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You Will Learn How To
- Build and manage SQL Server 2008 databases
- Retrieve and manipulate data with SQL
queries
- Integrate SQL Server with .NET, Microsoft
Office, and XML
- Secure and monitor databases with
Management Studio
- Replicate data over multiple servers with
merge replication
- Transform data into strategic information
using Business Intelligence processes
Course Benefits
SQL Server 2008 offers a progressive and powerful way to
manage your organization's information. A robust and scalable
enterprise solution, SQL Server 2008 extends the features of SQL
Server 2005 and improves application development time and cost
management. This hands-on course provides a solid foundation on
which to build essential SQL Server development and
administrative skills, including creating databases, generating
Transact-SQL statements, implementing security and replicating
data over multiple servers.
Who Should Attend
Those who are new to Microsoft SQL Server. Familiarity with
relational databases is helpful.
Hands-On Training
Throughout the course, you gain extensive experience with SQL
Server 2008. Practical exercises include:
- Installing SQL Server 2008
- Creating tables and constraints
- Manipulating data with SQL
- Integrating SQL Server with Office
- Securing access to SQL Server from
intruders
- Backing up databases to prevent disasters
with the Maintenance Plan Wizard
- Replicating data between multiple servers
- Rendering a report to Excel
- Fundamentals of relational databases
- Client/server model
- Standard
- Enterprise
- Workgroup
- Express
- Compact
- Developer
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Management reports
- Business Intelligence Development
Studio
- SQL Server Agent
- Database engine
- Choosing files and directories
- Allocating file size and growth
parameters
- Implementing database schemas
- Analyzing various datatypes
- Defining column attributes
- Indexing tables with Management Studio
- Adding, deleting or changing columns
- Enforcing uniqueness with primary key
constraints
- Check constraints to validate
conditions
- Building relationships with foreign
keys
- Leveraging Query Designer to construct
SQL statements
- Writing multiple table join queries
- Aggregating data for business analysis
- Adding new rows with the INSERT command
- Changing targeted data with UPDATE
- Deleting specific rows
- Writing stored procedures for
performance and productivity
- Capturing change events with triggers
- Simplifying data access with
user-defined functions
- Creating a .NET CLR component
- Installing an assembly
- Pulling data from SQL Server into Excel
- Upsizing an Access database to SQL
Server
- Retrieving data in XML form
- Storing XML documents
- Controlling access to SQL Server
- Granting or revoking permissions
- Defining roles and user memberships
- Automating backups by scheduling jobs
- Checking database integrity and
defragmenting data
- Notifying operators via e-mail
- Viewing locks and queries
- Requesting management reports with
Management Studio
- Snapshot
- Transactional
- Merge replication
- Choosing a replication strategy
- Distributing published data
- Subscribing to a publication
- Importing and exporting files
- Moving and denormalizing data into a
data warehouse
- Building multidimensional cubes
- Predicting trends with data mining
- Designing reports quickly with the
Report Wizard
- Deploying reports to a Report Server
for centralized access
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