70-465: MCSE: Data Platform: SQL Server 2012 Armando Lacerda

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Exam 70-465 Topics

Microsoft Certification Overview

Microsoft Certification Overview

YOU KNOW SQL SERVER 2012How do you become certified?

1 – IdentifyCertification Goal

2 - Find Gaps

3 - Fill Gaps

4 - Take Exam

1 – IDENTIFY CERTIFICATION GOAL

1 – IdentifyCertification Goal

MCSE and MCSD certifications

Web Applications SharePoint

Server Infrastructure

Desktop Infrastructure

SharePoint Data Platform

Private Cloud

MCSA: SQL Server Solutions Associate

+Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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3Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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1 MCSA: SQL ServerSolutions Associate

MCSE: Data Platform Solutions Expert

+Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 2012

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5 MCSE: Data PlatformSolutions Expert

MCSA: SQL ServerSolutions Associate

MCSE: Business Intelligence Solutions Expert

+Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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7 MCSE: Business IntelligenceSolutions Expert

MCSA: SQL ServerSolutions Associate

Upgrade path

+Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1

Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2

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M458

MCTS on SQL Server 2008

MCSA: SQL Server 2008

MCSA: SQL ServerSolutions Associate

Upgrade path

+Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1

Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2

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XA

M458

MCTS on SQL Server 2008

MCSA: SQL Server 2008

MCSE: Data Platform certification.

Transition Your MCITP on SQL Server 2008 to MCSE: Data Platform

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Upgrade path

+Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1

Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2

EX

AM45

7+ =E

XA

M458

MCTS on SQL Server 2008

MCSA: SQL Server 2008

MCSE Business Intelligence certification

Transition Your MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer 2008 to MCSE: BI

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AM46

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What to expect when testing?

Check out the session EXAM101!!

What does a 700 minimum score mean?

http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/mct/p/mctv.aspx#fbid=moz6QNLQLrs

2 – FIND GAPS

1 – IdentifyCertification Goal

2 - Find Gaps

Check the exam guide

Skills Measured TabFocus studyingTopic weighting

70-465 exam outline

70-465 exam preparation resources

3 – FILL GAPS

1 – IdentifyCertification Goal

2 - Find Gaps

3 - Fill Gaps

Exam 70-465 topics

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Design database structure (29%)Design databases and database objects (32%)Design database security (15%)Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (24%)

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Design database structure (29%)Design databases and database objects (32%)Design database security (15%)Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (24%)

Design database structure (29%)

Design for business requirementsDesign physical database and object placementDesign a table and index partitioning strategyDesign a migration, consolidation, and upgrade strategyDesign SQL Server instancesDesign backup and recovery

Date and time data types• Date• DateTime• DateTime2• DateTimeOffset• SmallDate• Time

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187752.aspx

DenormalizationIndexed viewsMaterialized viewsPersisted calculated columns

Create the view by using the WITH SCHEMABINDING option

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms191432.aspx

Backup and restore

Snapshot database:

Sample Question #1You need to validate rows before they are added to a table every time a new row is added using user-defined function. What should you use? More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

A. DML Trigger B. Default constraintC. Foreign keyD. CHECK constraint

Sample Question #1You need to validate rows before they are added to a table every time a new row is added using user-defined function. What should you use? More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

A. DML Trigger B. Default constraintC. Foreign keyD. CHECK constraint

Sample Question #2You need to choose the a SQL Server 2012 edition to address a company’s four days event registration. The database must be available for outside users and partners.More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

A. SQL Server compact editionB. SQL Server AzureC. SQL Server ExpressD. SQL Server Enterprise

Sample Question #2You need to choose the a SQL Server 2012 edition to address a company’s four days event registration. The database must be available for outside users and partners.More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

A. SQL Server compact editionB. SQL Server AzureC. SQL Server ExpressD. SQL Server Enterprise

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Design database structure (29%)Design databases and database objects (32%)Design database security (15%)Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (24%)

Design database structure (29%)

Design a database modelDesign tablesDesign for concurrencyDesign T-SQL stored proceduresDesign a management automation strategyDesign for implicit and explicit transactions

Design Tables

The difference between:

Physical tablesTemp tablesTemp table variables Common table expressions

Design for concurrencyMinimize locking Eliminate as much blocking as possibleAvoid deadlocks

Sample Question #1Your transaction runs the same select statement multiple times. You need to access new rows added by other transactions in the queried table. What isolation level should you use?Select the BEST answer.

READ UNCOMMITTEDREAD COMMITTED REPEATABLE READ SERIALIZABLE

Sample Question #1Your transaction runs the same select statement multiple times. You need to access new rows added by other transactions in the queried table. What isolation level should you use?Select the BEST answer.

READ UNCOMMITTEDREAD COMMITTED REPEATABLE READ SERIALIZABLE

Sample Question #2You need to ensure that a store procedure fails if an insert statement within the stored procedure fails. What action should you take?Select the BEST answer.

THROW 51000, ‘Abort!’SET XACT_ABORT OFFSET XACT_ABORT ONTRY … CATCH

Sample Question #2You need to ensure that a store procedure fails if an insert statement within the stored procedure fails. What action should you take?Select the BEST answer.

THROW 51000, ‘Abort!’SET XACT_ABORT OFFSET XACT_ABORT ONTRY … CATCH

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Design database structure (29%)Design databases and database objects (32%)Design database security (15%)Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (24%)

Design database structure (29%)

Design an application strategy to support securityDesign database, schema, and object security parametersDesign instance-level security configurations

Design an application strategy to support security

Sample Question #1You need to move a database in between servers. You need to guarantee database users will be able to login in the database with a minimum management effort.Select the BEST answer.

Application roleDatabase userServer loginServer role

Sample Question #1You need to move a database in between servers. You need to guarantee database users will be able to login in the database with a minimum management effort.Select the BEST answer.

Application roleDatabase userServer loginServer role

Sample Question #2You need to grant access to a OLTP database regardless of the user operating the application. Which strategy should you use?Select the BEST answer.

Application roleDatabase userServer loginServer role

Sample Question #2You need to grant access to a OLTP database regardless of the user operating the application. Which strategy should you use?Select the BEST answer.

Application roleDatabase userServer loginServer role

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Design database structure (29%)Design databases and database objects (32%)Design database security (15%)Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (24%)

Design database structure (29%)

Design a maintenance strategy for database serversTroubleshoot and resolve concurrency issuesDesign and implement a high availability solutionDesign a solution to monitor performance and concurrencyDesign a monitoring solution at the instance level

Troubleshoot and resolve concurrency issues

• sys.dm_tran_locks• sys.dm_tran_database_transactions

Sample Question #1Which feature should you enable and configure so session requests addressed to a specific instance can be allocated to different processor resources based on session request properties?

Resource GovernorWindows System Resource ManagerProcessor affinityI/O affinity

Sample Question #1Which feature should you enable and configure so session requests addressed to a specific instance can be allocated to different processor resources based on session request properties?

Resource GovernorWindows System Resource ManagerProcessor affinityI/O affinity

Sample Question #2You need to design a high availability strategy to guarantee database access in a event of server failure and minimize data storage utilization.Which is the BEST to use?

Database Mirror AlwaysOn availability groupsClustered SQL Server instancesLog shipping

Sample Question #2You need to design a high availability strategy to guarantee database access in a event of server failure and minimize data storage utilization.Which is the BEST to use?

Database Mirror AlwaysOn availability groupsClustered SQL Server instancesLog shipping

4 – TAKE EXAM

1 – IdentifyCertification Goal

2 - Find Gaps

3 - Fill Gaps

4 - Take Exam

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