Course: MS2789 Administering and Automating Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases and Servers

This one-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer and automate Microsoft SQL ServerT 2005 databases and servers. This course focuses on the need to maintain administering and automation information.

This course is intended for current professional database administrators who have three or more years of on-the-job experience administering SQL Server database solutions in an enterprise environment.


Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Module 1: Managing and Automating Databases and Servers

This module provides you with the guidelines and considerations for planning automated systems for databases and servers. This module also provides you with the knowledge required to maintain a run book.

Lessons

• Planning an Automated System for Database Maintenance
• Planning an Automated System Server Maintenance
• Documenting Administration and Automation Information

Lab 1: Managing and Automating Databases and Servers

• Creating Maintenance Plans
• Creating Database Change Control Procedures
• Configuring and Using the SQL H2 Tool

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan an automated system for database maintenance.
• Plan an automated system for server maintenance.
• Document administration and automation information in a run book.

Module 2: Managing SQL Server Supporting Services

This module introduces the concept of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages and provides the guidelines to deploy and manage SSIS packages. This module also provides the guidelines and considerations for maintaining replication and reporting services.

Lessons

• Managing SSIS Packages
• Managing Replication
• Managing Reporting Services

Lab 2: Managing SQL Server Supporting Services

• Moving Packages Between Database Servers
• Initializing a Transactional Subscription from a Backup
• Configuring Reporting Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage SSIS packages.
• Manage replication.
• Manage reporting services.