Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
* Working knowledge of data storage. Specifically, they should know
about row layout, fixed length field placement and varying length
field placement.
* Knowledge about index structures and index utilization.
Specifically, they must understand the interaction between
non-clustered indexes, clustered indexes and heaps. They must know
why a covering index can improve performance.
* Hands-on database developer experience. Specifically, they should
have three years of experience as a full-time database developer in
an enterprise environment.
* Knowledge about the locking model. Specifically, students should
have an understanding of lock modes, lock objects and isolation
levels and be familiar with process blocking.
* Understanding of Transact-SQL syntax and programming logic.
Specifically, students should be completely fluent in advanced
queries, aggregate queries, subqueries, user-defined functions,
cursors, control of flow statements, CASE expressions, and all
types of joins.
* Knowledge about the trade offs when backing out of the fully
normalized design and designing for performance and business
requirements in addition to being familiar with design models, such
as Star and Snowflake schemas. They should be able to design a
database to third normal form (3NF).
* Strong monitoring and troubleshooting skills, including usage of
monitoring tools.
* Basic knowledge of the operating system and platform. That is,
how the operating system integrates with the database, what the
platform or operating system can do, and how interaction between
the operating system and the database works.
* Basic knowledge of application architecture. That is, how
applications can be designed in three layers, what applications can
do, how interaction between the application and the database works,
and how the interaction between the database and the platform or
operating system works.
* Knowledge of using a data modeling tool.
* Knowledge of SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and
technologies.
* Have a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 credential or equivalent experience.
Course Description:
This five-day instructor-led course provides the knowledge and
skills that IT Professionals need to design, optimize, and maintain
SQL Server 2008 database.
he audience of this course is developers who implement database
solutions or perform development utilizing the programming features
and functionality of SQL Server. Students taking this course are
expected to have three or more years of experience working on
databases for two or more of the following phases in the product
lifecycle – design, development, deployment, optimization,
maintenance, or support. They should possess a four-year college
degree, BS or BA, in the computer field.
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Design a database design strategy
- Design a database for optimal performance
- Design security for a database
- Design programming objects
- Design queries for performance
- Design a transaction and concurrency strategy
- Design an XML strategy
This course includes the following modules:
Designing a Conceptual Database Model
- Overview of Database Design
- Gathering Database Requirements
- Creating a Conceptual Database Design
- Overview of Entity Framework
- Lab: Designing a Conceptual Database Model
Designing a Logical Database Model
- Guidelines for Building a Logical Database Model
- Planning for OLTP Activity
- Evaluating Logical Models
- Lab: Designing a Logical Database Model
Designing a Physical Database Model
- Selecting Data Types
- Designing Database Tables
- Designing Data Integrity
- Lab: Designing a Physical Database Model
Designing Databases for Optimal Performance
- Guidelines for Designing Indexes
- Designing a Partitioning Strategy
- Designing a Plan Guide
- Designing Scalable Databases
- Lab: Designing Databases for Optimal Performance
Designing Security for SQL Server 2008
- Exploring Security in SQL Server 2008
- Implementing Identity and Access Control
- Guidelines for Secure Development in SQL Server 2008
- Guidelines for Secure Deployment of SQL Server 2008
- Guidelines for Secure Operations
- Lab: Designing Security for SQL Server 2008
Designing a Strategy for Database Access
- Guidelines for Designing Secure Data Access
- Designing Views
- Designing Stored Procedures
- Designing User-Defined Functions
- Lab: Designing a Strategy for Database Access
Designing Queries for Optimal Performance
- Considerations for Optimizing Queries for Performance
- Refactoring Cursors into Queries
- Extending Set-Based Operations
- Lab: Designing Queries for Optimal Performance
Designing a Transaction and Concurrency
Strategy
- Guidelines for Defining Transactions
- Defining Isolation Levels
- Guidelines for Designing a Resilient Transaction Strategy
- Lab: Designing a Transaction and Concurrency Strategy
Designing an XML Strategy
- Designing XML Storage
- Designing an XML Query Strategy
- Designing a Data Conversion Strategy
- Lab: Designing an XML Strategy
Designing SQL Server 2008 Components
- Overview of SQL Server 2008 Components
- Designing a Service Broker Architecture
- Designing the Service Broker Data Flow
- Designing the Service Broker Availability
- Exploring Full-Text Search
- Designing a Full-Text Search Strategy
- Lab: Designing SQL Server 2008 Components
