20462, Administering Microsoft SQL Server Databases

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. These individuals perform database administration and maintenance as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job.

The secondary audience for this course is individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

• 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.

Students who attend this training can meet the prerequisites by attending the following courses, or obtaining equivalent knowledge and skills:
20461, Querying Microsoft SQL Server

This course helps you prepare for the Exam 70-462

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe core database administration tasks and tools.
• Install and configure SQL Server 2014.
• Configure SQL Server databases and storage.
• Plan and implement a backup strategy.
• Restore databases from backups.
• Import and export data.
• Monitor SQL Server.
• Trace SQL Server activity.
• Manage SQL Server security.
• Audit data access and encrypt data.
• Perform ongoing database maintenance.
• Automate SQL Server maintenance with SQL Server Agent Jobs.
• Configure Database Mail, alerts and notifications.

Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2014 Database Administration

Database Administration Overview
Introduction to the SQL Server Platform
Database Management Tools and Techniques

Module 2: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2014

Planning SQL Server Installation
Installing SQL Server 2014
Post-Installation Configuration

Module 3: Working with Databases and Storage

Introduction to Data Storage with SQL Server
Managing Storage for System Databases
Managing Storage for User Databases
Moving Database Files
Configuring the Buffer Pool Extension

Module 4: Planning and Implementing a Backup Strategy

Understanding SQL Server Recovery Models
Planning a Backup Strategy
Backing up Databases and Transaction Logs
Using Backup Options
Ensuring Backup Reliability

Module 5: Restoring SQL Server 2014 Databases

Understanding the Restore Process
Restoring Databases
Advanced Restore Scenarios
Working with Point-in-Time Recovery

Module 6: Importing and Exporting Data

Introduction to Transferring Data
Importing and Exporting Table Data
Copying or Moving a Database

Module 7: Monitoring SQL Server 2014

Introduction to Monitoring SQL Server
Dynamic Management Views and Functions
Performance Monitor

Module 8: Tracing SQL Server Activity

Tracing SQL Server Workload Activity
Using Traces

Module 9: Managing SQL Server Security

Introduction to SQL Server Security
Managing Server-Level Security
Managing Database-Level Principals
Managing Database Permissions

Module 10: Auditing Data Access and Encrypting Data

Auditing Data Access in SQL Server
Implementing SQL Server Audit
Encrypting Databases

Module 11: Performing Ongoing Database Maintenance

Ensuring Database Integrity
Maintaining Indexes
Automating Routine Database Maintenance

Module 12: Automating SQL Server 2014 Management

Automating SQL Server Management
Implementing SQL Server Agent Jobs
Managing SQL Server Agent Jobs
Managing Job Step Security Contexts
Managing Jobs on Multiple Servers

Module 13: Monitoring SQL Server 2014 by Using Alerts and Notifications

Monitoring SQL Server Errors
Configuring Database Mail
Configuring Operators, Alerts and Notifications

Infero Training Ltd is based in the Lace Market in Nottingham. Training courses take place at the following locations including Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Lincoln, Leicester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Solihul, Coventry, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Grantham.