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NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS

NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS. SQL Server 2012 Courseware & Certification Briefing. Delivered: December 13, 2012. The Presenter. George Sq ui l lace ( SQL is in the name) New Horizons Great Lakes, 20 th year with the company 92 times in the exam booth Husband, Dad

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  1. NEW HORIZONSCOMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS SQL Server 2012 Courseware & Certification Briefing Delivered: December 13, 2012

  2. 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 • CompTIAA+, Network+

  3. Agenda • General Changes & Trendswith SQL Server 2012 Courses & Exams • SQL Server Courseware Portfolio • Curiously 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).

  4. Part 1 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

  5. Part 2 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 Modularlyto 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

  6. 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 SQL Server product is amusement park huuuge! The Point: When designing the new SQL 2012 courseware Microsoft aimed at these three audiences.

  7. 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)

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

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

  11. 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)

  12. 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

  13. 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)

  14. 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 theCourseware Library

  15. (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

  16. 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$

  17. Appendices • List of Module Titles per Course • SQL Resources on my Website

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

  19. Course 10775A: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database Module 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 Models Module 6: Backup of SQL Server 2012 Databases Module 7: Restoring SQL Server 2012 Databases Module 8: Importing and Exporting Data Module 9: Authenticating and Authorizing Users Module 10: Assigning Server and Database Roles Module 11: Authorizing Users to Access Resources Module 12: Auditing SQL Server Environments Module 13: Automating SQL Server 2012 Management Module 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

  20. Course 10776A: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database • Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2012 and its ToolsetModule 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

  21. Course 10777A: Implementing a Data Warehouse with MicrosoftSQL 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

  22. Course 10778A: Implementing Reports and Data Models with MicrosoftSQL 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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)

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