Microsoft MCTS / MCITP Database Administrator 2008

The course content has been updated to include the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 curriculum.

SQL Server 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organisation manage any data, any place, any time. Your data can be stored and accessed in your largest servers within the data centre all the way down to desktops and mobile devices, enabling you to have control over your data no matter where it is stored.

This 6 day accelerated SQL 2008 program will teach students how to install and configure SQL Server 2008, how to maintain instances, manage security, maintain a database and perform data management tasks. They will also learn how to monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server, optimise performance and implement high availability.

We’ll then move on to show you how to design a SQL Server Instance and a database solution, design a database server security solution, or a database solution for high availability, and design a backup and recovery solution.

This program is aimed to teach you and to test you on the following Microsoft accreditations:

• MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance
• MCITP: Database Administrator 2008

This blended-learning program employs outcome-based (Lecture | Lab | Review) delivery - that focuses on preparing you with the real-world skills required to obtain your certification and to hit the ground running in your career. Our Trainers are among the most senior consultants in the industry, affording each Firebrand Training student the benefit of many years of real-world development expertise - while being able to effectively translate complex technical theory into easily understood terms.

This course now includes the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 curriculum.

Course content for MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance

Module 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server

• The students will be introduced to planning for a SQL Server installation. The students will then be introduced to installing, configuring, and managing SQL Server.
• Lessons
• Preparing to Install SQL Server
• Installing SQL Server
• Configuring a SQL Server Installation
• Lab : Installing and Configuring SQL Server
• Installing SQL Server
• Configuring SQL Server
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Explain how to prepare the hardware and other resources necessary to install SQL Server.
• Install SQL Server.
• Manage and configure SQL Server.

Module 2: Managing Databases and Files

• The students will be introduced to database planning and creation, and using database options to control database behavior.
• Lessons
• Planning Databases
• Creating Databases
• Using Policy-Based Management
• Lab : Managing Databases and Files
• Creating a Database
• Monitoring and Managing Filegroup Usage
• Creating a Policy
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan a database implementation that meets an organization's requirements.
• Create a SQL Server database.
• Manage a SQL Server database.

Module 3: Disaster Recovery

• The students will be introduced to disaster recovery techniques for SQL Server. They will learn how to perform different types of backup and restore operations, including online restores and backup and restores of system databases.
• Lessons
• Planning a Database Backup Strategy
• Backing Up a User Database
• Restoring User Databases
• Performing Online Restore Operations
• Recovering Data from Database Snapshots
• System Databases and Disaster Recovery
• Lab : Disaster Recovery
• Implementing a Backup Strategy
• Restoring and Recovering a Database
• Performing Piecemeal Backup and Restore Operations
• Restoring the Master Database
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan a backup strategy for a database.
• Back up user databases.
• Restore user databases from backups.
• Restore data in a user database while it is online.
• Recover data for a user database from a database snapshot.
• Restore and recover system databases.

Module 4: Managing Security

• The students will be introduced to protecting SQL Server. Students will learn about the SQL Server security model and how to use SQL Server security features to control access to databases and their contents.
• Lessons
• Overview of SQL Server Security
• Protecting the Server Scope
• Protecting the Database Scope
• Managing Keys and Certificates
• Auditing Security
• Lab : Managing Security
• Creating Logins and Assigning Server-Scope Permissions
• Creating Database Users and Assigning Database-Scope and Schema-Scope Permissions
• Encrypting Data Using Certificates and Keys
• Implementing SQL Server Audit
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how SQL Server manages security.
• Protect SQL Server at the server level.
• Protect SQL Server databases.
• Use keys and certificates to protect SQL Server objects.
• Audit SQL Server security.

Module 5: Transferring Data

• The students will be introduced to transfer data to and from SQL Server using UI and command-line tools, and learn about transferring and transforming data with SQL Server Integration Services.
• Lessons
• Overview of Data Transfer
• Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
• Lab : Transferring Data
• Using the Import/Export Wizard
• Performing a Bulk Load
• Creating an SSIS Solution
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Use UI and command-line tools to import and export data.
• Describe the features of SQL Server Integration Services.

Module 6: Automating Administrative Tasks

• The students will learn how to automate routine administrative tasks using jobs, operators, and alerts.
• Lessons
• Automating Administrative Tasks in SQL Server
• Using SQL Server Agent
• Creating Maintenance Plans
• Implementing Alerts
• Managing Multiple Servers
• Managing SQL Server Agent Security
• Lab : Automating Administrative Tasks
• Configuring SQL Server Agent
• Creating Operators and Jobs
• Creating Alerts
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Define SQL Server administrative tasks and schedule those tasks to run automatically.
• Configure SQL Server Agent to support automatic task scheduling.
• Script tasks by using SQL Server jobs, and define operators for managing those jobs.
• Define alerts to warn operators about events raised by SQL Server.
• Define and manage administrative tasks that span multiple servers.
• Configure SQL Server Agent security.

