The following readiness videos will provide candidates who are interested in pursuing <b>SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master</b> certification with an overview of what you need to know in order to prepare for the SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master Knowledge Exam and Qualification Lab.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each module will establish the level of depth and breadth required in order to achieve this certification and will also include an MCM-level deep dive of one or more aspects of the specific subject area.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each module will end with a pointer to a comprehensive list of additional readiness resources (whitepapers, blog posts, other videos, applicable SQL Server Books Online sections). <br /> <br /> The SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master program has been re-launched in a more scalable format due to Microsoft Learning listening and responding to increased interest and global demand for the program.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information, see the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/master.aspx#tab2">SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master program</a> page. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/ff977043.aspx Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:38:56 +0530 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:42:59 +0530 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Overview of partitioning functionality. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545008.aspx 92CAF035-8A20-4DDE-B718-AA6D57870D23 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:42:59 +0530 Overview of isolation levels, controlling isolation levels, statement-level read consistency, transaction-level read consistency, overhead and monitoring. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545007.aspx 565BCB1A-F640-4167-91A1-DB21260E1032 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:34:58 +0530 Overview of EXECUTE AS, ownership chains, cross database impersonation, SQL inejction, common patterns, character filtering and privileges. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545013.aspx 7DF83D7A-1225-4305-9E67-6AECDE23DE4B Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:33:26 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Replication" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545017.aspx 5B979B5D-8CB0-4B50-A001-E8A325F07340 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:31:36 +0530 Overview of replication types and usage scenarios. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545018.aspx 0DAEAAC5-EF0C-400D-B135-042D6C6B31E4 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:29:44 +0530 Overview of partial database availability and online piecemeal restore functionality. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545009.aspx 6C8DE26A-CD84-420B-9B9C-EB1AF8A336D4 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:28:08 +0530 Overview of procedure code optimization, including plan reuse and recompilation concepts and behaviors. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545010.aspx AB41B3BF-B107-4063-B3B7-58B20183B340 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:25:38 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Multi-Server Management" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545016.aspx 95BCBF3D-2E74-451E-B88E-025F7EA3AB3B Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:23:06 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Indexing Strategies" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545005.aspx CCD22B8D-4755-417B-A417-B4522A73FE38 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:21:50 +0530 Overview of indexing for performance, strategies for design, pitfalls and optimizing aggregates. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545006.aspx B3FCF53D-BC38-421B-8D43-58D366EB61CD Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:20:31 +0530 Overview of index analysis techniques, validating if your indexes are using the right combination of keys, if your indexes are being used and how, if there are missing indexes and if your indexes are stil healthy and most optimal. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545020.aspx B7FDEF89-4FE2-4FCC-9954-C97F4D8250B1 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:18:42 +0530 Overview of what high availability concepts and planning an availability strategy and technology evaluation. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545012 B6D28D69-E4AC-43D6-9B9E-95DD7FF44036 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:16:56 +0530 Overview of consolidation reasons, granularity and methods. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545019 545448D6-C98B-4B47-A854-A254894346E7 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:15:34 +0530 Overview of cluster setup, administration and troubleshooting. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg545011 4E82C406-41EB-452E-B854-F2D5E29C7C51 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:49:52 +0530 Overview of drive types, attachment methods and what we store. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508907.aspx ACA4AE60-E7E9-4F6C-8A11-47070BD4FA2F Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:23:03 +0530 General storage guidelines, RAID levels, shared vs. dedicated and miscellaneous guidelines. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508908.aspx 45D3F5CA-724A-4F9C-82DD-A0503675D6CE Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:13:57 +0530 Overview of DAS vs. SAN storage architecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508909.aspx ABD17331-5E21-44CE-8235-4B227A29FA5D Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:38:29 +0530 Overview of the challenges of SAN monitoring, recommendations for getting started, Perfmon storage counters, testing before installation and ongoing health monitoring. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508910.aspx CADD113D-5FA7-4B0F-B125-7F5F562C43FD Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:26:55 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Index Internals" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508877.aspx 281FAD7C-6F2A-4B9D-A8EC-13CC4EFAD589 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:23 +0530 Overview of physical index levels, clustered and nonclustered index structures (leaf-level, B-tree). http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508878.aspx EFDBB22D-FC91-40E0-9038-30E6BA98E413 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:20 +0530 Overview of table structures, clustered index structures, nonclustered indexes and "bookmark lookups", understanding the efficiency of the "lookup" value, cumulative effect of inefficient clustering keys, key constraint create indexes and choices for a good clustering key. