SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence

Course Description

SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence develops practical, role-relevant capability in building SharePoint 2013 business intelligence solutions with Excel Services, PowerPivot, PerformancePoint, dashboards, data connections, permissions, and reporting. The course connects important platform concepts with implementation decisions, operational controls, and realistic workplace scenarios.

Learners progress through four structured lessons aligned to the current source course focus. The learning path emphasizes accurate configuration or development, secure practices, reliable operations, collaboration, and evidence-based troubleshooting.

By completing the course, learners can apply the skills to role-specific tasks, review results against clear acceptance criteria, and create a practical improvement plan for continued development.

What You Will Learn

• Explain the SharePoint 2013 BI ecosystem, service applications, data sources, and security boundaries
• Plan trusted data connections, authentication, permissions, refresh, and governance
• Prepare BI sites, libraries, content types, and supporting infrastructure
• Publish and manage Excel workbooks through Excel Services
• Create PowerPivot models, relationships, calculations, and refresh strategies
• Validate permissions, workbook behavior, performance, and data accuracy
• Create PerformancePoint data sources, indicators, scorecards, reports, and dashboards
• Combine filters, KPIs, drill behavior, and business-focused visualizations

SkillDynamo Training Approach

SkillDynamo delivers this SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence course through instructor-led demonstrations, hands-on exercises, scenario analysis, validation checklists, structured troubleshooting, evidence-based reviews, and a final improvement plan linked to practical workplace outcomes.