Designing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases
(Microsoft Training Course: 2782) - 2 days - £1200 exc VAT

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design databases for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 using business requirements to guide their decisions. It is intended for current professional database developers who have three or more years of on-the-job experience developing SQL Server database solutions in an enterprise environment.

1. Approaching Database Design Systematically
2. Modelling a Database at the Logical Level
3. Modelling a Database at the Physical Level
4. Designing for Database Performance
5. Designing a Database Access Strategy
6. Modelling Database Dependencies

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Module 1: Approaching Database Design Systematically

• Overview of Database Design
• Gathering Database Requirements
• Creating a Conceptual Database Design
• Lab: Beginning the Database Design Process

Skills

• Apply a systematic approach to database design.
  
• Devise an appropriate strategy for gathering database requirements for a specified project.
  
• Formulate requirements into a conceptual model that serves as a basis for defining entities, attributes, and relationships.
  

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Module 2: Modelling a Database at the Logical Level

• Building a Logical Database Model
• Designing for OLTP Activity
• Designing for Data Warehousing
• Evaluating Logical Models
• Lab: Modelling a Database at the Logical Level

Skills

• Apply best practices to the task of building a new logical database model.
  
• Apply guidelines for normalization when designing an OLTP model.
  
• Apply guidelines for designing a data warehouse database.
  
• Evaluate an existing logical model of a database.
  

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Module 3: Modelling a Database at the Physical Level

• Designing Physical Database Objects
• Designing Constraints
• Designing for Database Security
• Designing Server and Database Options
• Evaluating the Physical Model
• Lab: Modelling a Database at the Physical Level

Skills

• Apply guidelines for designing physical database objects.
  
• Apply best practices when designing constraints.
  
• Include security best practices in the design of databases.
  
• Apply best practices when designing database and server options.
  
• Apply best practices when evaluating the physical model.
  

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Module 4: Designing for Database Performance

• Designing Indexes
• Planning for Table Optimization
• Planning for Database Optimization
• Lab: Designing for Database Scalability

Skills

• Apply best practices for designing indexes.
  
• Apply guidelines when planning for table optimization.
  
• Apply guidelines in choosing additional optimization techniques.
  

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Module 5: Designing a Database Access Strategy

• Designing for Secure Data Access
• Designing User-Defined Functions
• Designing Stored Procedures
• Lab: Designing a Database Access Strategy

Skills

• Apply best practices when designing for secure data access.
  
• Apply guidelines for designing user-defined functions.
  
• Apply best practices for designing stored procedures.
  

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Module 6: Modelling Database Dependencies

• Modelling Local Database Dependencies
• Modelling Remote Database Dependencies
• Lab: Modelling Database Dependencies

Skills

• Apply guidelines for modelling local database dependencies.
  
• Apply guidelines for modelling remote database dependencies.
  

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Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:

• Be familiar with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies.
• Have basic knowledge of the operating system and platform.
• Know how to use a data modeling tool.
• Have a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential - or equivalent experience.
• In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed: Course 2778, Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL; Course 2779, Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database; Course 2780, Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.

After completing this course, students will be able to approach database design from a systematic perspective, gather database requirements, and formulate a conceptual design; analyze and evaluate a logical database design; apply best practices for creating a physical database design; apply best practices when designing for database scalability; design a database access strategy; use best practices to model database dependencies.NB. This is a Preliminary Course Syllabus. Some parts of the course are currently in development, so some elements of this syllabus are subject to change.