Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012: Database Administration (Exam 70-462)

Course Length: 5 days

Course Description
You have created databases and executed queries on them. You are now ready to perform database administration tasks such as installation of SQL Server instances, configuration of SQL Server databases and settings, monitoring database performance, controlling user access to databases, and database maintenance. In addition to these tasks, SQL Server 2012 provides many advanced features that enable you to manage databases efficiently. By familiarizing yourself with these tasks and features, you can plan, deploy, administer, and maintain SQL Server databases efficiently. In this course, you will perform database administration tasks.

Course Objectives:
This course is designed for Database Administrators who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. This course will be attended by database professionals who are familiar with SQL Server databases and who are responsible for administering and maintaining SQL Server databases as their primary job responsibility. In addition, this course can be attended by individuals who develop applications that access SQL Server database.

Prerequisites:
To ensure your success in this course you should have some working knowledge of relational databases. You should also be comfortable working with the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System, and be able to use the core functionalities of Windows Server 2012. Also, working knowledge of Transact SQL queries is essential.
You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the following Logical Operations courses:

• Relational Database Design Courses
• Windows Server 2012 courses
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Database Querying: (Exam 70-461)

Course Content
Lesson 1: Identifying the SQL Server Platform and Tools
Topic A: Overview of SQL Server Features
Topic B: Create Filegroups and Partitions

Lesson 2: Deploying SQL Server
Topic A: Install SQL Server
Topic B: Migrate SQL Server From a Previous Version

Lesson 3: Configuring SQL Server
Topic A: Configure Server Properties
Topic B: Configure Memory and CPU
Topic C: Configure Database Mail

Lesson 4: Managing Databases in SQL Server 2012
Topic A: Create a Contained Database
Topic B: Configure Database Options

Lesson 5: Managing SQL Server Security
Topic A: Configure Server Security
Topic B: Create Server Roles
Topic C: Configure Database Security

Lesson 6: Implementing Advanced Security Settings
Topic A: Create Certificate-Based Logins
Topic B: Apply Auditing and Policy-Based Management Strategies

Lesson 7: Applying Encryption and Compression
Topic A: Apply Encryption on Databases
Topic B: Compress a Database Table

Lesson 8: Working with Indexes and Log Files
Topic A: Work with Full Text Indexes
Topic B: Configure Advanced Storage and Indexing Settings
Topic C: Configure Log Files

Lesson 9: Working with Backup and Restore
Topic A: Perform a Backup
Topic B: Restore a Database
Topic C: Import and Export Data
Topic D: Configure the SQL Server Agent

Lesson 10: Implementing High Availability
Topic A: Work with Clustering
Topic B: Work with Replication
Topic C: Work with Mirroring and AlwaysOn
Topic D: Work with Central Management Servers

Lesson 11: Optimizing Server Performance
Topic A: Manage Server Performance
Topic B: Optimize Indexes

Lesson 12: Troubleshooting Issues and Recovering Databases
Topic A: Troubleshoot Database Issues
Topic B: Perform a Database Recovery

Lesson 13: Performing Advanced Database Management Tasks
Topic A: Manage Database Infrastructure
Topic B: Configure SSIS

Appendix A: Exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases