Available through MOC On-Demand and through the Walk-In delivery methods, this course provides students who manage and maintain SQL Server databases with the knowledge and skills to performance tune and optimize their databases.
This module covers high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components. It dives deep into SQL Server execution model, waits and queues.
Lessons
- SQL Server Components and SQL OS
- Windows Scheduling vs SQL Scheduling
- Waits and Queues
Lab : SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
- Describe the SQL Server components and SQL OS
- Describe the differences between Windows Scheduling and SQL scheduling
- Describe waits and queues
This module covers core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing. It focuses on SQL Server I/O operations and how to test storage performance.
Lessons
- Core Concepts
- Storage Solutions
- I/O Setup and Testing
Lab : Testing Storage Performance
- Describe the core concepts of SQL I/O Describe storage solutions Setup and test I/O
This module covers Database Structures, Data File and TempDB Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB.
Lessons
- Database Structure Internals
- Data File Internals
- TempDB Internals
Lab : Database Structures
- Describe the internal setup of database structures
- Describe the internal setup of data files.
- Describe the internal setup of TempDB
This module covers Windows and SQL Server Memory internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to SQL Server Memory Configuration.
Lessons
- Windows Memory
- SQL Server Memory
- In-Memory OLTP
This module covers Transactions and Locking Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.
Lessons
- Concurrency and Transactions
- Locking Internals
Lab : Concurrency and Transactions
- Explain concurrency and transactions
- Describe locking
This module covers Statistics and Index Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Statistics and Indexes.
Lessons
- Statistics Internals and Cardinality Estimation
- Index Internals
- Columnstore Indexes
Lab : Statistics and index Internals
- Describe statistics internals
- Explain cardinality estimation
- Describe why you would use Columnstore indexes and be able to implement one
This module covers Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis. It focuses on architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues.
Lessons
- Query execution and optimizer internals
- Analyzing query plans
Lab : Query execution and query plan analysis
- Describe query execution and optimizer
- Analyze query plans and resolve common issues
This module covers Plan Caching and Recompilation. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache.
Lessons
- Plan cache internals
- Troubleshooting plan cache issues
- Query store
Lab : Plan caching and recompilation
- Describe plan cache
- Troubleshoot plan cache issues
- Describe query store and why you would use it
This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
Lessons
- Extended events core concepts
- Implementing extended events
Lab : Extended events
- Describe the core concepts of extended events
- Implement extended events
This module covers tools and techniques to monitor, trace and baseline SQL Server performance data. It focuses on data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data.
Lessons
- Monitoring and tracing
- Baselining and benchmarking
Lab : Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining
- Describe various options for monitoring and tracing
- Describe various options for benchmarking and baselining
This module covers common performance bottlenecks related to CPU, Memory, IO, TempDB and Concurrency. It focuses on techniques to identify and diagnose bottlenecks to improve overall performance.
Lessons
- Troubleshoot CPU performance
- Troubleshoot memory performance
- Troubleshoot I/O performance
- Troubleshoot Concurrency performance
- Troubleshoot TempDB performance
Lab : Troubleshooting common performance issues
- Troubleshoot common performance issues
The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases and are responsible for optimal performance of SQL Server instances that they manage. These individuals also write queries against data and need to ensure optimal execution performance of the workloads.
The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
- Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
- Working knowledge of database administration and maintenance
- Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
- Describe the high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components.
- Describe the SQL Server execution model, waits and queues.
- Describe core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing.
- Describe architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB.
- Describe architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.
- Describe architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues.
- Describe architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache.
- Describe architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
- Explain data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data.
- Understand techniques to identify and diagnose bottlenecks to improve overall performance.
INSTRUCTORS
Newton Godoy
With over 19 years of in-class training experience and over 21 …
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