SQL Server Database Administration

Help protect your organization by using the knowledge gained in this course to correctly manage business databases. With this training, you learn the essential skills for administering SQL Server databases, and gain extensive experience using SQL Server tools to perform real-world administrative tasks with SQL Server Management Studio and Transact-SQL.

SQL Server Database Administration Course Benefits

• Configure and manage SQL Server databases
• Ensure SQL Server security with logins, roles, users, and permissions
• Develop backup strategies and recover from disasters
• Leverage SQL Server Agent to automate administrative tasks
• Isolate and repair fragmentation and database corruption

SQL Server Database Administration Course Information

Important SQL Server Database Administration Course Information

• Prerequisites

  • Relational database experience

  • Working knowledge of computers and a familiarity with Microsoft Windows

  • SQL programming experience is helpful, but not required

• Audience Profile

  This course is helpful to those who are new to SQL Server administration and who will be responsible for administering SQL Server. A basic understanding of SQL Server or experience at the level of Microsoft SQL Server Training Course is required..

• Exam Information

  Optional Learning Tree exam is available at the end of class.

SQL Server Database Administration Course Outline

• Getting Started with SQL Server

  Setting up SQL Server

  • Selecting installation options

  • Installing a named instance

  Leveraging essential tools

  • SQL Server Management Studio

  • Configuration Manager

  • Transact-SQL

  • sqlcmd

  • PowerShell

• Constructing and Managing Databases

  Inspecting storage structures

  • Relating servers, databases and files

  • Creating databases and transaction logs

  Designing file groups

  Upgrading and moving databases

  • Maximizing storage utilization

  • Placing tables on file groups

    • Choosing between upgrade and migration

    • Detaching and attaching databases

• Controlling database space

  • Permitting automatic database growth

  • Adding database files to expand databases

• Handling Server and Database Security

  Implementing server security

  • Comparing authentication modes

  • Defining logins

  • Creating user-defined server roles

  • Enforcing password policy

  Granting database access

  • Contrasting users and logins

  • Adding users

  • Defining new roles

  • Delegating privileges with predefined roles

  • Repairing mis-mapped logins

• Granting and Revoking Permissions

  Managing database-scoped privileges

  • Permitting object creation

  • Giving blanket permissions

  Defining object-level permissions

  • Limiting object access

  • Meeting complex permission requirements with roles

• Backup and Recovery

  Backing up databases

  • Selecting a recovery model

  • Investigating the transaction log

  • Running full, log and differential backups

  Restoring databases

  • Performing a post-crash log backup

  • Rebuilding the master database

  • Recovering user and system databases

• Streamlining Tasks with Jobs, Alerts and Database Mail

  Configuring SQL Server Agent

  • Setting agent properties

  • Implementing database mail

  Defining jobs to handle routine tasks

  • Creating alerts and operators

  • Initiating multi-step jobs

  • Associating alerts with jobs

• Database Maintenance and Monitoring

  Handling fragmentation and database corruption

  • Identifying and curing fragmentation

  • Repairing database corruption

  Building database maintenance plans

  • Scheduling plan execution

  • Notifying operators of success or failure

  Resolving contention problems

  • Identifying blocked processes

  • Killing blockers