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SQL Server 2005: for Administrators

The SQL Server 2005: for Administrators 4-day WorkshopPLUS course available
Learn tools and exclusively for Microsoft Premier Support customers contains Level 300+ content. Please
techniques to install, review the student criteria information (below) and contact your Microsoft Services
representative to ensure that this workshop is appropriate to the student’s experience and
configure, secure and technical expertise.

maintain Microsoft WorkshopPLUS Benefits

SQL Server 2005. Incoming Assessment to baseline knowledge. It is important for students to get
feedback on how much they have learned during the WorkshopPLUS course. To
Benefit from an accomplish that end, the Incoming Assessment measures what students know at the
introduction to new beginning of the course. This 25-question assessment was developed by a team of
subject matter experts at Microsoft.
features. Gain Outgoing Assessment to measure knowledge transfer. Students like to know how
experience and much they learned as a result of the training. At the end of the WorkshopPLUS course,
students compare their Incoming and Outgoing results. In addition, the instructor reviews
confidence through the questions and discusses the answers in detail to ensure that students understand the
concepts. (Note: Individual results of the Incoming and Outgoing Assessment are not
interactive, break-fix provided to management.)
labs designed provide Action Planning Exercises to take workshop-acquired knowledge and apply them to
the workplace. Applying new knowledge to the real world is key to getting the most value
students with hands- out of your training budget. The purpose of the Action Planning Exercises is to identify key
on experience for problems or proactive opportunities in your workplace — and then to use the skills learned
in this course to develop real-world action plans.
optimizing the
management of SQL Technical Highlights
Server 2005 in a daily The SQL Server 2005: for Administrators workshop provides participants with the skills
and techniques to help them perform the following tasks:
work environment.
 Differences between SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005
 Installation and upgrade
 High availability and Disaster Recovery
 New tools and monitoring
 Indexes
 Security
 Replication
 Clustering
 Target Audience Module 5: Managing Database Indexes. This module
introduces various new indexes available in SQL Server 2005
To ensure the high-quality knowledge transfer expected by the
such as Indexes with Included Columns and how you can use
attendees of this 4-day workshop, class size is limited to a
this feature. Also teaches the new commands and functionalities
maximum of 16 students who have at least 1-2 years of
experience working with SQL Server as database administrators that are used to manage indexing.
or database developers. Module 6: Security. This module introduces the new concepts
around security and the hierarchical security model in SQL
Syllabus
Server 2005.
This workshop runs a FULL 4 days. Students should anticipate
consistent start and end times for each day. Early departure on Module 7: Disaster Recovery. Review the tools and techniques
any day is not recommended. used by Microsoft Premier Field Engineers to investigate and
Incoming Assessment. Students take a 25-question quiz that troubleshooting common troubleshooting scenarios. This module
measures their baseline knowledge. covers the new disaster recovery functionality of SQL Server
2005. Explains the enhancements made to the backup and
Module 1: Introduction and Overview of SQL Server 2005.
restore functionality such as Online Restore and page-level
This module lays the foundation for the upcoming modules. The
restore. Also explains the options used to restore your database
module provides a brief overview of t he new enhancements and
even if the restore is erroring out. In addition, the new disaster
features of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, such as SQL Server
recovery technologies such as Database Mirroring and Database
Management Studio, database mirroring, and database
Snapshot are covered.
snapshots. These features are further described in detail in the
subsequent modules. Module 8: Clustering. This module provides an overview of
clustering. The focus is on the enhancements made to clustering
Module 2: Installation, Upgrade, and Migration to SQL Server
in SQL Server 2005.
2005. This module describes the various methods available for
migration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. It also covers Module 9: Replication. This module describes the various types
information related to important pre and post tasks that should be of enhancements made to SQL Server 2005 replication and
performed as part of an upgrade process. In addition, the module covers the new Peer-to-Peer replication.
introduces the Upgrade Advisor tool that is used during the Outgoing Assessment. Students complete the quiz again and
upgrade process.
compare Incoming and Outgoing results to measure knowledge
Module 3: Tools. This module will help you familiarize transfer.
yourselves with the SQL Server Management Studio interface Action Planning Exercises. Students develop Action Plans to
and its various elements such as Object Explorer and Solution
improve real-world situations and/or implement proactive
Explorer. It teaches how to use SQL Configuration Manager to
measures.
control SQL Server and also provides information about the
SQLCMD utility and the SQL Management Objects (SMOs).

Module 4: Tools for Monitoring SQL Server 2005

Performance. This module provides detailed information related
to various tools available to a database administrator . It covers
the new and powerful features of SQL Server 2005. Introduces
This workshop is just one of
the new Profiler Trace and the various enhancements made to it. many available from Microsoft
Provides information about the database and server reports and Services.
how to use them to pin-point various issues on your SQL Server. For more information, contact
This module also describes the various tools that enhance your Technical Account
troubleshooting capabilities. Manager or Services
representative.

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