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Exam Code: 70-465

Exam Name: Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server

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Microsoft 70-465 Exam Overview:

Certification Vendor:Microsoft
Exam Name:Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server
Exam Number:70-465
Passing Score:700 / 1000
Available Languages:French, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, English, German, Japanese
Exam Price:$165 USD (varies by region)
Real Exam Qty:40-60
Exam Duration:120 minutes
Exam Format:Multiple Choice, Case Studies, Drag and Drop, Build List / Order Questions
Certificate Validity Period:Retired (MCSA certification path retired; no longer active)
Related Certifications:MCSA: SQL Server 2012
Recommended Training:Microsoft Learn (SQL Server training paths)
SQL Server documentation
Exam Registration:Microsoft Certification Portal (Retired Exams)
Pearson VUE Microsoft Exams
Sample Questions:Microsoft 70-465 Sample Questions
Exam Way:Computer-based exam at Pearson VUE test centers or online proctored delivery (where available)
Pre Condition:Recommended experience with SQL Server administration and database design; typically requires prior MCSA: SQL Server 2012 Database Development or Database Administration exams.
Official Syllabus URL:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/retired-certifications/

Who should take the 70-465:Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server Exam

The Microsoft 70-465:Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server Exam certification is an internationally-recognized certification which help to have validation for those professionals who are keen to make their career in Database Solutions.

Candidates for this exam are familiar with the concepts and the technologies having basic understanding of designing and building database solutions. Candidates should have some hands-on experience with data compression strategies,high-availability solutions,management automation strategies,database, schema, and object security parameters. These candidates can go for this exam

  • Database professionals
  • Fresher

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-465.aspx

Topics of Microsoft 70-465:Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server Exam

Candidates must know the exam topics before they start of preparation. because it will really help them in hitting the core. Our Microsoft 98-365: Server Administration Fundamentals Exam exam dumps will include the following topics:

1. Design a database structure (25-30%)

Design for business requirements

  • Translate business needs to data structures; de-normalize a database by using SQL Server features, including materialization using indexed views, distributed partitioned views, filtered and non-key column indexes, and snapshots

Design physical database and object placement

  • Design a physical database, including file placement, FILESTREAM, FILETABLE, file groups, and RAID; configure system database settings

Design a table and index partitioning strategy

  • Develop the optimal strategy for indexing, archive using partitions and tables, design columnstore indexes, design XML indexes

Design a migration, consolidation, and upgrade strategy

  • Upgrade with minimal downtime; design a cross-cluster migration; plan a database deployment, including Windows PowerShell, Server Core, and contained databases; migrate query plans; design a migration strategy using Distributed Replay Controller; design a SQL Server virtualization strategy

Design SQL Server instances

  • Identify hardware for new instances; design CPU affinity; design clustered instances using Microsoft Distributed Transaction Control (MSDTC); define instance memory allocation; design installation strategies, including sysprep, slipstream, and SMB file server; define cross db ownership chaining

Design backup and recovery

  • Design a backup strategy based on business needs, including differential, file, log, and striped; design a database snapshot strategy; design appropriate recovery models; design a system database backup strategy; recover Tail-Log backups

2. Design databases and database objects (30-35%)

Design a database model

  • Design a logical schema; design a data access and data layer architecture; design a database schema; design a security architecture; design a cross-server instance database model, including linked servers, security, providers, distributed transactions, distributed partitioned views, and Service Broker

Design tables

  • Design tables appropriately, including physical tables, temp tables, temp table variables, common table expressions, columnstore indexes, user defined table types, FILESTREAM, FILETABLE, and In-Memory OLTP; design views and table valued functions; design a compression strategy, including row and page; select an appropriate data type; design computed columns

Design for concurrency

  • Develop a strategy to maximize concurrency; define a locking and concurrency strategy; design a transaction isolation strategy, including server database and session; design triggers for concurrency

Design T-SQL stored procedures

  • Create stored procedures; design a data access strategy using stored procedures; design appropriate stored procedure parameters, including input, output, and Table Valued; design error handling; design an In-Memory OLTP strategy for stored procedures

Design a management automation strategy

  • Create a data archiving solution; design automation and auditing, including jobs, alerts, operators, SSIS, CDC, auditing, DDL triggers, and Windows PowerShell; automate across multiple databases and instances; design data batch processing: design a database load test; deploy to different environments, including development, staging, and production

Design for transactions

  • Manage transactions, including time, savepoint, and mark; design for implicit and explicit transactions; ensure data integrity by using transactions; design error handling for transactions, including TRY, CATCH, and THROW

3. Design database security (10-15%)

Design an application strategy to support security

  • Design security, including security roles, signed stored procedures, encryption, contained logins, EXECUTE AS, and credentials; implement schemas and schema security; design security maintenance, including SQL logins, integrated authentication, permissions, and mirroring

Design database, schema, and object security permissions

  • Design a database schema that meets security requirements, schema ownership, ownership chaining, cross database chaining

Design instance-level security configurations

  • Implement separation of duties using different login roles; choose an authentication type, including logon triggers, regulatory requirements, and certificates; implement data encryption, including database master key and configuration; implement Data Description Language (DDL) triggers; define a secure service account.

4. Design a troubleshooting and optimization solution (25-30%)

Design a maintenance strategy for database servers

  • Design maintenance plans; design index maintenance, including rebuild, defragmentation, statistics, online rebuilds, offline rebuilds, and thresholds; maintain physical and logical consistency (DBCC); manage database files, including LDF, MDF, In-Memory OLTP, and garbage collection; define a retention policy

Troubleshoot and resolve concurrency issues

  • Examine deadlocking issues using SQL Server logs and trace flags; design a reporting database infrastructure, including replicated databases; monitor concurrency, including Dynamic Management Views (DMV); diagnose blocking, including live locking and deadlocking; diagnose waits; use Extended Events; implement query hints to increase concurrency

Design and implement a high availability solution

  • Configure failover clustering, including multi-subnet; design readable mirrors; create a highly available configuration with low recovery time; design and ensure uptime requirements, including monitoring and patching; design and implement a replication architecture; implement AlwaysOn Availability Groups and AlwaysOn failover clusters

Design a solution to monitor performance and concurrency

  • Identify performance monitor counters; monitor for performance and bottlenecks, including Wait Stats; design a query monitoring and review strategy; monitor for missing statistics

Design a monitoring solution at the instance level

  • Design auditing strategies, including Extended Events, Event traces, SQL Audit, Profiler-scheduled or event-based maintenance, Performance Monitor, and DMV usage; set up file and table growth monitoring; collect performance indicators and counters; create jobs to monitor server health; audit using Windows Logs

Microsoft 70-465 Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionObjectives
Performance and Scalability Design- Scalability planning
  • 1. Resource allocation design
    • 2. Vertical and horizontal scaling
      - Query performance optimization
      • 1. Indexing strategy design
        • 2. Execution plan considerations
          Implementing and Managing Security- Data protection
          • 1. Encryption strategies (TDE, column-level encryption)
            • 2. Auditing and compliance considerations
              - Authentication and authorization design
              • 1. SQL Server authentication modes
                • 2. Roles and permissions
                  Designing Database Solutions- Design physical database structures
                  • 1. Partitioning strategies
                    • 2. Storage and filegroup planning
                      • 3. Table and index design
                        - Design logical data models
                        • 1. Normalize database structures
                          • 2. Identify entities and relationships
                            • 3. Define data types and constraints
                              High Availability and Disaster Recovery- HA/DR design choices
                              • 1. Always On Availability Groups
                                • 2. Failover clustering
                                  • 3. Backup and restore strategies

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