The document advertises training courses in Visual Basic .NET, SQL Server, and Microsoft development and databases offered by Softrain C.A. The courses range from 3 to 5 days and cover topics like maintaining and implementing SQL Server 2008 databases, writing Transact-SQL queries, and programming with Visual Basic .NET and the .NET framework. The courses are intended for IT professionals and developers seeking to learn or enhance their skills in these Microsoft technologies.

1. VISUAL BASIC .NET
ENTRENAMIENTOS
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2. Course 6231A Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Database
Length 5 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
 Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core
functionality.
 Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
 Working knowledge of relational databases.
 Some experience with database design.
Overview
About this Course
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to
maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals
how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to maintaining a database.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for IT Professionals who administer and maintain SQL Server
databases.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 Install and configure SQL Server 2008.
 Manage database files.
 Backup and restore databases.
 Manage security.
 Transfer data into and out of SQL Server.
 Automate administrative tasks.
 Replicate data between SQL Server instances.
 Maintain high availability.
 Monitor SQL Server.

3. Course 6232A Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Database
Length 5 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
 Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core
functionality.
 Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
 Working knowledge of relational databases.
 Some experience with database design.
Overview
About this Course
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to
implement a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. The course focuses on teaching
individuals how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to implementing
a database.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for IT Professionals who administer and maintain SQL Server
databases.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 Create databases and database files.
 Create data types and tables.
 Use XML-related features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
 Plan, create, and optimize indexes.
 Implement data integrity in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 databases by using
constraints.
 Implement data integrity in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 by using triggers.
 Implement views.
 Implement stored procedures.
 Implement functions.
 Implement managed code in the database.
 Manage transactions and locks.
 Use Service Broker to build a messaging-based solution.

4. Course 6235A: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
Length 3 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
 Exposure to enterprise data import and export scenarios.
 Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment.
 Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:
 SQL Server Agent.
 SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE).
 SQL Server System tables.
 SQL Server accounts (users and permissions).
Overview
About this Course
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement an Integration
Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to develop, deploy, and
manage Integration Services packages.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who
need to implement data transfer or extract, transform, and load (ETL) solutions by using
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 Describe SQL Server Integration Services and its tools.
 Create an Integration Services package.
 Implement control flow in an Integration Services package.
 Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
 Implement logging in an Integration Services package.
 Debug and implement error handling in an Integration Services package.
 Implement checkpoints and transactions in an Integration Services package.
 Deploy an Integration Services package.
 Manage and secure an Integration Services package.

5. Course 2778A: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server
2008 Transact-SQL
Length 3 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
 Knowledge of data integrity concepts.
 Core Windows Server skills.
 Relational database design skills.
 Programming skills.
Overview
About this Course
This 3-day instructor led course provides students with the technical skills required to write
basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for SQL Server database administrators, implementers, system
engineers, and developers who are responsible for writing queries.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 Describe the uses of and ways to execute the Transact-SQL language.
 Use querying tool.
 Write SELECT queries to retrieve data.
 Group and summarize data by using Transact-SQL.
 Join data from multiple tables.
 Write queries that retrieve and modify data by using subqueries.
 Modify data in tables.
 Query text fields with full-text search.
 Describe how to create programming objects.
 Use various techniques when working with complex queries.

6. Course 2373B: Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic
.NET
Length 5 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must meet the following prerequisites:
 Experience developing applications with Visual Basic 4.0 or later
 Successful completion of Course 1013, Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 6
Development, or equivalent knowledge
OR
 Successful completion of Course 1016, Mastering Enterprise Development Using
Microsoft Visual Basic 6, or equivalent knowledge
 Familiarity with basic concepts of object-oriented programming
 Familiarity with Extensible Markup Language (XML) concepts
 Familiarity with Microsoft's .NET strategy as described on Microsoft's .NET Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/net/
 Familiarity with the .NET Framework as described on the following Web sites:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0900/Framework/default.asp
and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1000/Framework2/default.asp
Overview
About this Course
The goal of this course is to provide Microsoft Visual Basic developers with the knowledge
and skills needed to develop Microsoft .NET-based applications by using Visual Basic .NET.
Visual Basic .NET is a significant upgrade to Visual Basic and incorporates many new
features and framework goals of the .NET architecture. These changes will allow Visual Basic
developers to create enterprise applications for the .NET Platform and to create more
traditional Visual Basic applications that can take advantage of the enhancements to the
language.
Audience Profile
This course is intended primarily for developers who use Visual Basic 4.0 or later as their
primary language, who use Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects
(ADO) and Active Server Pages (ASP) to develop applications, and who plan to use Visual
Basic .NET for future application development.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 List the major elements of the .NET Framework and describe some of the major
enhancements to the new version of Visual Basic.

7.  Describe the basic structure of a Visual Basic .NET project and use the main features
of the integrated development environment (IDE).
 Use the new language features and syntax in Visual Basic .NET.
 Explain the basic concepts and terminology of object-oriented design specifically for
Visual Basic .NET.
 Explain and use the basic concepts and terminology of object-oriented programming
in Visual Basic .NET.
 Create applications by using Microsoft Windows Forms.
 Create Internet applications that use Web Forms and Web Services.
 Create applications that use ADO.NET.
 Create components in Visual Basic .NET.
 Set up and deploy various types of Visual Basic .NET-based applications.
 Prepare existing Visual Basic-based applications for upgrade to Visual Basic .NET.

8. Course 2415B: Programming with the Microsoft .NET
Framework (Microsoft Visual Basic .NET)
Length 5 Days
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must be proficient in the Microsoft Visual Basic
programming language and have been exposed to the Visual Basic .NET language. Students
can meet these prerequisites by taking Course 2559: Introduction to Visual Basic .NET
programming.
Overview
About this Course
The goal of this course is to help application developers understand the Microsoft .NET
Framework. In addition to offering an overview of the .NET Framework and an introduction
to key concepts and terminology, the course provides a series of labs, which introduce and
explain .NET Framework features that are used to code, debug, tune, and deploy
applications.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for experienced, professional software developers, including those
employed by software companies or working on corporate development teams. Most
students will be Microsoft Visual Basic developers.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 List the major elements of the .NET Framework and explain how they fit into the
.NET platform.
 Explain the main concepts behind the common language runtime and use the
features of the .NET Framework to create a simple application.
 Create and use components in Microsoft Windows Forms-based and ASP.NET-based
applications.
 Use the deployment and versioning features of the .NET runtime to deploy multiple
versions of a component.
 Create, use, and extend types by understanding the common type system
architecture.
 Create classes and interfaces that are functionally efficient and appropriate for given
programming scenarios.
 Use the .NET Framework class library to efficiently create and manage strings,
arrays, collections, and enumerators.
 Use delegates and events to make an event sender signal the occurrence of an
action to an event receiver.
 Describe and control how memory and other resources are managed in the .NET
Framework.

9.  Read from and write to data streams and files.
 Use the basic request/response model to send and receive data over the Internet.
 Serialize and deserialize an object graph.
 Create distributed applications using XML Web services and object remoting.