20465, Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server

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

This course is intended for database professionals who need who plan, implement, and manage database solutions. Primary responsibilities include:

• Planning and implementing database infrastructure.
• Planning and implementing consolidation strategies.
• Implementing SQL Server in on-premises, cloud, and hybrid IT scenarios.
• Planning and implementing high availability solutions.
• Planning and implementing disaster recovery solutions.

This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:

• At least 2 years’ experience of working with relational databases, including:
• Planning and implementing databases
• Managing databases
• Querying with Transact-SQL
• Some basic knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery
• Some basic knowledge of Microsoft Azure technologies and concepts around cloud computing

This course maps to skills and knowledge measured by Microsoft Exam 70-465, and in conjunction with on-the-job experience, can help prepare your for the exam.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Assess an existing enterprise environment.
• Plan and implement Policy-Based Management.
• Describe the considerations for consolidating workloads with SQL Server 2014.
• Describe considerations for including SQL Server 2014 in a private cloud.
• Use Microsoft Azure storage with SQL Server 2014.
• Implement and configure databases in Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
• Implement and configure databases in Microsoft Azure virtual machines.
• Describe high availability technologies in SQL Server 2014 and implement log shipping.
• Describe Windows Server Failover Clustering and Implement an AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance.
• Implement an Always On Availability Group.
• Plan high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Plan and implement database replication.

Module 1: Introduction to Enterprise Data Architecture

Considerations for Enterprise Data
Assessing an Existing Infrastructure

Module 2: Multi-Server Configuration Management

Policy-Based Management
Microsoft System Center

Module 3: Consolidating Database Workloads with SQL Server 2014

Considerations for Database Server Consolidation
Managing Resources in a Consolidated Database Infrastructure

Module 4: Introduction to Cloud Data Solutions

Overview of Cloud Computing
SQL Server in a Private Cloud

Module 5: Introduction to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Overview
Microsoft Azure Storage

Module 6: Microsoft Azure SQL Database

Introduction to Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Connectivity and Security
Creating Databases in a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

Module 7: SQL Server in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Introduction to Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Microsoft Azure SQL Database Security
Implementing and Managing Databases

Module 8: Introduction to High Availability in SQL Server 2014

High Availability Concepts and Options in SQL Server 2014
Log Shipping

Module 9: Clustering with Windows Server and SQL Server 2014

Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering
SQL Server AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances

Module 10: AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Introduction to AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Working with AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Considerations for Using AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Module 11: Planning High Availability and Disaster Recovery

High Availability and Disaster Recovery with SQL Server 2014
High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Databases in Microsoft Azure

Module 12: Replicating Data

SQL Server Replication
Planning Replication

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.