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SQL Server 2012 Courseware &

Certification Briefing

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$

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

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)