1. NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTERS SQL Server 2012 Courseware & Certification Briefing

2. Agenda  General Changes & Trends with SQL Server Courses & Exams  List of Course & Exam Titles  Specific Changes Relative to SQL 2008 Courses  SQL 2012 Course & Exam Availability  Final 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).

3. 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)

4. 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.

5. 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 PathsSQL 2008 Certification Paths

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. SQL Statement Categories Language (i.e., SQL) Statement Category (i.e., (DML) Statement (i.e. SELECT)

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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$

17. Appendices  List of Module Titles per Course  SQL Resources on my Website

18. 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

19. Course 10775A: Maintaining a Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Database Module 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 Models Module 6: Backup of SQL Server 2012 Databases Module 7: Restoring SQL Server 2012 Databases Module 8: Importing and Exporting Data Module 9: Authenticating and Authorizing Users Module 10: Assigning Server and Database Roles Module 11: Authorizing Users to Access Resources Module 12: Auditing SQL Server Environments Module 13: Automating SQL Server 2012 Management Module 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Resources (for you and your clients)  Microsoft SQL Server homepage  www.microsoft.com/sql www.microsoft.com/sql  Microsoft Learning homepage  www.microsoft.com/learning www.microsoft.com/learning  My Website Resources  Homepage » www.e-Squillace.com (Search button, Test taking tips link) www.e-Squillace.com  Diagrams » www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techdiagrams (several SQL and SQL BI diagrams) www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techdiagrams  Screenshot Gallery » www.e-Squillace.com/tech/screenshotgallery (look in the SQL screenshot category; a SQL BI category exists too) www.e-Squillace.com/tech/screenshotgallery  SQL Server reference homepage » www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sql (a huuuuge amount of links) www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sql  SQL Server BI reference homepage » www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sqlbi/sqlbi.htm (also a huuuuge amount of links) www.e-Squillace.com/tech/techreference/sqlbi/sqlbi.htm  My Library Books (click on this link)this link  User Groups (see SQLPASS.org for a larger listing)  West Michigan SQL Server User Group (WMSSUG)WMSSUG  Detroit Area SQL ServerUser Group (Detroit SSUG)Detroit SSUG