20764 Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure
This course provides students who administer and maintain SQL Server databases with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL server database infrastructure.
PREREQUISITES
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 Transact-SQL; Working knowledge of relational databases; Some experience with database design.
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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, students will be able to:
Authenticate and authorize users
Assign server and database roles
Authorize users to access resources
Protect data with encryption and auditing
Describe recovery models and backup strategies
Backup SQL Server databases
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
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COURSE OUTLINE
1 - AUTHENTICATING AND AUTHORIZING USERS
Authenticating connections to SQL Server
Authorizing logins to access databases
Authorization across servers
Partially contained databases
Lab: Authenticating Users
2 - ASSIGNING SERVERS & DATABASE ROLES
Working with server roles
Working with Fixed database roles
Creating user-defined database roles
Lab: Assigning server and database roles
3 - AUTHORIZING USERS TO ACCESS RESOURCES
Authorizing user access to objects
Authorizing users to execute code
Configuring permissions at the schema level
Lab: Authorizing users to access resources
4 - PROTECTING DATA WITH ENCRYPTION & AUDITING
Options for auditing data access in SQL Server
Implementing SQL Server audit
Managing SQL Server audit
Protecting data with encryption
Lab: Using Auditing and Encryption
5 - SQL SERVER RECOVERY MODELS
Backup strategies
Understanding SQL Server transaction login
Planning a SQL Server backup strategy
Lab: Understanding SQL Server recovery models
6 - BACKUP OF SQL SERVER DATABASES
Backing up databases and transaction logs
Managing database backups
Working with backup options
Lab: Backing up SQL Server databases
7 - RESTORING SQL SERVER DATABASES
Understanding the restore process
Restoring databases
Working with point-in-time recovery
Restoring system databases and individual files
Lab: Restoring SQL Server User Databases
8 - AUTOMATING SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT
Automating SQL Server management
Working with SQL Server agent
Managing SQL Server agent jobs
Multi-server management
Lab: Automating SQL Server Management
9 - CONFIGURING SECURITY FOR SQL SERVER AGENT
Understanding SQL Server Agent Security
Configuring credentials
Configuring proxy accounts
Lab: Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent
10 - MONITORING SQL SERVER WITH ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS
Configuration of database mail
Monitoring SQL Server errors
Configuring operators, alerts, and notifications
Alerts in Azure SQL database
Lab: Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and Notifications
11 - INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING SQL SERVER BY USING POWERSHELL
Configure SQL Server using PowerShell
Administer SQL Server using PowerShell
Maintain the SQL Server environment using PowerShell
Managing Azure SQL Server databases using PowerShell
Lab: Administering SQL Server using PowerShell
12 - TRACING ACCESS TO SQL SERVER
Capturing activity using SQL Server profiler
Improving performance with the database engine tuning advisor
Working with tracing options
Distributed replay
Monitoring locks
Lab: Tracing Access to SQL Server
13 - MONITORING SQL SERVER
Monitoring activity
Capturing and managing performance data
Analyzing collected performance data
SQL Server utility
Lab: Monitoring SQL Server
14 - TROUBLESHOOTING SQL SERVER
SQL Server troubleshooting methodology
Resolving service related issues
Resolving login and connectivity issues
Troubleshooting common issues
Lab: Troubleshooting Common Issues
15 - IMPORTING & EXPORTING DATA
Transferring data to/from SQL Server
Importing and exporting table data
Using BCP and BULK INSERT to import data
Deploying and upgrading data-tier applications
Lab: Importing and Exporting Data
Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.
