Install SQL Server 2008.
Considerations during installation include clustering, default collation, file locations, number of instances, and service accounts to provide an efficient user experience.
Create a linked server.
Configure SQL Mail and SQLAgentMail.
Configure network libraries.
Troubleshoot failed installations.
Creating SQL Server 2008 Databases
Configure database options for performance. Considerations include capacity, network connectivity, physical drive configurations, and storage locations.
Attach and detach databases.
Create and alter databases.
Add filegroups.
Configure filegroup usage.
Expand and shrink a database.
Set database options by using the ALTER DATABASE or CREATE DATABASE statements.
Size and place the transaction log.
Create and manage objects. Objects include constraints, indexes, stored
procedures, triggers, and views.
Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 Databases
Optimize database performance. Considerations include indexing, locking, and recompiling.
Optimize data storage.
Optimize files and filegroups.
Manage database fragmentation.
Modify the database schema.
Perform disaster recovery operations.
Perform backups.
Recover the system state and restore data.
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot log shipping.
Perform integrity checks. Methods include configuring the Database Maintenance Plan Wizard and using the Database Consistency Checker (DBCC).
Troubleshoot transactions and locking by using SQL Profiler, SQL Server
Enterprise Manager, or Transact-SQL.
Extracting and Transforming Data with SQL Server 2000
Set up IIS virtual directories to support XML.
Import and export data. Methods include the Bulk Insert task, the bulk copy program, Data Transformation Services (DTS), and heterogeneous queries.
Develop and manage DTS packages.
Manage linked servers.
Manage OLE DB Providers.
Configure security mapping.
Convert data types.
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot replication services.
Managing and Monitoring SQL Server 2008 Security
Configure mixed security modes or Windows Authentication. Considerations include client connectivity, client operating system, and security
infrastructure.
Create and manage log ons.
Create and manage database users.
Create and manage security roles. Roles include application, database, and server.
Add and remove users from roles.
Create roles to manage database security.
Enforce and manage security by using stored procedures, triggers, views, and user-defined functions.
Set permissions in a database. Considerations include object permissions,
object ownership, and statement permissions.
Manage security auditing. Methods include SQL Profiler and C2 auditing.
Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008
Create, manage, and troubleshoot SQL Server Agent jobs.
Configure alerts and operators by using SQL Server Agent.
Optimize hardware resource usage. Resources include CPU, disk I/O, and memory.
Monitor hardware resource usage by using System Monitor.
Resolve system bottlenecks by using System Monitor.
Optimize and troubleshoot SQL Server system activity. Activities include cache hits, connections, locks, memory allocation, recompilation, and transactional throughput.
Monitor SQL Server system activity by using traces.
Monitor SQL Server system activity by using System Monitor.