Overview
5 Days $4,050 or FREE WITH SATVs (?)
The focus of this five-day Microsoft 20465 training course is on planning and implementing enterprise database infrastructure solutions by using SQL Server 2014 and other Microsoft technologies. It describes how to consolidate SQL Server workloads, work with both on-premises and Windows Azure cloud-based solutions, and how to plan and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions. This is a Microsoft Official Course (MOC).
- Considerations for Enterprise Data
- Assessing an Existing Infrastructure
- Using the MAP Toolkit
- Reviewing MAP Toolkit Reports
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the considerations for enterprise data infrastructure.
- Use the MAP Toolkit to assess an existing enterprise data environment.
- Policy-Based Management
- Microsoft System Center
- Planning a Policy-Based Management Strategy
- Implementing Policy-Based Management
- Testing Policy Compliance
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement Policy-Based Management
- Describe how System Center can be used to manage database infrastructure
- Considerations for Database Server Consolidation
- Managing Resources in a Consolidated Database Infrastructure
- Preparing for Database Consolidation
- Managing Resources for an Instance of SQL Server
- Managing Resources for Multiple Instances on a Windows Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the considerations for consolidating databases and database servers.
- Explain the options for managing resources in various consolidation scenarios.
- Overview of Cloud Computing
- SQL Server in a Private Cloud
- Creating a prepared Instance
- Completing a prepared Instance
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the fundamental concepts behind cloud computing, and describe the technologies that underpin Microsoft cloud solutions.
- Describe how to provide SQL Server based data services in a private cloud infrastructure.
- Windows Azure Overview
- Windows Azure Storage
- Creating a Windows Azure Storage Account
- Backing Up a Database to Windows Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Windows Azure and the services it provides.
- Use Windows Azure storage for SQL Server database files and backups.
- Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database
- Windows Azure SQL Database Security
- Implementing and Managing Databases
- Provisioning Windows Azure SQL Database
- Configuring Windows Azure SQL Database Security
- Migrating a Database to Windows Azure SQL Database
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key features of Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Explain how to implement security for Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Implement and manage a database in Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machines
- Windows Azure Virtual Machine Connectivity and Security
- Creating Databases in a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
- Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
- Configuring Windows Azure Virtual Machines Security and Connectivity
- Creating Databases on a Virtual Machine
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of Windows Azure virtual machines and create a Windows Azure virtual machine.
- Describe and configure Windows Azure virtual machine security and connectivity.
- Create a SQL Server database in a Windows Azure virtual machine.
- High Availability Concepts and Options in SQL Server 2014
- Log Shipping
- Configure Log Shipping
- Test the Log Shipping Configuration
- Test Failover
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the core concepts and options for implementing high availability in SQL Server 2014.
- Describe how to implement high availability for individual databases by using log shipping.
- Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering
- SQL Server AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances
- Inspect the Windows Server Failover Cluster Configuration
- Install an AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance
- Configure tempdb to Use Local Storage
- Test Automatic Failover and Failback
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key benefits and features of Windows Server Failover Clustering.
- Describe how to use SQL Server AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances to maintain high availability for SQL Server instances.
- Introduction to AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Working with AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Considerations for Using AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Implementing an AlwaysOn Availability Group
- Connecting to an AlwaysOn Availability Group
- Testing Failover
- Configure Quorum Voting
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the fundamental concepts and terminology for AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
- Explain how work with AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery with SQL Server 2014
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Databases in Windows Azure
- Planning High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with SQL Server 2014
- Planning High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions by Using Windows Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the considerations for implementing high availability and disaster recovery by using SQL Server 2014, and describe some common scenarios.
- Explain the considerations for implementing high availability and disaster recovery by using SQL Server 2014 and Windows Azure services, and describe some common scenarios.
- SQL Server Replication
- Planning Replication
- Planning Replication
- Implementing Replication
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe SQL Server replication.
- Identify an appropriate replication solution for a particular scenario.
- At least 2 years’ experience of working with relational databases, including:
- Planning and implementing databases
- Managing databases
- Querying with Transact-SQL
- Some basic knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery
- Some basic knowledge of Windows Azure technologies and concepts around cloud computing