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508879.aspx 53DAC0A2-843A-4423-9338-837BD9269581 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:18 +0530 Overview of querying specific index usage, what do statistics look like, what do statistics tell us, how do we use statistics, how\when statistics get created and how\when statistics get updated. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508890.aspx B6D50608-BC98-4E45-965C-885E9EEFE675 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:15 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Locking Demo" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508891.aspx 37067275-7C52-4DC6-9418-6200517404CE Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:12 +0530 Overview of locking basics, locking and blocking, granularity, escalation, duration and troubleshooting locking behavior. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508892.aspx 592B7406-ACAA-4F1E-B1BB-AF3575DC8BD1 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:10 +0530 Demonstration video for "Restore Internals" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508893.aspx 93FCE644-D78D-4CF5-974E-D15D9972FB47 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:07 +0530 Overview of the phases of restore, recovery completion states, point-in-time recovery, restoring sequence and locations. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508895.aspx 84468847-0126-4C8E-BDE7-685949AAB3D4 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:09:05 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Waits and Queues" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508896.aspx 98D3AA92-00F4-4EDC-A43D-BA65247BB594 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:59 +0530 Overview of waits and queues, thread execution and examing waits. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508897.aspx 93BB0B18-77FC-463A-9A5A-00458C462BC2 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:57 +0530 Introduction of Failover Clustering concepts. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508898.aspx 3E12C97E-124A-416E-AD18-A033890C87BD Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:55 +0530 Overview of the SQL Server Operating System (SQLOS). http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508899.aspx 1D2A8C0C-DD5E-4004-BFE9-523A3AFD6DEF Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:52 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Database Mirroring" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508900.aspx D8EF42B8-AEC2-4007-98AE-1036D3B34D43 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:50 +0530 Overview of mirroring configuration, failure types and speed, failure scenarios, client redirection, and 2008 enhancements. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508901.aspx F8F0F00C-D6F0-43FC-A174-A9161CE0C98C Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:47 +0530 Overview of Multi-Server Management concepts, features and functionality. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508902.aspx FD551E36-B980-4D85-B502-CE85A20C0A97 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:44 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Policy-Based Management" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508903.aspx 7FB3619D-D7F2-43A8-A5B1-116F32A548E8 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:42 +0530 Overview of PBM, limitations and improving PBM with EPM. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508904.aspx 365EC4E4-5293-445F-8542-DE3B21FD98A1 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:40 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Resource Governor" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508905.aspx A3BAEC0D-48D0-479E-99B0-218381A5354F Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:38 +0530 Overview of Resource Governor feature, functionality and concepts. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg508906.aspx B2FB9D1D-B217-4897-AAE0-ECC2FD21CBD4 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:08:36 +0530 Overview of how virtualization changes CPU, Memory, Storage and Monitoring. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429826.aspx 79A2E061-4BF8-432E-8E4F-0E1271DD98E1 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:03:53 +0530 Overview of auditing and compliance, auditing options before SQL Server 2008 and then SQL Server 2008 auditing features. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429825.aspx 07AA7229-8354-44A4-9027-BBCF09D6EEC6 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:02:26 +0530 Overview of encryption and types of keys, the key hierarchy, key management, encrypting data, encrypting a database (TDE) and Extensible Key Management (EKM). http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429824.aspx 6F379BF3-DC9B-4356-903D-F2D36EF805D9 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:00:44 +0530 Overview of authentication - including instance level, credentials and database level. This lecture also covers authorization, including securables and permissions, users and schemas, ownership chains, assigning permissions to code. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429823.aspx 24FF3375-F443-4D76-8332-7AB96AF55A5C Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:56:47 +0530 Overview of securing the machine, the OS, services, the network and security configuration with policies. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429822.aspx AA57EE37-A790-4AFE-B662-8234E2306525 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:54:48 +0530 Overview of reactive versus proactive monitoring, Performance Monitor, Profiler and benchmarking "whys" and "hows". http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429821.aspx 32DEF3EC-7D80-4A2D-9191-F4C9682EBB1A Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:51:36 +0530 Overview of Extended Events concepts and capabilities. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429809.aspx CCC2F142-4888-437A-A544-A1257C1B647F Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:50:04 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Extended Events" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429808.aspx 57618269-F694-4ED0-8E25-C1373A7A0D53 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:43:45 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Sparse Columns" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429804.aspx 2FE2B149-F064-41F1-9954-0483464AE15F Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:11 +0530 Overview of database snapshot internals and database snapshot uses and limitations. