | - Design data warehouse schemas and analytical data models - Identify data sources and dependencies - Determine data movement and profiling strategies | |
| Topic 2: Manage Reporting Services Configuration | - Plan reporting services configuration (native vs SharePoint) - Configure data refresh schedules (PowerPivot/SharePoint) | |
| Topic 3: Plan Business Intelligence (BI) Infrastructure | 15–20% | - Maintain server health and automation strategy - Plan for scalability and storage options (MOLAP/ROLAP/HOLAP) - Plan for performance (ETL optimization, SSAS/MDX/DAX performance) - Plan and manage upgrades |
| Topic 4: Design BI Infrastructure | 15–20% | - Design security strategy and impersonation configurations - Design logging and auditing strategies - Design high availability and disaster recovery - Design SQL partitioning strategy |
| Topic 5: Design a Reporting Solution | 20–25% | - Design report delivery and migration strategies - Design Reporting Services datasets and parameters - Install/configure Power View and PowerPivot integration - Manage Excel Services and SharePoint BI reporting |
070-467 Exam Essentials: A Quick FAQ for Candidates
The 070-467 exam is the official assessment for the Microsoft Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server certification offered by Microsoft. It checks whether you can apply the knowledge areas in the exam objectives to practical situations, and passing it earns a credential that employers across the industry recognize. For professionals who feel stuck in their current role, it is often the most concrete next step available.
Recommended experience with SQL Server BI stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) and data warehousing concepts
The official outline for the 070-467 exam highlights these domains:
- Design a Reporting Solution (20–25%)
- Manage Reporting Services Configuration ()
- Design BI Infrastructure (15–20%)
Weighting your study time toward the heavier domains first is a sensible strategy, and the Microsoft Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server practice questions at RealVCE follow the same objective structure.
The 070-467 exam gives you 120 minutes minutes to answer 45–55+ (multiple choice, scenario-based) questions. That pace leaves little room for hesitation, which is why rehearsing under a timer — for example with the online test engine at RealVCE, where you can set the session length just like the real test — is such a useful habit.
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To pass the 070-467 exam you need a score of 700 (scaled scoring), and the registration fee is $165 USD (guide historic list price; may vary by region). Since each attempt costs the full fee, arriving over-prepared is cheaper than arriving under-prepared — timed mock sessions and repeated review of missed questions are the usual ways candidates close that gap.
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Microsoft Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Sample Questions:
You need to recommend a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package design that meets the ETL requirements.
What should you include in the recommendation?
- A. Add new rows for changes to existing dimension members and enable inferred members.
- B. Update non-key attributes in the dimension tables to use new values.
- C. Add new rows for changes to existing dimension members and disable inferred members.
- D. Update key attributes in the dimension tables to use new values.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You are creating a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package to populate a fact table from a source table. The fact table and source table are located in a Windows Azure SQL Database. The source table has a price field and a tax field. The OLE DB source uses the data access mode of Table.
You have the following requirements:
* The fact table must populate a column named TotalCost that computes the sum of the price and tax columns.
* Before the sum is calculated, any records that have a price of zero must be discarded.
You need to create the SSIS package in SQL Server Data Tools.
In what sequence should you order four of the listed components for the data flow task? (To answer, move the appropriate components from the list of components to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation
Box 1: OLE DB Source
Box 2: Conditional split
Box 3: Derived Column
Box 4: Ole DB Destination
Note:
* SQL Server Integration Services provides three different types of data flow components: sources, transformations, and destinations. Sources extract data from data stores such as tables and views in relational databases, files, and Analysis Services databases. Transformations modify, summarize, and clean data.
Destinations load data into data stores or create in-memory datasets.
* The Conditional Split transformation can route data rows to different outputs depending on the content of the data. The implementation of the Conditional Split transformation is similar to a CASE decision structure in a programming language. The transformation evaluates expressions, and based on the results, directs the data row to the specified output.
* The Derived Column transformation creates new column values by applying expressions to transformation input columns. An expression can contain any combination of variables, functions, operators, and columns from the transformation input. The result can be added as a new column or inserted into an existing column as a replacement value.
You are designing a partitioning strategy for a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube.
New data is loaded in real-time into the data warehouse that feeds the cube. Between 10 million and 15 million rows of data are loaded into the main fact table each day from a Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
You have the following requirements:
* Maximize cube query performance during business hours.
* Ensure that data is available in the cube as soon as possible after it is loaded into the data warehouse.
You need to design a partitioning strategy that meets the requirements.
What should you do? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
- A. Partition the cube by day for history, using hybrid OLAP (HOLAP) storage mode. Create a daily partition that uses multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) storage mode during the day. Reprocess the partition incrementally during the day.
- B. Partition the cube by day for history, using multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) storage mode. Create a daily partition that uses relational OLAP (ROLAP) storage mode during the day. Reprocess the partition in full MOLAP storage mode at night.
- C. Partition the cube by day for history, using multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) storage mode. Create a daily partition that uses proactive caching during the day. Reprocess the partition in full MOLAP storage mode at night
- D. Partition the cube by week for history. Create a daily partition that uses multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) storage mode. Process the partition periodically to add new data.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You need to create the calculation for SalespersonName.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)
- A. Create a view in the data warehouse that defines a derived column based on the DimSalesperson table.
Base the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table on the view. Include the column in the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table. - B. Configure the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table properties to be based on a query. Define a derived column in the query.
- C. Add a calculated column to the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table by using the Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) language ADDCOLUMNS function.
- D. Create a computed column in the data warehouse's DimSalesperson table. Include the column in the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table.
- E. Add a calculated column to the Sales Reporting model's Salesperson table by using the Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) language CONCATENATE function.
- F. Modify the data warehouse's DimSalesperson table and add a new column. Use an UPDATE statement to populate the new column with values. Update the SSIS package developed to populate the data warehouse's DimSalesperson table to use a Derived Column transformation to produce the calculation.
Correct Answer: A,F 🗳️
You need to configure permissions for the Customers dimension.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)
- A. In SQL Server Management Studio, configure the BusinessUsers role to disallow the reading of the Customers dimension definition.
- B. In SQL Server Management Studio, deny the member set for the Customers dimension data by using the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expression Filter([BusinessUsers]).
- C. In SQL Server Data Tools, configure the BusinessUsers role to disallow the reading of the Customers dimension definition.
- D. In SQL Server Management Studio, configure the BusinessUsers role to disallow the reading of all definitions.
Correct Answer: A,C 🗳️
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