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
- Lab: Designing and Implementing Tables
Module 3: Advanced Table Designs
- Partitioning Data
- Compressing Data
- Temporal Tables
- Lab: Using Advanced Table Designs
Module 4: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
- Enforcing Data Integrity
- Implementing Data Domain Integrity
- Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity
- Lab: Using Data Integrity Through Constraints
Module 5: Introduction to Indexes
- Core Indexing Concepts
- Data Types and Indexes
- Heaps, Clustered, and Nonclustered Indexes
- Single Column and Composite Indexes
- Lab: Implementing Indexes
Module 6: Designing Optimized Index Strategies
- Index Strategies
- Managing Indexes
- Execution Plans
- The Database Engine Tuning Advisor
- Query Store
- Lab: Optimizing Indexes
Module 7: Columnstore Indexes
- Introduction to Columnstore Indexes
- Creating Columnstore Indexes
- Working with Columnstore Indexes
- Lab: Using Columnstore Indexes
Module 8: Designing and Implementing Views
- Introduction to Views
- Creating and Managing Views
- Performance Considerations for Views
- Lab: Designing and Implementing Views
Module 9: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
- Introduction to Stored Procedures
- Working with Stored Procedures
- Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
- Controlling Execution Context
- Lab: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
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
- Lab: Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions
Module 11: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers
- Designing DML Triggers
- Implementing DML Triggers
- Advanced Trigger Concepts
- Lab: Responding to Data Manipulation by Using Triggers
Module 12: Using In-Memory Tables
- Memory-Optimized Tables
- Natively Compiled Stored Procedures
- Lab: Using In-Memory Database Capabilities
Module 13: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
- Introduction to CLR Integration in SQL Server
- Implementing and Publishing CLR Assemblies
- Lab: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
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
- Lab: Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server
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
- Lab: Working with SQL Server Spatial Data
Module 16: Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents in SQL Server
- Considerations for BLOB Data
- Working with FILESTREAM
- Using Full-Text Search
- Lab: Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents in SQL Server
Module 17: SQL Server Concurrency
- Concurrency and Transactions
- Locking Internals
- Lab: SQL Server Concurrency
Module 18: Performance and Monitoring
- Extended Events
- Working with extended Events
- Live Query Statistics
- Optimize Database File Configuration
- Metrics
- Lab: Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining
