COURSE CONTENTS :

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Administration

Welcome to SQL Server 2008

 What is SQL Server 2008?

 SQL Server 2008 Solutions
 A Brief History of SQL Server
 Scenario Veronica’s Veronicas Overview

Installing SQL Server 2008

 SQL Server 2008 Editions

 SQL Server 2008 Requirements
 Downloading SQL Software
 SQL Server Security 101
 Installing SQL Server 2008
 SQL Server Installation Center Overview
 New SQL Server Stand-Alone Installation
 Launching SQL Server 2008

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Tools

 SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio Overview

 Analysis Services and Configuration Tools Overview
 Documentation and Tutorial Overview
 Integration Services and Performance Tools Overview
 Windows PowerShell 1.0 Overview
 System Databases
 SQL Server Management Studio Overview
 Query Interface Overview

Creating SQL Server 2008 Databases

 Database Planning
 Creating Databases Overview
  Creating General Page
 Creating Options Page
 Creating Filegroups Page
 Creating a New Table
 Database Diagrams
 Creating Database Diagrams
 Database Views
 Creating a New View
 Creating a Synonym
 Recommendations

Configuring SQL Server 2008 Security

 SQL Server Security Landscape

 Physical Security
 Managing User Access
 Logins and Users
 Creating a User Account in AD
 Creating SQL Login and SQL User Account
 Testing SQL User Account
 Setting SQL User Permissions
 Server-Level Role vs. Database-Level Role
 Schemas Overview
 Creating Schemas
 Testing Schemas
 Protecting Your Data Auditing SQL Server
 Remote Access
 File Security and SQL Server Data Encryption
 SQL Server SA Login and Certificat-Based SQL Server Login
 Public Database Role
 Information_Schema and Sys

Implementing Disaster Recovery

 SQL Server Recovery Models

 Full Recovery Model
 Bulk Logged Recovery Model
 Simple Recovery Model
 Backup Types
 Full Database Backups
 Restoring a Database
 Full File Backups
 Partial Backups
 Recovery Requirements

Performance

 SQL Profiler/SQL Trace (T-SQL)

 Windows System Monitor
 Activity Monitor
 Transact-SQL
 Windows Logs
 Default Trace
 Dynamic Management Views
 Monitoring Tools Comparison

Automating Administrative Tasks

 SQL Server Agent

 Configuring SQL Server Agent
 Key Fixed Database Roles
 Creating and Running Jobs
 Subsystem
 Proxy
 Security Guidelines

High Availability

 SQL Server Failover Clustering

 SQL Server Database Mirroring
 SQL Server Log Shipping
 SQL Server Replication
 Comparisons

Replication

 What’s the Problem to Solve?

 What is SQL Replication?
 SQL Server Replication Concepts
 Types of Replication
 SQL Server Roles
 Pieces of SQL Replication Model
 Players of SQL Replication Model
 Creating Replication Admin Account
 Creating Agent Accounts
 Changing Firewall Settings
 Giving Replication Admin Access to the SQL Server
 Installing SQL Server Replication Feature
 Adding Replication Accounts to Database
 Creating Publication
 Creating Push Subscription

Resource Governor

 Troubleshooting SQL Server

 Managing Resource Utilization
 Resource Govenor
 Resource Pools
 Creating a Resource Pool
 Workload Groups
 Creating a Workload Group
 Classification
 Creating a Classifier Function

Performing Data Management Tasks

 Importing and Exporting

 Permissions for Importing and Exporting
 Maintaining Indexes
 Clustered vs. Nonclustered Indexes
 Creating Indexes
 Full-Text Indexing

Data Compression

 Row Compression
  Page Compression
 Data Partitions
 Table Compression via T-SQL
 Compressing Backups

SQL Server 2008 Common Commands

 Database Console Commands (DBCC)

 Running DBCC CHECKTABLE and DBCC CHECKDB Commands
 Setting Server Configuration Options
 sp_configure clr enable Command
 sp_configure c2 audit mode Command
 sp_configure fill factor Command
 Final Thoughts on sp_configure

Database Mail

 The Players...
 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Server
 Database Mail Profiles and Accounts
 Configuring Database Mail
 Database Mail SMTP Authentication