70-442 Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005

Tu, W & Th: 6:00 PM-10:00 PM

TCU: Tucker Technology – Room 246

2/12/2008 – 2/27/2008

 

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Certification Boot Camp 70-442
Class Scheduling

Register for this course: TCU’s Extended Education Program.

Overview

Drawing on decades of practical experience, Champion Valley Software courses are a leap forward in content creation and delivery. Each Mentor teaching a course brings years of past and ongoing practical experience on the subject into the classroom to provide a unique perspective on the content delivered. Based on that practical experience, each mentor is equipped to answer any question which should arise and ensure that each delegate attending the class will leave with skills that can be applied immediately in their environment. Only the best content available coupled with the best instructors possible and utilizing the most current knowledge make it into a Champion Valley Software course.

Certification Boot Camps cover the subject matter for an exam, however, they are not taught directly to the exam. All of the other test prepartion courses focus on students memorizing large amounts of material for the sole purpose of taking a particular exam. Once the exam is completed, most of the knowledge memorized is either forgotten or not useful in the IT world. These courses are designed to teach the subject matter while not teaching specifically to an exam. At the conclusion of the training, attendees come away with a large volume of knowledge which can be immediately applied to their jobs. If a student decides to subsequently take an exam, they are prepared for the material, but first and foremost, they are prepared for the demands of a job working with SQL Server.

This course covers the entire subject matter encompassed by the 70-442 exam.

Course Price

Regular course price: $4000.

Price for TCU’s Extended Education Program: $300.

Exam

70-442 exam

Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certified IT Professional – Database Developer

Textbook

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005 (Self-Paced Training Kits)

Instructors

The primary author and primary instructor of this course, Michael Hotek, brings over a decade and a half of SQL Server experience in some of the largest and most complicated environments in the world. Mike is an accomplished speaker and trainer having delivered over 200 sessions across dozens of training events spanning more than 8 years with more than 2000 people having attended training from him. Mike is certified in both SQL Server 2005 as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Course Outline

• Module 1 – Database Access
• Data Providers
• Data Access Connections
• ADO.NET Object Model

• Module 2 – Designing Queries
• Writing Queries
• Performance
• XML

• Module 3 – Cursors and Caching
• Caching
• Cursors
• Cursor Efficiency

• Module 4 – Advanced Queries
• SMO
• MARS
• Asynchronous Queries

• Module 5 – Data Integrity and Error Handling
• Declarative Data Integrity
• Procedural Data Integrity
• Error Handling

• Module 6 – Designing Transactions
• Isolation Levels
• Locking and Blocking
• Deadlock
• Lock Optimization

• Module 7 – Optimizing Performance
• Optimize and Tune Queries
• Indexing
• Optimizing Storage

• Module 8 – Optimizing Application Performance
• Scaling Applications
• Resolving Performance Issues

 

 

 

70-444 Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution by Using Microsoft® SQL Server™

Sa: 9am – 6 pm / Sun 1 – 5pm

TCU: Sid Richardson – Lecture Hall 1

2/9/2008 – 2/23/2008

 

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Certification Boot Camp 70-444
Class Scheduling

Register for this course: TCU’s Extended Education Program.

Overview

Drawing on decades of practical experience, Champion Valley Software courses are a leap forward in content creation and delivery. Each Mentor teaching a course brings years of past and ongoing practical experience on the subject into the classroom to provide a unique perspective on the content delivered. Based on that practical experience, each mentor is equipped to answer any question which should arise and ensure that each delegate attending the class will leave with skills that can be applied immediately in their environment. Only the best content available coupled with the best instructors possible and utilizing the most current knowledge make it into a Champion Valley Software course.

Certification Boot Camps cover the subject matter for an exam, however, they are not taught directly to the exam. All of the other test prepartion courses focus on students memorizing large amounts of material for the sole purpose of taking a particular exam. Once the exam is completed, most of the knowledge memorized is either forgotten or not useful in the IT world. These courses are designed to teach the subject matter while not teaching specifically to an exam. At the conclusion of the training, attendees come away with a large volume of knowledge which can be immediately applied to their jobs. If a student decides to subsequently take an exam, they are prepared for the material, but first and foremost, they are prepared for the demands of a job working with SQL Server.

This course covers the entire subject matter encompassed by the 70-444 exam.

Course Price

Regular course price: $4000.

Price for TCU’s Extended Education Program: $300.

Exam

70-444 exam

Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certified IT Professional – Database Administrator

Textbook

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-444): Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005 (Pro-Certification)

Instructors

The primary author and primary instructor of this course, Michael Hotek, brings over a decade and a half of SQL Server experience in some of the largest and most complicated environments in the world. Mike is an accomplished speaker and trainer having delivered over 200 sessions across dozens of training events spanning more than 8 years with more than 2000 people having attended training from him. Mike is certified in both SQL Server 2005 as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Course Outline

• Module 1 – Troubleshooting Performance
• Server Performance
• Connectivity
• Database Performance

• Module 2 – Analyzing Queries
• Identifying Query Bottlenecks
• Query Plans
• Indexing
• Stored Procedure Logging
• Concurrency

• Module 3 – Failure Diagnosis
• Database Failures
• Server Failures
• Service Failures

