NEW HORIZONSCOMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS

SQL Server 2012 Courseware

& Certification Briefing

Delivered: December 13, 2012

The Presenter George Squillace (SQL is in the name) New Horizons Great Lakes, 20th year with the company 92 times in the exam booth

Husband, Dad MCT (since 1997) Three SQL 2012 tests down, four to go MCITP – SQL 2008 Business Intelligence Development MCITP – SQL 2008 Database Administration MCTS – SQL 2008 Database Development MCITP – Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2007 MCITP – Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 MCTS – Vista Deployment MCDBA MCSE CompTIA A+, Network+

Agenda

General Changes & Trendswith SQL Server 2012 Courses & Exams

SQL Server Courseware PortfolioCuriously Absent…Final Comments Appendices

Much of the content for this presentation was derived or directly taken from a presentation to Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) as presented by Pete Harris, Learning Product Partner at Microsoft Learning (MSL).

General Changes & Trends with SQL Server 2012 Courses & Exams Better Quality Courseware More Challenging Exams

Increases the Value of Certification Harder for Career Students

One-to-one Mapping of Courses to Exams! Major Philosophical Switch As Usual, Additional Study and Exam Prep Are Required to

Pass Exams Closer Mapping of Course Topics

to Skills Required in the Industry All the Courseware Will Be One Volume

Only One “Book” Instead of Two Still too much material for typical time allotment

Part 1

General Changes & Trends with SQL Server 2012 Courses & Exams Elimination of Three Day Courses;

All SQL Courses will be Five Days Long This was a concern for contract trainers

Redesigned Microsoft Learning website New Database Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)

certification for the entry level The Courses Were Designed Modularly

to More Easily Facilitate Custom Deliveries Example 1: T-SQL for Report Authors

(First Four Days of 10774) Example 2: Building Reports & Visualizations

(Portions of 10778) Custom courseware seems easy to put together through

Arvato/Skillpipe

Part 2

SQL Courseware Learning Product Target Audiences Audience 1, Core Skills

“Accidental DBA” & Beyond Products that Require Some Form of SQL Server

Microsoft Accounting Products (Dynamics) SharePoint System Center Configuration Manager System Center Virtual Machine Manager System Center Operations Manager System Center Data Protection Manager (I think) Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)

Audience 2, Traditional Database Professionals (those working with data full time) Database Administrators Database Developers

Audience 3, Business Intelligence Professionals Reporting ETL OLAP Data Mining

The Point: When designing the new SQL 2012 courseware Microsoft aimed at these three audiences.

The SQL Server product is amusement park huuuge!

Courseware Portfolio - Querying End User Querying Courses

Part 1 & Part 2 (one day each) Courseware Library 50027

(two days) MOC 2778A (SQL 2005 & SQL 2008 & R2)

Lots of room for design improvement (three days)

MOC 10774A – Querying a SQL Server 2012 Database Written by a great team The subject matter expert (SME)

is “Jedi Master” Itzik Ben-Gan (five days)

SQL Statement Categories

Language (i.e., SQL) Statement Category (i.e., (DML) Statement (i.e. SELECT)

Course Portfolio – Database Administration

6231B – Administering a SQL 2008 R2 Database Excellent material, albeit too much (five days)

10775A - Administering a SQL 2012 Database Nearly word-for-word identical to 6231B which means

you can sell either and we could run either (five days)

Interesting: Neither cover High Availability topics(other than in a brief appendix)

Course Portfolio – Database Development 6232B – Implementing a

SQL 2008 R2 Database Again, excellent material, albeit too much (five days)

10776A - Implementing a SQL 2012 Database Again, nearly word-for-word identical to 6232B which

means you can sell either and we can run either (five days)

20465A - Designing Database Solutions with SQL Server 2012 (five days)

Course Portfolio – Business Intelligence Development

10777A – Implementing a Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2012 Data Warehousing design + SSIS instruction (five days)

10778A – Implementing Data Models & Reports with SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services + Analysis Services (five days)

There Are Two, Five-Day Core Business Intelligence (BI) Courses Instead of Three, Three-Day Courses The BI Courses are Scenario-oriented Rather than Tool-oriented

