Select SQL Server services to support an organization's business needs.

Design a security strategy for a SQL Server 2005 solution.

Design a data modeling strategy.

Design a transaction strategy for a SQL Server solution.

Design a Notification Services solution.

Design a Service Broker solution.

Plan for source control, unit testing, and deployment to meet an organization's needs.

Evaluate advanced query techniques.

Evaluate advanced XML techniques.

Have experience reading user requirements and business-need documents. For example, development project vision/mission statements or business analysis reports.

Understand Transact-SQL syntax and programming logic.

Understand XML. Specifically, they must be familiar with the syntax of XML, what elements and attributes are, and how to distinguish them.

Understand security requirements. Specifically, must understand how unauthorized users can gain access to sensitive information and be able to plan strategies to prevent access.

Be able to 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.

Have basic monitoring and troubleshooting skills.

Have basic knowledge of the operating system and platform. That is, how the operating system integrates with the database, what the platform or operating system can do, and how interaction between the operating system and the database works.

Have basic knowledge of application architecture. That is, how applications can be designed in three layers, what applications can do, how interaction between the application and the database works, and how the interaction between the database and the platform or operating system works.

Have some experience with a reporting 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.

Course 2778, Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL.

Course 2779, Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.

Course 2780, Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.

Evaluating When to Use the New SQL Server Services

Evaluating the Use of Database Engine Enhancements

Translating Business Requirements into SQL Server Services

Presenting a Proposed Solution to Non-Technical Business Decision Makers

Analyzing the Needs of Real Organizations

Evaluate the use of the new SQL Server services.

Evaluate the use of database engine enhancements.

Designing a Security Strategy for Components of a SQL Server 2005 Solution

Designing Objects to Manage Application Access

Creating an Auditing Strategy

Managing Multiple Development Teams Using the SQL Server 2005 Security Features

Evaluating the Security Trade-Offs of SQL Server Services

Designing a Database to Enable Auditing

Designing Objects to Manage Application Access

Defending Security Decisions

Design a security strategy for components of a SQL Server 2005 solution.

Design objects to manage application access.

Create an auditing strategy.

Manage multiple development teams by using the SQL Server 2005 security features.

Defining Standards for Storing XML Data in a Solution

Designing a Database Solution Schema

Designing a Scale-Out Strategy

Designing a Database Solution Schema

Designing Integration of Multiple Data Stores

Define standards for storing XML data in a solution.

Design a database solution schema.

Design a scale-out strategy for a solution.

Defining Data Behavior Requirements

Defining Isolation Levels

Designing a Resilient Transaction Strategy

Determining the Database Isolation Level

Determining the Order of Object Access

Designing Transactions

Defending a Transaction Strategy

Define data behavior requirements.

Define isolation levels for the data store.

Design a resilient transaction strategy.

Defining Event Data

Designing a Subscription Strategy

Designing a Notification Strategy

Designing a Notification Delivery Strategy

Defining Event Data

Designing a Subscription Strategy

Designing a Notification Strategy

Executing a Notification Services Solution

Define event data and how this data will be stored.

Design a subscription strategy for a Notification Services solution.

Design a notification strategy.

Design a notification delivery strategy.

Designing a Service Broker Solution Architecture

Designing Service Broker Data Flow

Designing Service Broker Solution Availability

Designing a Service Broker Solution Architecture

Designing a Subscription Strategy

Executing a Service Broker Solution

Design a Service Broker solution architecture.

Design the Service Broker data flow.

Design the Service Broker solution availability.

Designing a Source Control Strategy

Designing a Unit Test Plan

Creating a Performance Baseline and Benchmarking Strategy

Designing a Deployment Strategy

Designing a Source Control Strategy

Designing a Unit Testing Plan

Designing a Deployment Strategy

Defending Source Control, Unit Test, and Deployment Strategies

Design a source control strategy.

Design a unit test plan.

Create a performance baseline and benchmarking strategy.

Design a deployment strategy.

Evaluating Common Table Expressions

Evaluating Pivot Queries

Evaluating Ranking Queries

Evaluating Common Table Expressions

Evaluating Pivot Queries

Evaluating Ranking Queries

Evaluate the use of Common Table Expressions.

Evaluate the use of pivot queries.

Evaluate the use of ranking queries.

Evaluating the Use of XQuery

Creating a Strategy for Converting Data between XML and Relational Formats

Evaluating the Use of XQuery

Evaluating Ways of Converting XML into Relational Data

Evaluate the use of XQuery.

Create a strategy for converting data between XML and relational formats.