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Agenda
General Changes & Trendswith SQL Server Courses & Exams
List of Course & Exam TitlesSpecific Changes Relative to
SQL 2008 CoursesSQL 2012 Course & Exam AvailabilityFinal Comments
Much of the content for this presentation was derived or directly taken from a presentation to Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) in November 2011 as presented by Pete Harris, Learning Product Partner at Microsoft Learning (MSL).
General Changes & Trends
More Challenging Exams Increases the Value of Certification
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
Elimination of Three Day Courses; All SQL Courses will be Five Days Long
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)
Target Learning Product Audience
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) Administrators 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.
SQL 2012 Exam & Certification Details
Seven Certification Exams (Up from Six)
Two Certification Paths (Down from Three)
Re-Certification Will Be Required After Three Years
See diagram: SQL 2008 Certification Paths
List of Course & 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
Exam 70-465 (Notice, no corresponding course exists) Designing Database Solutions with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
Exam 70-467 (Notice, no corresponding course exists) Designing Business Intelligence Solutions
for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
Specific Changes from SQL Server 2008 Courses
The Querying Course Became Five Days It Is Suitable for Beginners It Should Represent a Great Improvement Over
the (Poor) 2778 Course There Are Two, Five Day Business
Intelligence (BI) Courses Instead of Three, Three Day Courses So, there are Ten Total Days of BI Training Rather
than Nine The BI Courses are Scenario-oriented Rather
than Tool-oriented Use a Screwdriver or Saw v. Becoming a Carpenter
Curiously Absent…
No SQL 2012 Upgrade Courses from Microsoft are Planned!
This Segment of Learning (& Other Gaps) Will Ideally Be Addressed Through the Courseware Library
No SQL Azure – Specific Courses SQL Azure Content Exists, However, in
Relevant Places within the SQL Courseware Portfolio
Courseware & Exam Availability
(Microsoft Internal) Course Beta Delivery: ~February 2012
Beta MOC: ~February 2012 (after Beta Course Delivery), Based off of SQL Server 2012 “RC0” For the First Time Beta MOC is Orderable and Saleable CTP v. RC Define: .ISO File
Release to Market (RTM): Q2 CY 2012, Up to 90 Days after the SQL 2012 Product Release
Exams: Q2 CY 2012
Course 10774: Writing Queries Using Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Transact-SQL
Maps to Exam 70-461 An Evolution of 2778, Not the Same Design
Simplified Sample Database The 2778 Sample Has Over 70 Tables
Increased to 5 days Primary Audience is Junior Database
Developers/Everyone Secondary Audience is Report Developers Designed for Alternate 4 Day SELECT
Focused Delivery.
SQL Statement Categories
Language (i.e., SQL) Statement Category (i.e., (DML) Statement (i.e. SELECT)
Courses 10775 & 10776
Course 10775A -> Exam 70-462 Maintaining a Microsoft® SQL Server®
2012 Database Course 10776A -> Exam 70-464
Implementing a Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Database
Leveraged the Design of the “B” Courses Far Superior than the “A” Courses
Same Database & Objects
Courses 10777 & 10778
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
Designed together, Single lab scenario. Five Days Each Again, Scenario-focused Rather than
Tool-focused
Exam 70-465: Designing Database Solutions with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
Exam Functional Groups: Design Database Structure Design Databases and Database Objects Design Database Security Design a Troubleshooting and
Optimization Solution
No Course Exists to Directly Prepare for this Exam
Exam 70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
Exam Functional Groups Plan BI Infrastructure Design BI Infrastructure Design an ETL Solution Design BI Data Models Design a Reporting Solution
No Course Exists to Directly Prepare for this Exam
Final Comments
Many Changes are Coming to the SQL Server 2012 Product
Many Changes are Coming to 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$
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
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 (click on this link)
User Groups (see SQLPASS.org for a larger listing) West Michigan SQL Server User Group (WMSSUG) Detroit Area SQL ServerUser Group (Detroit SSUG)