Professional Training

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. These individuals perform database administration and maintenance as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job.

The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

At course completing, participants will have seen the skills to:

Authenticate and authorize users
Assign server and database roles
Authorize users to access resources
Protect data with encryption and auditing
Describe recovery models and backup strategies
Backup SQL Server databases
Restore SQL Server databases
Automate database management
Configure security for the SQL Server agent
Manage alerts and notifications
Managing SQL Server using PowerShell
Trace access to SQL Server
Monitor a SQL Server infrastructure
Troubleshoot a SQL Server infrastructure
Import and export data

Prerequisites

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
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.

SQL Server Security

Authenticating Connections to SQL Server
Authorizing Logins to Connect to databases
Authorization Across Servers
Partially Contained Databases

Assigning Server and Database Roles

Working with server roles
Working with Fixed Database Roles
Assigning User-Defined Database Roles

Authorizing Users to Access Resources

Describe and use server roles to manage server-level security.
Describe and use fixed database roles.
Use custom database roles and application roles to manage database-level security.

Protecting Data with Encryption and Auditing

Options for auditing data access in SQL Server
Implementing SQL Server Audit
Managing SQL Server Audit
Protecting Data with Encryption

Recovery Models and Backup Strategies

Understanding Backup Strategies
SQL Server Transaction Logs
Planning Backup Strategies

Backing Up SQL Server Databases

Backing Up Databases and Transaction Logs
Managing Database Backups
Advanced Database Options

Restoring SQL Server Databases

Understanding the Restore Process
Restoring Databases
Advanced Restore Scenarios
Point-in-Time Recovery

Automating SQL Server Management

Automating SQL Server management
Working with SQL Server Agent
Managing SQL Server Agent Jobs
Multi-server Management

Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent

Understanding SQL Server Agent Security
Configuring Credentials
Configuring Proxy Accounts

Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and Notifications

Monitoring SQL Server Errors
Configuring Database Mail
Operators, Alerts, and Notifications
Alerts in Azure SQL Database

Introduction to Managing SQL Server by using PowerShell

Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
Configure SQL Server using PowerShell
Administer and Maintain SQL Server with PowerShell
Managing Azure SQL Databases using PowerShell

Tracing Access to SQL Server with Extended events

Extended Events Core Concepts
Working with Extended Events

Monitoring SQL Server

Monitoring activity
Capturing and Managing Performance Data
Analyzing Collected Performance Data
SQL Server Utility

Troubleshooting SQL Server

A Trouble Shooting Methodology for SQL Server
Resolving Service Related Issues
Resolving Connectivity and Log-in issues

Importing and Exporting Data

Transferring Data to and from SQL Server
Importing and Exporting Table Data
Using bcp and BULK INSERT to Import Data
Deploying and Upgrading Data-Tier Application