Administering a SQL Database

Course Description

The 55316A five-day instructor-led course will provide training in how to administer and maintain SQL Server and Azure SQL databases. IT professionals who work in environments where databases play a key role in their job will find this material useful. By using demonstrations and hands-on lab exercises, students will learn to carry out these important tasks. The material updates and replaces course 20764AC previously published under the same title.
5 Days
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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.

Prerequisites

Experience using applications on Windows Servers
Experience working with SQL Server or another RDMS

At Course Completion, participants will have seen how to

Authenticate and authorize users
Assign server and database roles
Authorize users to access resources
Use encryption and auditing features to protect data
Describe recovery models and backup strategies
Backup and 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

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
User-Defined Database Roles

Recovery Models and Backup Strategies

Understanding Backup Strategies
SQL Server Transaction Logs
Planning Backup Strategies

Authorizing Users to Access Resources

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

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

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
Configure SQL Server Utility

Troubleshooting SQL Server

Applying a Troubleshooting Methodology
Resolving Service-Related Issues
Resolving Connectivity and Login 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 Data-Tier Applications
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