Module 7: Implementing Replication

• The students will be introduced to techniques for configuring SQL Server replication.
• Lessons
• Overview of Replication
• Managing Publications and Subscriptions
• Configuring Replication in Some Common Scenarios
• Lab : Implementing Replication
• Implementing Snapshot Replication
• Implementing Peer-to-Peer Transactional Replication
• Implementing HTTP Merge Replication
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe replication and its components.
• Configure and implement replication.
• Use replication to meet the requirements of some common scenarios.

Module 8: Maintaining High Availability

• The students will be introduced to concepts and methods for maintaining high availability with SQL Server.
• Lessons
• Introduction to High Availability
• Implementing Log Shipping
• Implementing Database Mirroring
• Implementing Server Clustering
• Using Distributed High Availability Solutions
• Lab : Maintaining High Availability
• Configuring Log Shipping
• Configuring Database Mirroring
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the factors affecting database availability.
• Describe how to implement log shipping to support fast recovery of a standby SQL Server database.
• Describe how to use SQL Server mirroring to implement a software solution for fast failover.
• Explain how to implement clustering to support fast failover of computers running SQL Server instances.
• Describe how to implement distributed high availability solutions.

Module 9: Monitoring SQL Server

• The students will be introduced to monitoring SQL Server performance and activity.
• Lessons
• Viewing Current Activity
• Using SQL Server Profiler
• Monitoring with DDL Triggers
• Using Event Notifications
• Lab : Monitoring SQL Server
• Monitoring SQL Server Activity
• Tracing SQL Server Activity
• Using DDL Triggers
• Using Event Notifications
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Examine the current activity in a SQL Server instance.
• Use SQL Server Profiler to trace server and database activity.
• Use DDL triggers to monitor changes to the structure of database objects.
• Use event notifications to capture and monitor significant events for a SQL Server instance.

Module 10: Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning

• The students will learn how to troubleshoot a variety of common SQL Server problems. Students will also learn how to tune SQL Server for improved performance using a variety of tools.
• Lessons
• Troubleshooting SQL Server
• Performance Tuning in SQL Server
• Using Resource Governor
• Using Data Collector
• Lab : Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning
• Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems
• Troubleshooting Concurrency Problems
• Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor
• Implementing Resource Governor
• Implementing Data Collector
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Troubleshoot common SQL Server problems, such as connectivity, concurrency, and job and disk space problems.
• Perform basic performance tuning tasks in SQL Server using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, index tuning, and query tuning.
• Use Resource Governor to manage SQL Server workloads and resources.
• Use Data Collector to obtain performance data about your computer and the instances of SQL Server running on your computer.

Additional course content for MCITP: Database Administrator 2008

• Design for CPU, memory, and storage capacity requirements
• Design SQL Server instances
• Design physical database and object placement
• Design a migration, consolidation, and upgrade strategy
• Design instance authentication
• Design instance-level security configurations
• Design database, schema, and object security parameters
• Design a security policy and an audit plan
• Design an encryption strategy
• Design a failover clustering solution
• Design database mirroring
• Design a high-availability solution that is based on replication
• Design a high-availability solution that is based on log shipping
• Select high-availability technologies based on business requirements
• Design a backup strategy
• Design a recovery strategy
• Design a recovery test plan

• Design a monitoring solution at the operating system level
• Design a monitoring solution at the instance level
• Design a solution to monitor performance and concurrency
• Design a maintenance strategy for database servers
• Design a solution to govern resources
• Design policies by using Policy-Based Management
• Design a data compression strategy
• Design a management automation strategy
• Administer SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages
• Design a strategy to use linked servers
• Design a replication strategy for data distribution

You will be prepared for, and sit, the following exams:

• Exam 70-432: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Installation and Maintenance
• Exam 70-450 Pro: Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Server Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008

You will be prepared for, and sit, the following exams:

• Exam 70-432: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Installation and Maintenance
• Exam 70-450 Pro: Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Server Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Included:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant ISBN: 9780735627383
• Microsoft SQL SERVER 2008 ADMINISTRATOR'S (70-432 & 70-450) Real-world skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond
  ISBN: 9780470554203

Microsoft Official Curriculum

• MOC 6231 - Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database

Candidates for this certification are professionals who work in an enterprise-level organisation and designing, deploying, optimizing, maintaining, and supporting database service life cycle.

Further prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
• Working knowledge of Relational databases.
• Core Windows Server skills.
• Database design skills.

Candidates for this exam work in an environment in which Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is used for database solutions. Candidates should have at least three years of experience administering databases in an enterprise-level organization and designing, deploying, optimizing, maintaining, and supporting database service life cycle. Candidates should also have experience with the following:

• Defining high-availability solutions
• Data distribution
• Automating administrative tasks (for example, checking db stats, backups)
• Maintaining administrative tasks (for example, determining index rebuild time, file groups for backup)
• Defining security solutions
• Monitoring and troubleshooting the database server
• Performance optimization (for example, physical tuning, including hardware, operating system, instance-level tuning), PerfMon
• Designing and executing deployments
• Deployments and migration
• Defining the infrastructure (for example, storage, hardware, and number of servers or instances)

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