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SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431 eLearning Course


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SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431 eLearning Course Series (26 hours)

This series explains how to install, configure, and use SQL Server 2005.

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1. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:1 Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005 (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to prepare for the installation and configuration of SQL Server 2005.

Course Objectives

  • Evaluate your hardware and software requirements prior to installation
  • Install SQL Server 2005
  • Configure linked servers for use with SQL Server 2005
  • Establish login security

Course Topics

  • Preparing for Installation
  • Installing SQL Server 2005
  • Postinstallation Procedures
  • SQL Server Login Security

2. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:2 Creating Databases (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to use SQL Server 2005 to create databases and establish views you can employ to work with data.

Course Objectives

  • Create and alter databases
  • Employ views for data query operations
  • Use indexed views
  • Use partitioned views

Course Topics

  • Defining Databases
  • Views
  • Using Indexed Views
  • Using Partitioned Views

3. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:3 Working with Tables and Programmability Objects (Time: 3 hours)

This eLearning course provides you with information concerning job skills tested by Microsoft Exam MCTS70-431.

Course Objectives

  • Implementing a table
  • Implementing triggers
  • Implementing functions
  • Implementing stored procedures
  • Implementing constraints
  • Implementing indexes

Course Topics

  • Table Basics
  • Column Attributes
  • Indexes
  • Primary and Foreign Keys
  • Cascading Actions and Triggers
  • Partitioned Tables
  • Implementing Partitioned Tables
  • Programmability Objects
  • Full-Text Searches
  • Security

4. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:4 Implementing Database Objects (Time: 4 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to work with the data in database tables.

Course Objectives

  • Perform queries that extract data
  • Produce reports
  • Insert, update, and remove data
  • Use full-text queries
  • Use system tables and views

Course Topics

  • Listing Table Contents
  • Enhancing Reports
  • Querying Data
  • Conditional Data Filtering
  • Data Querying via Full-Text Indexes
  • Using System Tables and Stored Procedures
  • Using Views and Data Types
  • Inserting Records
  • Changing Stored Data
  • Removing Unwanted Data

5. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:5 Supporting the XML Framework (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to manage the XML data and features that are integrated into SQL Server 2005.

Course Objectives

  • Recognize the importance of XML within a SQL Server database
  • Identify the new features and functionality for XML in SQL Server 2005
  • Describe how to output data in XML format
  • Use the xml data type
  • Explain methods associated with the xml data type
  • Create XML indexes

Course Topics

  • Managing XML data
  • Supported XML features
  • XML basics
  • The XML data type
  • XML method interactions
  • Other SQL Server XML support

6. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:6 Enhancing Data Consumption and Throughput (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to move large amounts of data either within a single server or between servers. Bulk Copy Program (BCP) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) are also discussed.

Course Objectives

  • Explain importing and exporting data with SQL Server 2005
  • Import and export data using the Bulk Copy Program (BCP)
  • Use OPENROWSET to access any OLE DB data source
  • Use SSIS to handle the import and export of data
  • Implement Service Broker
  • Assemble components into a service

Course Topics

  • Importing and Exporting Data
  • Using the Bulk Copy Program
  • Using OPENROWSET and SSIS
  • Implementing Service Broker
  • Assembling Components into a Service

7. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:7 Maintaining and Backing Up Databases (Time: 3 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to use SQL Server 2005 to maintain and backup databases.

Course Objectives

  • Identify the new features in SQL Server database maintenance
  • Perform a database backup
  • Identify the various backup types
  • Use the T-SQL BACKUP statement
  • Restore data from a backup
  • Create a database snapshot
  • Automate maintenance with job scheduling

Course Topics

  • SQL Server Database Maintenance
  • Performing Database Backups
  • Backup Types
  • Using the T-SQL BACKUP Statement
  • Restoring Data from a Backup
  • Working with Database Snapshots
  • Automating Maintenance with Job Scheduling

8. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:8 Monitoring Performance (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to monitor the performance of a SQL Server 2005 system.

Course Objectives

  • Describe monitoring tools used by SQL Server 2005
  • Identify the features of Log File Viewer
  • Describe the types of server-maintained information found in SQL Server 2005
  • List types of System Monitor counters
  • Define a SQL Profiler trace

Course Topics

  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Using Activity Monitor
  • Working with Log File Viewer
  • Server-Maintained Information
  • Using Windows System Monitor
  • Working with SQL Server Profiler
  • Defining a Profiler Trace

9. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:9 Troubleshooting and Optimizing (Time: 2 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to troubleshoot issues that may arise when using SQL Server 2005. It also provides information on optimizing SQL Server for the best performance.

Course Objectives

  • List the settings that affect statistics
  • Describe how SQL Server deals with multiple users
  • Discuss indexing strategies
  • Describe how partitioning can improve performance
  • List tools that assist with maintenance tasks

Course Topics

  • Tuning the Operating System and Hardware
  • Locks, Blocks, and Deadbolts
  • Indexing Strategies
  • Data Partitioning Across Servers
  • Working with the DTA
  • Using the Database Console Command

10. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:10 Implementing High Availability (Time: 3 hours)

This eLearning course explains how to implement high-availability solutions such as log shipping, database mirroring, failover clusters, and replication.

Course Objectives

  • Describe the costs and risks involved in certain high-availability solutions
  • Implement log shipping and explain how it operates
  • Enable database mirroring using trace flags and use failover clustering
  • Discuss the strategies, types, and elements of replication
  • Explain Microsoft Analysis Services in SQL Server 2005

Course Topics

  • High-availability solutions
  • Implementing log shipping
  • Database mirroring and failover clustering
  • Replication strategies
  • Types of replication
  • Elements of replication
  • Microsoft analysis services

11. SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431:11 Practice Exams (Time: 1 hours)

This eLearning course provides practice questions for the SQL Server 2005 MCTS 70-431 exam.

Course Objectives

  • Complete the first set of practice exam questions.
  • Complete the second set of practice exam questions.

Course Topics

  • Practice Exam 1
  • Practice Exam 2
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