Updating your Database Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Course details

This instructor-led course provides existing SQL Server database professionals with the knowledge and skills to use new and enhanced capabilities in SQL Server 2012.

Objectives

This course is designed to teach you how to:

• Describe key new and enhanced features in SQL Server 2012.
• Install SQL Server 2012.
• Use enhanced tools and PowerShell support to manage SQL Server 2012.
• Use enhanced Transact-SQL and storage capabilities to develop SQL Server 2012 databases.
• Use new and enhanced performance capabilities to optimize a SQL Server 2012 database.
• Use new availability and data recovery technologies to provide high availability.
• Use new and enhanced security capabilities in SQL Server 2012.
• Use SQL Azure.
• Describe new Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities in SQL Server 2012.

Content

This course will cover the following concepts:

• Module 1: Introducing SQL Server 2012
• Module 2: Installing SQL Server 2012
• Module 3: Managing SQL Server 2012
• Module 4: Developing SQL Server 2012 Databases
• Module 5: Performance and Tuning Enhancements
• Module 6: High Availability and Data Recovery Enhancements
• Module 7: Implementing Security in Microsoft SQL Server 2012
• Module 8: Extending Data Solutions to the Cloud
• Module 9: Overview of BI Enhancements in SQL Server 2012

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Experience of creating and managing database solutions in SQL Server, including basic TransactSQL programming.

Who should attend?

This course is intended for:

• This course is intended for database professionals with experience of using SQL Server 2008 R2.