Course Length: 5 Days
Delivered: Virtually
OVERVIEW:
This course will provide training in how to administer and maintain SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and other cloud-based SQL Server 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. This course covers content that was in retired Microsoft Course 20764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
- Experience using applications on Windows Servers
- Experience working with SQL Server or another RDMS
TARGET AUDIENCE:
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.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
After completing this course, you will be able 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
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
- Lesson 1: Working with Server Roles
- Lesson 2: Working with Fixed Database Roles
- Lesson 3: 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 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
Module 14: Troubleshooting SQL Server
- Applying a Troubleshooting Methodology
- Resolving Service-Related Issues
- Resolving Connectivity and Login 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 Data-Tier Applications
