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Developing SQL Databases

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Developing SQL Databases

Course Code: 20762

Duration: 5 days

 Pre req uis  ite: 

  • Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
  • Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
  • Working knowledge of relational databases

Course Description:

This five-day course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2016 product features and tools related to developing a database.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Design and Implement Tables.
  • Describe advanced table designs
  • Ensure Data Integrity through Constraints.
  • Describe indexes, including Optimized and Column store indexes
  • Design and Implement Views.
  • Design and Implement Stored Procedures.
  • Design and Implement User Defined Functions.
  • Respond to data manipulation using triggers.
  • Design and Implement In-Memory Tables.
  • Implement Managed Code in SQL Server.
  • Store and Query XML Data.
  • Work with Spatial Data.
  • Store and Query Blobs and Text Documents

Intended Audience:

The primary audience for this course is IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2016 product features and technologies for implementing a database. The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who are developers from other product platforms looking to become skilled in the implementation of a SQL Server 2016 database.

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Database Development

Introduction to the SQL Server Platform

  • SQL Server Database Development Tasks

Module 2: Designing and Implementing Tables

  • Designing Tables
  • Data Types
  • Working with Schemas
  • Creating and Altering Tables

Module 3: Advanced Table Designs

  • Partitioning Data
  • Compressing Data
  • Temporal Tables

Module 4: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints

  • Enforcing Data Integrity
  • Implementing Data Domain Integrity
  • Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity

Module 5: Introduction to Indexes

  • Core Indexing Concepts
  • Data Types and Indexes
  • Heaps, Clustered, and Nonclustered Indexes
  • Single Column and Composite Indexes

Module 6: Designing Optimized Index Strategies

  • Index Strategies
  • Managing Indexes
  • Execution Plans
  • The Database Engine Tuning Advisor
  • Query Store

Module 7: Columnstore Indexes

  • Introduction to Columnstore Indexes
  • Creating Columnstore Indexes
  • Working with Columnstore Indexes

Module 8: Designing and Implementing Views

  • Introduction to Views
  • Creating and Managing Views
  • Performance Considerations for Views

Module 9: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures

  • Introduction to Stored Procedures
  • Working with Stored Procedures
  • Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
  • Controlling Execution Context

Module 10: Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions

  • Overview of Functions
  • Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions
  • Designing and Implementing Table-Valued Functions
  • Considerations for Implementing Functions
  • Alternatives to Functions

Module 11: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers

  • Designing DML Triggers
  • Implementing DML Triggers
  • Advanced Trigger Concepts

Module 12: Using In-Memory Tables

  • Memory-Optimized Tables
  • Natively Compiled Stored Procedures

Module 13: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server

  • Introduction to CLR Integration in SQL Server
  • Implementing and Publishing CLR Assemblies

Module 14: Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server

  • Introduction to XML and XML Schemas
  • Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server
  • Implementing the XML Data Type
  • Using the Transact-SQL FOR XML Statement
  • Getting Started with XQuery
  • Shredding XML

Module 15: Storing and Querying Spatial Data in SQL Server

  • Introduction to Spatial Data
  • Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types
  • Using Spatial Data in Applications

Module 16: Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents in SQL Server

  • Considerations for BLOB Data
  • Working with FILESTREAM
  • Using Full-Text Search

Module 17: SQL Server Concurrency

  • Concurrency and Transactions
  • Locking Internals

Module 18: Performance and Monitoring

  • Extended Events
  • Working with extended Events
  • Live Query Statistics
  • Optimize Database File Configuration
  • Metrics