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429800.aspx 2942A1BE-9194-4A40-B761-39A232213515 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:17 +0530 Overview of hererogeneous data, problems with non sparse implementations, flexible schema choices and understanding sparse columns. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429805.aspx C59EDE94-68CB-4637-8B10-D770D0F5922C Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:01 +0530 Overview of data access methods, fragmentation, page splits, FILLFACTOR and detecting/removing fragmentation. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429790.aspx 1203166C-0FD7-4DD7-9D05-E953D322DDC8 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:42 +0530 Overview of backup types (full, transaction log, differential), strategy concerns, backup integrity and backup compression. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429796.aspx 087D00B7-011B-4636-B664-B41C2FDD1ECD Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:29 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Database Snapshots" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429798.aspx F5E07396-9918-4ED8-AFA6-6E2F0AA69A17 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:23 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Backup Internals" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429795.aspx B4CBE995-0B2E-4128-A342-F3D096875730 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:35 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Index Fragmentation" lecture. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg429789.aspx 6891BA85-5A12-4771-A39E-6F7D84B2350D Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:50:46 +0530 Overview of the SQL Azure archiecture, Transact-SQL DDL and DML differences, and considerations for moving data to and from SQL Server. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313772.aspx 75317D00-EC3F-4A36-B280-3CFC5B2C6665 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:31:21 +0530 Overview of Service Broker, database objects, database properties, activation programs, inter-database and inter-server considerations, and a deep dive on an end-to-end Service Broker application. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313771.aspx 41D9C1F3-2AD1-4409-ABF8-B9ADF912452C Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:28:21 +0530 Overview of SQL Server Spatial functionality including the Geometry and Geography, CLR-based architecture, spatial indexes and performance, and importing spatial data. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313770.aspx A3E982B0-AE95-4D5B-9E3B-8DD9B8688FC6 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:25:21 +0530 Overview of change tracking features, Change Data Capture, Change Tracking, and IFTS. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313769.aspx A7CDFA37-742F-4A20-9898-2A26800B4081 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:22:21 +0530 Overview of SQLCLR objects, internals, security, reliability, troubleshooting, coding considerations and best practices. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313768.aspx 8F9D38E9-876E-4C66-9B5A-0F6BDB214911 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:19:21 +0530 Overview of SQL Client, Client APIs, Object-Relational APIs, troubleshooting and tracing. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313767.aspx 5CFF67DD-C395-40D2-BD36-DBCB003FD27A Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:58:44 +0530 Overview of SQL XML functionality, the XML data type, using XML and relational types, XML Schema support, XQuery, and performance considerations. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313766.aspx ED897F66-5952-4034-B649-EC7C05A15F6C Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:53:44 +0530 Overview of how to interpret CHECKDB output, understanding how repair works and recovering from various types of corruption. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313765.aspx 3B1C129D-F795-4992-B7AF-3932F7AA5546 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:48:44 +0530 Overview of consistency checking, including IO errors and what they mean, page protection options, and an overview of what DBCC CHECKDB does and best pratices associated with it. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313764.aspx 5FCB4596-906D-40C7-B75C-4E736FD3C861 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:43:44 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Log File Internals and Maintenance" module. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313763.aspx 14F587CD-65F5-4C27-B15A-D7A03ECC5986 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:38:44 +0530 Overview of log file internals and maintenance, including an anatomy of a data modification, checkpoints and recovery, transaction log internals, recovery models, and log file maintenance. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313762.aspx A9475855-C6BB-4973-A106-12E965B0DC70 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:33:44 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Data File Internals and Maintenance" module. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313761.aspx 1F0C46DB-5610-45E9-8BEC-1650BA498D61 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:28:44 +0530 Overview of data file internals and maintenance, including coverage of physical layout, auto-grow, instant file initialization, shrink considerations and Tempdb. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313760.aspx BCE3783B-5E16-4477-9D0A-78B9AD657894 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:23:44 +0530 Demonstration video for the "New Database Structures in SQL Server 2008" module. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313759.aspx C04A6344-12F6-4C54-A2AC-C48BF2BE1BA1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:18:44 +0530 Overview of new database structures in SQL Server 2008 including data compression, sparse columns and FILESTREAM. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313758.aspx E8418150-7485-4F30-934F-AC1ED24822D8 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:13:44 +0530 Demonstration video for the "Database Structures" module. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313757.aspx 8EBF8044-86F4-414B-B964-0F9DB40A9BAB Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:08:44 +0530 Overview of database structure internals, including records, pages, extents, allocation bitmaps, IAM chains and allocation units. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg313756.aspx CF1D8929-0F7A-4ADF-BCB8-807149E9B32C Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:03:44 +0530