Course 2785AL: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Official Distance Learning (MODL)

Introduction This Distance Learning version of the course consists of online live instructor-led sessions and additional self-paced e-learning content, scenario-based labs, and assessments to provide students with the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Audience This course is intended for IT Professionals wanting to become skilled on SQL Server 2005 product features and technologies for maintaining a database. At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to: • Install and configure SQL Server 2005. • Create databases and database files. • Create data types and tables. • Generate basic SQL Server 2005 queries and XML reports. • Manage SQL security. • Backup and restore user databases. • Recover system database in the event of a disaster. • Implement data integrity for a database by using the constraints, triggers, and XML schema. • Implement basic stored procedures and functions. • Mirror SQL databases. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: • Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality. • Working knowledge of Transact-SQL. • Working knowledge of relational databases. • Some experience with database design. • Working knowledge of XML Microsoft Certified Professional Exams This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam: • Exam 70-431: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance: Click here to order your discount Microsoft voucher for Exam 70-431 Course Materials The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class. Course Outline Module 1-1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005 This module introduces views and summarizes the advantages that they provide. It describes how to create views by using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and Transact-SQL, the options available, and how to find information about views. The module then addresses restrictions on modifying data through views and how views can improve database performance. Lessons • SQL Server 2005 Architecture • Preparing to Install SQL Server 2005 • Installing SQL Server 2005 • Installing and Configuring Administrative Tools • SQL Server 2005 Conformation Tools Lab 1-1 Installing SQL Server 2005 After completing this module, students will be able to: • Describe the architecture and components of SQL Server 2005. • Describe how to prepare for a SQL Server installation. • Install SQL Server 2005. • Manage a SQL Server installation. Module 1-2: Creating Databases and Database Files This module describes how data is stored in SQL Server 2005. It provides information on how to create filegroups, databases, and schemas. It also covers the aspects of creating database snapshots and managing them. Lessons • Planning Data Storage for SQL Server 2005 • Creating Databases and File Storage • Understanding Name Resolution and Creating Schemas • Creating Database Snapshots • Managing Databases Lab 1-2 Creating Databases and Database Files After completing this module, students will be able to: • Plan the creation of databases. • Create databases. • Create schemas • Manage databases. Module 2-1: Creating Data Types and Tables It is important to know the characteristics of the various data types so that you can assign the appropriate data values for any column in an SQL Server database table. SQL Server provides a number of data types that are associated with the categories of data types used by common programming languages. This module describes the characteristics of the various SQL Server data types. This module will also help you understand how SQL Server organizes data in rows. This knowledge is important, as it can enable you to accurately estimate the size of a table. Lessons • What Are Data Types? • Creating Data Types • Creating Tables • Creating Partitioned Tables Lab 2-1 Creating Data Types and Tables After completing this module, students will be able to: • Describe data types. • Create data types and tables. Module 2-2: Querying SQL Server 2005 Databases This module provides the knowledge and skills to perform basic Transact SQL queries in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. It also provides an overview of T-SQL and shows how to retrieve, group, summarize, and modify data. It provides an overview of querying multiple tables by using different types of joins, and gives you the foundation to query XML data by using XQuery. Lessons • What is T-SQL? • Retrieving Data • Grouping and Summarizing Data • Modifying Data • Working with XML Data Lab 2-2 Querying SQL Databases After completing this module, students will be able to: • Explain printing in the Windows Server 2003 family. • Retrieve data from tables by using the SELECT statement. • Use the GROUP BY clause to filter data. • Write INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE statements to modify data in tables. • Organize summary data for a column by using aggregate functions with the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses. • Generate XML-based reports. Module 3-1: Managing Security in SQL Server 2005 Security is a primary consideration when designing and managing a database environment. In this module, you will learn about the Microsoft SQL Server security model in SQL Server 2005, which is considerably enhanced and extended from previous versions of SQL Server. Lessons • SQL Server 2005 Security Overview • Managing SQL Server 2005 Security • Monitoring SQL Server 2005 • Automating SQL Server 2005 Administration Lab 3-1 Managing SQL Security After completing this module, students will be able to: • Describe the security architecture in SQL Server 2005. • Monitor SQL Server 2005 performance and activity. • Automate tasks by creating jobs, operators, and alerts. Module 3-2: Disaster Recovery Frequently, the data in a database substantiates an organization’s operations. Without the database, the organization cannot function properly. It is important that every mission-critical database system has adequate disaster-recovery procedures in place. Backup and restore operations are a vital part of data management and are essential for recovering from failures and disasters. Therefore, a major part of a database administrator’s role is to ensure that data is backed up and can be restored quickly in the event of a disaster. Lessons • Planning a Backup Strategy • Backing Up User Databases • Restoring User Databases • Recovering Data from Database Snapshots • System Databases and Disaster Recovery Lab 3-2 Disaster Recovery After completing this module, students will be able to: • Plan a backup strategy. • Back up and restore user databases. • Recover data from database snapshots. • Recover system databases. Module 4-1: Creating and Tuning Indexes This module provides an overview of planning, creating, and optimizing indexes. It explains the differences between heaps, clustered indexes, and nonclustered indexes and where you would use each one. It describes how to create the different types of indexes and how to configure and maintain them to attain optimal performance benefits. Lessons • Planning Indexes • Creating Indexes • Optimizing Indexes • Creating XML Indexes Lab 4-1 Creating and Tuning Indexes After completing this module, students will be able to: • Plan, create, and optimize SQL indexes. • Create XML indexes. Module 4-2: Implementing Data Integrity This module provides an overview of the types of data integrity that will concern you as a database developer, and summarizes the features provided by SQL Server 2005 to meet those concerns. It also provides and opportunity to discuss the powerful data integrity features of SQL Server 2005 - constraints, triggers, and XML schemas. Lessons • Data Integrity Overview • Implementing Constraints • Implementing Triggers • Implementing XML Schemas Lab 4-2 Implementing Data Integrity After completing this module, students will be able to: • Implement data integrity for a database by using the constraints, triggers, and XML schema features of SQL Server 2005. Module 5-1: Implementing Programming Objects This module introduces views and summarizes the advantages that they provide. It describes how to create views by using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and Transact-SQL, and how to find information about views. The module then addresses restrictions on modifying data through views and how views can improve database performance. You will also learn how to create stored procedures and user-defined functions. You will also learn how to implement structured error handling and understand execution context. Lessons • Implementing Views • Implementing Stored Procedures • Implementing User Defined Functions • Introducing Database Programming Objects   Lab 5-1 Implementing Stored Procedures and Functions After completing this module, students will be able to: • Describe the types and uses of views. • Create and manage views. • Implement stored procedure • Create parameterized stored procedures. • Implement functions Module 5-2: Availability and Scalability Technologies Included With SQL Server 2005 In this module you will learn about the different types of replication, the server roles involved, and scenarios involving server-to-server and server-to-client replication. In addition to replication, you will also learn about database mirroring, which is an alternative high-availability solution to failover clustering in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. This module also introduces Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Broker, a message-based platform for building service-oriented database solutions. The module also summarizes the architecture and functionality of Service Broker, explains how to create Service Broker objects, and describes how to send and receive Service Broker messages. Lessons • Data Availability for Data Consumers • Tools for Transferring and Transforming Data • Replicating Data • Mirroring Data • Exposing Data by Using SQL Server 2005 Service Broker   Lab 5-2 Mirroring SQL Databases After completing this module, students will be able to: • Identify ways to improve data availability. • Transfer and transform data by using SSIS. • Describe common replication scenarios. • Implement database mirroring. • Send and receive Service Broker messages.