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On this accelerated 3 day SQL Server course you'll focus on learning to administer databases in SQL Server 2014 and 2012. You’ll develop the skills to install and manage SQL Sever 2014 using its database maintenance features. You'll even learn about the most important capabilities across SQL Server 2012 and the new features of SQL Server 2014.
Taught by your official Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), you’ll use official Microsoft curriculum and practice tests. You’ll also use Firebrand’s unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, immersing you in topics like:
You’ll be prepared to sit exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/14 Databases, which you'll do on site at Firebrand’s training centre. The exam is covered by our certification guarantee.
This course is aimed at those who need to perform installation and maintenance on SQL Server. It’s also suitable for professionals working with SQL Server on a regular basis, ensuring it operates smoothly.
Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2014 Database Administration
This module introduces the Microsoft SQL Server 2014 platform. It describes the components, editions, and versions of SQL Server 2014, and the tasks that a database administrator commonly performs for a SQL Server instance.
Lessons
Lab : Using SQL Server Administrative Tools
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 2: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2014
This module explains how to assess resource requirements for SQL Server 2014 and how to install it.
Lessons
Lab : Installing SQL Server 2014
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 3: Working with Databases and Storage
This module describes how data is stored in databases, how to create databases, how to manage database files, and how to move them. Other tasks related to storage, include managing the tempdb database and using fast storage devices to extend the SQL Server buffer pool cache, are also discussed.
Lessons
Lab : Managing Database Storage
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 4: Planning and Implementing a Backup Strategy
In this module, you will consider how to create a backup strategy that is aligned with organisational needs, and learn how to perform the backup operations required by that strategy.
Lessons
Lab : Backing Up SQL Server Databases
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 5: Restoring SQL Server 2014 Databases
In this module, you will see how to restore user and system databases and how to implement point-in-time recovery.
Lessons
Lab : Restoring SQL Server Databases
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 6: Importing and Exporting Data
In this module, you will briefly explore tools and techniques so that you can import and export data to and from SQL Server.
Lessons
Lab : Importing and Exporting Data
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 7: Monitoring SQL Server 2014
This module explains how to use three of the most commonly used tools: Activity Monitor, dynamic management views and functions (DMVs and DMFs), and Performance Monitor.
Lessons
Lab : Monitoring SQL Server 2014
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 8: Tracing SQL Server Activity
This module describes how to use SQL Server Profiler and SQL Trace stored procedures to capture information about SQL Server, and how to use that information to troubleshoot and optimise SQL Server workloads.
Lessons
Lab : Tracing SQL Server Workload Activity
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 9: Managing SQL Server Security
In this module, you will be learn about the core concepts on which the SQL Server security architecture is based, and how to manage security at the server and database levels.
Lessons
Lab : Managing SQL Server Security
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 10: Auditing Data Access and Encrypting Data
This module describes the available options for auditing in SQL Server, how to use and manage the SQL Server audit feature, and how to implement encryption.
Lessons
Lab : Auditing Data Access and Encrypting Data
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 11: Performing Ongoing Database Maintenance
This module describes common database maintenance tasks that a DBA must perform, and demonstrates how to automate these tasks using maintenance plans.
Lessons
Lab : Performing Ongoing Database Maintenance
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 12: Automating SQL Server 2014 Management
This module describes how to use SQL Server Agent to automate jobs, how to configure security contexts for jobs, and how to implement multi-server jobs.
Lessons
Lab : Automating SQL Server Management
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 13: Monitoring SQL Server 2014 by Using Alerts and Notifications
This module covers the configuration of database mail, alerts, and notifications.
Lessons
Lab : Monitoring SQL Server by Using Alerts and Notifications
After completing this module, you will be able to:
You'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
Your accelerated course includes:
It's recommended you possess the following knowledge and skills:
Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.
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