About this course
This course is designed to teach students how to provision SQL Server databases both on premise and in SQL Azure.
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 completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Course Outline
Module 1: SQL Server Components
This module describes the various SQL Server components and versions.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 2: Installing SQL Server
This modules describes the process to install SQL Server 2016.
Lessons
Lab : Installing SQL Server
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 3: Upgrading SQL Server to SQL Server 2017
This module describes the process for upgrading to SQL Server 2017.
Lessons
Lab : Upgrading SQL Server
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 4: Working with Databases
This module describes the preinstalled system databases, the physical structure of databases and the most common configuration options related to them.
Lessons
Lab : Managing Database Storage
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 5: Performing Database Maintenance
This module covers database maintenance plans.
Lessons
Lab : Performing Database Maintenance
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 6: Database Storage Options
Describe SQL Server storage options.
Lessons
Lab : Implementing Stretch Database
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 7: Planning to Deploy SQL Server on Microsoft Azure
This module describes how to plan to deploy SQL Server on Azure.
Lessons
Lab : Plan and Deploy an Azure SQL Database
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 8: Migrating Databases to Azure SQL Database
This module describes how to migrate databases to Azure SQL Database.
Lessons
Lab : Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Deploying SQL Server on a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine
This module describes how to deploy SQL Server on Microsoft Azure VMs.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 10: Managing databases in the Cloud
This module describes how to manage SQL Server on Azure.
Lessons
Lab : Managing Databases in the Cloud
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites: