Introduction

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

Pre-Requisites

Before attending this course, students must:

• Understand how replication works and how replication is implemented.
• Have working knowledge of source control software.
• Have working knowledge of networking.
• Have basic working knowledge of security infrastructures. Specifically, Active Directory infrastructure.
• Have some experience with database design.
• Have basic monitoring and troubleshooting skills.
• Have working knowledge of the operating system, platform and application architecture. That is, how applications can be designed in three layers, what applications can do, interactions between applications and the database, and interactions between the database and the platform or operating system.
• Have an MCTS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential, or equivalent experience.
• It is recommended, but not required, that students have completed

1. Course 2778: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact- SQL.
2. Course 2779: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
3. Course 2780: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.

Outcomes

At course completion, students will be able to:

• Manage and automate databases and servers.
• Manage supporting services.