Designing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design databases for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 using business requirements to guide their decisions (beyond structured third normal form [3NF] modeling techniques). Students will also learn to incorporate security requirements throughout their design. 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.

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This course 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.

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• Reading user requirements and business-need documents. • Reading and drawing business process flow charts and entity relationship (ER) diagrams. • Understand Transact-SQL syntax and programming logic. • Design a database to 3NF and know the trade offs when backing out of the fully normalized design (denormalization) and designing for performance and business requirements in addition to being familiar with design models, such as Star and Snowflake schemas. • Basic monitoring and troubleshooting skills. • Basic knowledge of the operating system and platform. • Basic knowledge of application architecture. • Know how to use a data modeling tool. • Be familiar with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies. • Have a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential - or equivalent experience.