Course Content

Module 1: SQL Server Security

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

Module 2: Assigning Server and Database Roles

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

Module 3: Authorizing Users to Access Resources

• Authorizing User Access to Objects
• Authorizing Users to Execute Code
• Configuring Permissions at the Schema Level

Module 4: 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

Module 5: Recovery Models and Backup Strategies

• Understanding Backup Strategies
• SQL Server Transaction Logs
• Planning Backup Strategies

Module 6: Backing Up SQL Server Databases

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

Module 7: Restoring SQL Server 2016 Databases

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

Module 8: Automating SQL Server Management

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

Module 9: Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent

• Understanding SQL Server Agent Security
• Configuring Credentials
• Configuring Proxy Accounts

Module 10: Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and Notifications

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

Module 11: 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

Module 12: Tracing Access to SQL Server with Extended events

• Extended Events Core Concepts
• Working with Extended Events

Module 13: Monitoring SQL Server

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

Module 14: Troubleshooting SQL Server

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

Module 15: 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