Book description
EXAM PREP GUIDE
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by Exam
70-462—and on the job—with this official Microsoft
study guide. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and
reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and
apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios
and practice exercises.
Maximize your performance on the exam by mastering the skills
and experience measured by these objectives:
Install and configure SQL Server
Maintain instances and databases
Optimize and troubleshoot SQL Server
Manage data
Implement security
Implement high availability
PRACTICE TESTS
A Note Regarding Practice Tests
Assess your skills with practice tests. You can work through
hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your
specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right
and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that
describes how and where to focus your studies.
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title,
instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the
ebook.
Table of contents
- Training Kit Exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft® SQL Sever® 2012 Databases
- Table of Contents
-
Introduction
- System Requirements
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Practice Setup Instructions
- Prepare a Computer to Function as a Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller
- Prepare AD DS
- Prepare a Member Server and Join It to the Domain
- Prepare a Second Member Server and Join It to the Domain
- Prepare a Third Member Server and Join It to the Domain
- Prepare a Fourth Member Server and Join It to the Domain
- Prepare a Computer Running the Server Core Installation Option and Join It to the Domain
- Using the Companion CD
- Acknowledgments
- Errata & Book Support
- We Want to Hear from You
- Stay in Touch
- Preparing for the Exam
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1. Planning and Installing SQL Server 2012
- Before You Begin
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Lesson 1: Planning Your Installation
- Evaluating Installation Requirements
- Designing the Installation
- Planning Scale Up versus Scale Out Basics
- Shrinking and Growing Databases
- Designing the Storage for New Databases
- Remembering Capacity Constraints
- Identifying a Standby Database for Reporting
- Identifying Windows-Level Security and Service-Level Security
- Performing a Core Mode Installation
- Benchmarking a Server
- Lesson Summary
- Lesson Review
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Lesson 2: Installing SQL Server and Related Services
- Configuring an Operating System Disk
- Installing the SQL Server Database Engine
- Installing SQL Server 2012 from the Command Prompt
- Installing SQL Server Integration Services
- Enabling and Disabling Features
- Installing SQL Server 2012 by Using a Configuration File
- Testing Connectivity
- Lesson Summary
- Lesson Review
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
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2. Configuring and Managing SQL Server Instances
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Configuring SQL Server Instances
- Lesson 2: Managing SQL Server Instances
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
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3. Configuring SQL Server 2012 Components
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Configuring Additional SQL Server Components
- Lesson 2: Managing and Configuring Databases
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
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4. Migrating, Importing, and Exporting
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Migrating to SQL Server 2012
- Lesson 2: Exporting and Importing Data
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
- 5. SQL Server Logins, Roles, and Users
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6. Securing SQL Server 2012
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Managing Database Permissions
- Lesson 2: Troubleshooting SQL Server Security
- Lesson 3: Auditing SQL Server Instances
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
-
7. Mirroring and Replication
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Mirroring Databases
- Lesson 2: Database Replication
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
-
8. Clustering and AlwaysOn
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Clustering SQL Server 2012
- Lesson 2: AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
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9. Troubleshooting SQL Server 2012
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Working with Performance Monitor
- Lesson 2: Working with SQL Server Profiler
- Lesson 3: Monitoring SQL Server
- Lesson 4: Using the Data Collector Tool
- Lesson 5: Identifying Bottlenecks
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
-
10. Indexes and Concurrency
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Implementing and Maintaining Indexes
- Lesson 2: Identifying and Resolving Concurrency Problems
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
-
11. SQL Server Agent, Backup, and Restore
- Before You Begin
- Lesson 1: Managing SQL Server Agent
- Lesson 2: Configuring and Maintaining a Backup Strategy
- Lesson 3: Restoring SQL Server Databases
- Case Scenarios
- Suggested Practices
- Answers
- 12. Code Case Studies
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Training Kit Exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft® SQL Sever® 2012 Databases
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735669932
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