Use a Screwdriver or Saw v. Becoming a Carpenter Issue: Some students will only want reporting; some will only want OLAP. Possibility

of a solution from the Courseware Library 20467A - Designing Business Intelligence Solutions

with SQL Server 2012 (five days)

List of Courses Mapped to Exam Titles Course 10774A / Exam 70-461

Writing Queries Using Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Transact-SQL Course 10775A / Exam 70-462 (Maps Closely to the Current 6231B)

Maintaining a Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Database Course 10776A / Exam 70-464 (Maps Closely to the Current 6232B)

Implementing a Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Database Course 10777A / Exam 70-463

Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Course 10778A / Exam 70-466

Implementing Reports and Data Models with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

Course 20465A / Exam 70-465 Designing Database Solutions with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

Course 20467A / Exam 70-467 Designing Business Intelligence Solutions

for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

SQL Server 2012 Exam & Certification Summary

Eight Certification Exams (Up from Six)

Three Certification Paths (Totally new paths)

Re-Certification Will Be Required After Three Years

See diagram: SQL 2012 Certification Paths (next slide)

Curiously Absent… No SQL 2012 Upgrade Courses from Microsoft are

Planned! No High Availability-specific courses

There is (finally) HA topics in course 20465A No Report Writing-specific courses No SQL Azure-specific Courses

SQL Azure Content Exists, However, in Relevant Places within the SQL Courseware Portfolio

These Segments of Learning (& Other Gaps) Will Ideally Be Addressed through the Courseware Library

(For the record) List of High Availability Technologies in SQL Server

SQL 2005 & 2008 HA solutions Replication Failover Clustering Log Shipping Database Mirroring

SQL 2012 (same as above, plus…) adds “Always On” technology; an

extension to Database Mirroring

Final Comments Many Changes came with the

SQL Server 2012 Product Many Changes came with the

SQL Server 2012 Courseware and Exams In All the Areas of I.T. Organizations

Change Their Database Platform the Slowest

…But They Can’t Stay with SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 Forever! This Mean$ Opportunitie$

Appendices

List of Module Titles per Course

SQL Resources on my Website

Course 10774A: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL

• Module 12: Using Window Ranking, Offset and

Aggregate Functions• Module 13:

Pivoting and Grouping Sets• Module 14:

Writing Specialized Queries• Module 15:

Executing Stored Procedures• Module 16:

Programming with T-SQL• Module 17:

Implementing Error Handling• Module 18:

Implementing Transactions• Module 19:

Querying SQL Server Metadata• Module 20:

Improving Query Performance

• Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2012

• Module 2: Introduction to Transact SQL Querying

• Module 3: Writing SELECT Statements

• Module 4: Combining Data from Multiple Tables

• Module 5: Filtering and Sorting Data

• Module 6: Working with SQL Server Data Types

• Module 7: Using Built-In Functions

• Module 8: Grouping and Aggregating Data

• Module 9: Using Subqueries

• Module 10: Using Table Expressions

• Module 11: Use Set Operators

Course 10775A: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 DatabaseModule 1:

Introduction to SQL Server 2012 and its Toolset

Module 2: Preparing Systems for SQL Server 2012

Module 3: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2012

Module 4: Working with Databases

Module 5: Understanding SQL Server 2012

Recovery ModelsModule 6:

Backup of SQL Server 2012 DatabasesModule 7:

Restoring SQL Server 2012 DatabasesModule 8:

Importing and Exporting DataModule 9:

Authenticating and Authorizing UsersModule 10:

Assigning Server and Database RolesModule 11:

Authorizing Users to Access Resources

Module 12: Auditing SQL Server Environments

Module 13: Automating SQL Server 2012

ManagementModule 14:

Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent

Module 15: Monitoring SQL Server 2012 with Alerts and Notifications

Module 16: Performing Ongoing Database Maintenance

Module 17: Tracing Access to SQL Server 2012

Module 18: Monitoring SQL Server 2012

Module 19: Managing Multiple Servers

Module 20: Troubleshooting Common SQL Server 2012 Administrative Issues

Course 10776A: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database

• Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2012 and its Toolset

Module 2: Working with Data Types

• Module 3: Designing and Implementing Tables

• Module 4: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints

• Module 5: Planning for SQL Server 2012 Indexing

• Module 6: Implementing Table Structures in SQL Server 2012

• Module 7: Reading SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans

• Module 8: Improving Performance through Non-Clustered Indexes

• Module 9: Designing and Implementing Views

• Module 10: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures

• Module 11: Merging Data and Passing Tables

• Module 12: Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions

• Module 13: Creating Highly Concurrent SQL Server 2012 Applications

• Module 14: Handling Errors in T-SQL Code

• Module 15: Responding to Data Manipulation via

Triggers• Module 16:

Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server 2012

• Module 17: Storing XML Data in SQL Server 2012

• Module 18: Querying XML Data in SQL Server 2012

• Module 19: Working with SQL Server 2012

Spatial Data• Module 20:

Working with Full-Text Indexes and Queries

Course 10777A: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehouse Concepts Module 2: Data Warehouse Hardware Considerations Module 3: Designing and Implementing a Data Warehouse Module 4: Creating an ETL Solution with SSIS Module 5: Implementing Control Flow in an SSIS Package Module 6: Debugging and Troubleshooting SSIS Packages Module 7: Implementing an Incremental ETL Process Module 8: Incorporating Data from the Cloud in a Data Warehouse Module 9: Enforcing Data Quality Module 10: Using Master Data Services Module 11: Extending SSIS Module 12: Deploying and Configuring SSIS Packages Module 13: Consuming Data in a Data Warehouse

Course 10778A: Implementing Reports and Data Models with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Module 1: Overview of Reporting and Data Modeling Module 2: Implementing Reports with Reporting Services Module 3: Supporting Self-Service Reporting Module 4: Managing a Reporting Infrastructure Module 5: Creating Multidimensional Databases Module 6: Working with Cubes and Dimensions Module 7: Working with Measures and Measure Groups Module 8: Introduction to MDX Module 9: Customizing Cube Functionality Module 10: Implementing a PowerPivot for Excel Workbook Module 11: Introduction to Data Analysis Expression (DAX) Module 12: Implementing a Tabular Database Module 13: Creating Data Visualizations With Crescent Module 14: Performing Predictive Analysis with Data Mining

Course 20465A - Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 2012

Module 1: Designing a Database Server Infrastructure Module 2: Designing a Logical Database Schema Module 3: Designing a Physical Database Implementation Module 4: Designing a Database Solution for BLOB Data Module 5: Tuning Database Performance Module 6: Designing Database Security Module 7: Using Policy-Based Management Module 8: Monitoring Server Health Module 9: Designing a Database Backup Solution Module 10: Automating Multi-Server Maintenance Module 11: Managing SQL Server with PowerShell Module 12: Replicating Data Module 13: Designing for High Availability

Course 20467A - Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2012

Module 1: Planning a BI Solution Module 2: Planning a BI Infrastructure Module 3: Designing a Data Warehouse Module 4: Designing an ETL Solution Module 5: Designing Analytical Data Models Module 6: Planning a BI Delivery Solution Module 7: Designing a Reporting Services Solution Module 8: Designing an Excel-Based Reporting Solution Module 9: Planning a SharePoint Server BI Solution Module 10: Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution Module 11: Planning BI Operations

Resources (for you and your clients)

Microsoft SQL Server homepage www.microsoft.com/sql

Microsoft Learning homepage www.microsoft.com/learning

My Website Resources Homepage

» www.e-Squillace.com (Search button, Test taking tips link)

Diagrams» www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techdiagrams

(several SQL and SQL BI diagrams) Screenshot Gallery

» www.e-Squillace.com/tech/screenshotgallery (look in the SQL screenshot category; a SQL BI category exists too)

SQL Server reference homepage» www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sql

(a huuuuge amount of links) SQL Server BI reference homepage

» www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sqlbi/sqlbi.htm (also a huuuuge amount of links)

My Library Books User Groups (see SQLPASS.org for a larger listing)

West Michigan SQL Server User Group  (WMSSUG) Detroit Area SQL ServerUser Group (Detroit SSUG)