Complete Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration Course

Become SQL database certified (MCSA and MTA certification)

What you'll learn
By the end of this course you will be a professional SQL database administrator and be able to apply for SQL jobs
Administration of SQL database through Microsoft Windows
You will learn 150+ SQL queries
You will be able to troubleshoot everyday SQL related issues
You will manage SQL servers in a corporate environment
You will write basic to advance SQL queries
Troubleshoot everyday SQL database related issues
Know how to answer specific business questions by using SQL’s aggregate functions
Students will be able to run reports for management so they can make financial decisions

Description
Microsoft SQL Server continues to be one of the world's most popular and top databases. Database is a heart of IT which is needed to stored all critical data and information.

If you want to become SQL database administrator then this is the course for YOU.

This training courses will provide you all the necessary skills you need to be a successful database administrator and take you to the next level. Plus, this course will prep you for the SQL Server MCSA certification.

Here is the course outline:

Section 1 - Introduction

Introduction to Database

RDBMS

What is SQL?

Top 5 RDBMS

Introduction to MS SQL Server

Different editions of MS SQL

Section 2 - Download, Install and Configure Windows

MS SQL Server prerequisite

Lab setup

What is virtualization?

Download and Install VMWare Workstation Player

Optional - Download and Install Oracle Virtualbox

Create a Virtual Machine

Download and Install Windows Server

Virtual Machine Management

Section 3 - Download, Install and Configure MS SQL Server

Prerequisites for MSSQL Installation

Download MSSQL and SQL Server Management Studio

Install and Configure MSSQL

Install SQL Server Management Studio

Download and Install AdventureWorks Database

Section 4 - Database Fundamentals and Design

What is Data and Database?

How is data stored?

What is a Table, COLUMN and ROW ?

What is a key? primary, foreign, unique keys etc.

What is Relational Database and Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)?

What is a Transaction and ACID properties?

Database Normalization AND Different forms of Database Normalization

Create your first Database, Table and Populate table with data…

Section 5 - Introduction to SQL Commands

Welcome to Basic SQL Commands

What is a SQL Statement and types of SQL statements

DML Statement with examples

DDL Statements with examples

DCL Statement with examples

TCL Statement with examples

Section 6 - Query and Manipulation of Data using SQL

Create TABLE(s) and Temp Table(s)

What Is a View?

SELECT Statement in detail

Operators, Expressions and Conditions

WHERE Clause, ORDER BY, HAVING BY, GROUP BY Clause

Select from two tables – JOINS

Different Types of JOINS

What is a Sub Query?

INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and Truncate Statements

What is a Store Procedure?

Function, Trigger and INDEX

Clustered ,Non-clustered Indexes and Index Design considerations

Index Fragmentation and Lab for Index

Section 7 - Microsoft SQL Database Administration

Overview of MSSQL Management Tools

Exploring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Exploring SQL Server Configuration Manager

MSSQL System Databases, DO's and DONT's of System databases

What is master, etmpdb, msdb and other system databases?

Section 8 - Deep Dive into MSSQL Working

What are Pages , Extents, Page Architecture and PFS?

MSSQL Architecture

MSSQL Database Architecture

Operation and working of transaction log

Configuring user Database

Best practices while creating user Database

Section 9 - MSSQL Backup and Restore

Backup of a Database, Importance for DBA and Different Media used for Backups

Recovery Models in MSSQL and how that impact backups an restore

Full and differential backups

Transaction Log Backups, Log Backup Chain and Tail-log Backup

Lab for Full, Differential and Transaction Log Backups

Restore and Recovery Overview

Full, Differential and Transaction Log database restore

Point in time restore of a database

Complete Backup , Restore and Restore in Time Lab

MS SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB command

Page Level Restore / Recovery using Full Backups

Creating Maintenance Plan Backups/Re-indexing etc.

Section 10 - MSSQL User Management

MSSQL Security Model

MSSQL Server Authentication Modes

Server Logins

Server Roles

Database Users

Database Roles

Permissions (GRANT , DENY, and REVOKE)

Section 11 - MSSQL Server Agent Management

SQL Server Agent Introduction

SQL Server Agent Jobs and Schedules

Agent Alerts

Operators

Database Mail

Activity Monitor

Section 12 - Advanced SQL Server Administration Topics

High Availability and its Types

What Is Replication and Transactional Replication

Transactional Replication Setup (LAB)

MSSQL Data Encryption and type of encryption

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and configuration

Backup and restore of encrypted Databases

MS SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

MS SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Section 13 - Course Re-cap

Commands we have learned

Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to start a career in SQL database administration
Anyone who wants to have complete SQL database training to get a job in IT
Anyone who wants to advance his/her career
Anyone who wants to master the SQL command line skills
College students
IT professionals
Teachers and instructors