• Module 4 – Disaster Recovery
• Fault Tolerance
• Recovering From a Failure
• Database Recovery
• Salvaging a Damaged Database

• Module 5 – Performance Monitoring
• Monitoring Standards
• Statistical Analysis

• Module 6 – Database Maintenance
• Maintenance Strategies
• Maintenance Plans
• Reporting Services
• Linked Servers

• Module 7 – Integration Services
• Building Packages
• Package Security
• Troubleshooting
• Deployment

• Module 8 – Data Integrity
• Reconciling Conflicts
• Implicit and Explicit Constraints
• Data Types

• Module 9 – Business Requirements
• Gathering and Analyzing Requirements
• Enforcing Data Quality
• Change Control

• Module 10 – Replication
• Management
• Monitoring
• Validation

• Module 11 – Security
• Server Security
• Authentication and Authorization

• Module 12 – Detection and Responding to Attacks
• Auditing
• Responding to Threats and Attacks

 

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Certification Boot Camp 70-441

Tu, W & Th: 6:00
PM-10:00 PM

TCU: Dan Rogers Hall – Room 134

1/22/2008 – 2/6/2008

Class Scheduling

Register for this
course: TCU’s
Extended Education Program.

Overview

Drawing on decades
of practical experience, Champion Valley Software courses are a leap forward in content
creation and delivery. Each Mentor teaching a course brings years of past and
ongoing practical experience on the subject into the classroom to provide a unique
perspective on the content delivered. Based on that practical experience, each
mentor is equipped to answer any question which should arise and ensure that each delegate attending the class will leave with
skills that can be applied immediately in their environment. Only the
best content available coupled with the best instructors possible and utilizing
the most current knowledge make it into a Champion Valley Software course.

Certification Boot
Camps cover the subject matter for an exam, however, they are not taught
directly to the exam. All of the other test prepartion courses focus on
students memorizing large amounts of material for the sole purpose of taking a
particular exam. Once the exam is completed, most of the knowledge memorized is
either forgotten or not useful in the IT world. These courses are designed to
teach the subject matter while not teaching specifically to an exam. At the
conclusion of the training, attendees come away with a large volume of
knowledge which can be immediately applied to their jobs. If a student decides
to subsequently take an exam, they are prepared for the material, but first and
foremost, they are prepared for the demands of a job working with SQL Server.

This course covers
the entire subject matter encompassed by the 70-441 exam.

Course Price

Regular course
price: $4000.

Price for TCU’s
Extended Education Program: $300.

Exam

70-441 exam

Microsoft Certification

Microsoft
Certified IT Professional – Database Developer

Textbook

MCITP
Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using
Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005 (Self-Paced Training Kits)

Instructors

The primary author
and primary instructor of this course, Michael Hotek,
brings over a decade and a half of SQL Server experience in some of the largest
and most complicated environments in the world. Mike is an accomplished speaker
and trainer having delivered over 200 sessions across dozens of training events
spanning more than 8 years with more than 2000 people having attended training
from him. Mike is certified in both SQL Server 2005 as well as being a
Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Course Outline

• Module 1 – SQL Server
  Services

• Module 2 – Logical Database
  Design
• Normal Forms
• De-normalization
• Data Flow Architecture
• Hierarchies

• Module 3 – Physical Database
  Design
• Datatypes
• Constraints
• Triggers

• Module 4 – Designing for
  Performance
• Indexing
• Indexed Views
• Partitioning

• Module 5 – Database
  Technologies
• XML
• CLR
• Scalability
• Interoperability with
  External Systems

• Module 6 – Data Retrieval
• Views
• Stored Procedures
• User Defined Functions

• Module 7 – Extending Database
  Functionality
• Stored Procedures
• User Defined Functions
• DML and DDL Triggers
• CLR Aggregates

• Module 8 – Secure
  Applications
• Authentication and
  Authorization
• Endpoints
• CLR security
• Service Security
• Auditing
• Encryption

• Module 9 – Secure Databases
• Principals
• Securables
• Permissions
• Schemas
• Execution Context

• Module 10 – Unit Test Plans
• Desiging Test Plans
• Query Performance
• Data Consistency
• Security
• System Resources
• Code Coverage

• Module 11 – Benchmarking
• Modeling and Capacity
  Planning
• Baselines
• Measuring and Reacting to
  Change
• Tracking Over Time

• Module 12 – Database
  Deployment Planning
• Deployment Methodologies
• Deployment Considerations

• Module 13 – Source Code
  Control
• Managing Code Change
• SourceSafe Permissions and
  Rights
• Version Information
• Comparing Versions
• Managing Source Trees

• Module 14 – Data Distribution
• Database Mail
• SQL Server Agent
• Web Services
• Reporting Services
• Notification Services

• Module 15 – Reporting
  Services
• Designing Reports
• Managing Report Snapshots
• Programmatic Interfaces
• Report Optimization

• Module 16 – Notification
  Services
• Configuration
• Events and Providers
• Generators and Distributors
• Testing
• Subscriptions
• Optimization

• Module 17 – Integration
  Services
• Packages and Package
  Elements
• Debugging and Testing