Syllabus for Skill Enablement

Skill Name

MS SQL Admin

Level

L1

Target Audience

Database
Administration
Internet links

Learning Hours

40 Hours approximately

Learning Method

On line reading

Learning Materials

MS SQL Server

Basic understanding of different version of SQL Server

o Whats New
o Availability enhancements
o Manageability Enhancements
o Scalability and performance enhancements
o Security Enhancements
Features supported by editions of SQL server
SQL Server Database Engine
o Managing Servers
o SQL Configuration Manager
o Server Network configuration
o Client network configuration
o Connecting to SQL server database engine
o Using DAC
o Linking servers
o Instance, types of instance
Basic Architecture
o Memory Management
o IO Management
o Pages/Extents, etc
Security Overview
o Securing SQL server
o Identity and Access controls
Principals
Server level roles
Database level roles
o Setting server configuration
o Understanding Surface Area Configuration
o Password policy
o SQL Server Database encryption keys
o SQL Server Audit
Database Management
o System Databases
o Database States
o Database Files and Filegroups
o DB Shrink
o DBCC Commands
Data Management

o Understanding Indexes
o Transaction Logs
o Transactions, Locking and Isolation levels
o Manage Transaction log files
o Troubleshoot a full transaction log
o Optimizing TEMPDB Performance
o Using Statistics to improve performance
Query Performance
o Monitoring events for performance
o Performance monitoring tools
o Dynamic Management Views and Functions
o Monitoring and managing SQL server
o Monitoring Disk, CPU and Memory usage
Automating Administrative Tasks (SQL Server Agent)
o SQL Server Agent
o Components of Automatic Administration
o Implementing SQL Server Agent Security
o Monitoring and responding to events
o Activity Monitor, Job activity and error logs
Backup and Restore Strategy
o Recovery Model
o Changing recovery model for database