Synopses & Reviews
This book follows the newest iterations of the Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) program for database administration courses using SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. It provides the information and resources needed to prepare students for the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP) 70-444 exam for SQL Server 2005, and the 70-432 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) exam for SQL Server 2008. Hands On Exercises and Certification Ready features are integrated with the accompanying Lab Manual throughout the chapters that enable them to reinforce what they’ve learned by completing various exercises. Business cases are presented to provide a real world perspective on how the information is used in the field. The book also includes a CD that enables students with exam practice and instant feedback. By following the exercises in this book, students will learn how to install and configure SQL Server, manage databases, implement security, troubleshoot SQL activity, and more.
Synopsis
This book is for students preparing to become certified for the 70-432 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Administration exam. The Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) lessons correlate and are mapped to the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional, (MCITP) 70-432 certification exam. This text covers installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server and managing and maintaining databases and multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. This text guides students through the design and implementation of security or server automation as well as monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server activity. The MOAC IT Professional series is the Official from Microsoft, turn-key Workforce training program that leads to professional certification and was authored for college instructors and college students.
MOAC gets instructors ready to teach and students ready for work by delivering essential resources in 5 key areas: Instructor readiness, student software, student assessment, instruction resources, and learning validation. With the Microsoft Official Academic course program, you are getting instructional support from Microsoft; materials that are accurate and make course delivery easy.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.
2 Installing Microsoft SQL Server.
3 Navigating SQL Server.
4 Data Types.
5 Databases.
6 Tables.
7 Views.
8 Constraints.
9 Stored Procedures.
10 Functions.
11 Service Broker.
12 Data Integrity.
13 Permissions.
14 Logins, Roles, and Credentials.
15 Additional Security Tools.
16 Backing Up and Restoring Databases.
17 Endpoints.
18 Linking Servers.
19 Triggers.
20 Replication.
21 Performing Indexing and Full-Text Searching.
22 Transactions and Locks.
23 Moving Data.
24 Handling Specialty Data.
25 High-Availability Methods.
26 Maintaining and Automating SQL Server.
27 Monitoring and Optimizing SQL Server.
28 SQL Server Management Tools.
29 Troubleshooting Techniques.
Appendix A.
Appendix B.
Appendix C.
Glossary.
Index.