SQL Server Course | SQL Training

Introduction

SQL Server Essential Administration is intended for individuals charged with administering a SQL Server 2008 Database System.

This course focuses on only the core administration responsibilities enabling new SQL Server 2008 Database Administrators to build the skills necessary to Install, Configure and Support a Simple SQL Server deployment.

The objective is to provide the essential skills for managing a single instance system, enabling administrators to get up and running to a basic level fairly quickly, but also to provide awareness to some of the more advanced services available.

Pre-Requisites

• Basic understanding of relational databases and the SQL Language.

Attending the following courses, prior to this course would be beneficial:

• Advanced SQL Server Database Querying
• Transact SQL Programming

Course Outline

Installing and Configuring SQL Server

• Preparing to Install SQL Server
• Installing SQL Server
• Configuring a SQL Server Installation
• Configuration Manager
• Management Studio Server Properties
• Sp_Configure

Managing Databases and Files

• Planning Databases
• Creating Databases
• File groups and Data Files
• Transaction Log Files
• Managing Databases
• Options
• Attaching and detaching

Disaster Recovery

• Planning a Backup Strategy
• Backing Up User & System Databases
• Restoring User Databases
• Performing Online Restore Operations
• Recovering Data from Database Snapshots
• System Databases and Disaster Recovery

Managing Security

• Overview of SQL Server Security
• Protecting the Server Scope
• Protecting the Database Scope
• Protecting the Server Scope
• Auditing Security

Establishing Client Connectivity

• Network Libraries
• ODBC & OLE-DB connections
• SQL Native Client
• Configuring Server Connectivity Settings

Automating Administrative Tasks

• Automating Administrative Tasks in SQL Server
• Using SQL Server Agent
• Creating Maintenance Plans
• Implementing Alerts
• Managing Multiple Servers
• Managing SQL Server Agent security

Monitoring SQL Server

• Viewing Current Activity
• Using SQL Server Profiler

An Introduction to Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning

• Troubleshooting SQL Server
• Performance Tuning in SQL Server

An Overview of Other Services

• An Overview of Replication Service
• An Overview of High Availability Services
• An Overview of Integration Services
• An Overview of Service Broker
• An Overview of Common Language Runtime