Course Overview
This course is designed to teach students how to provision SQL Server databases both on premise and in SQL Azure.
Who should attend
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.
Prerequisites
This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:
- 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
These prerequisites can be achieved by attending course Querying Data with Transact-SQL (MS-20761).
Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Provision a Database Server
- Upgrade SQL Server
- Configure SQL Server
- Manage Databases and Files (shared)
- Provision, migrate and manage databases in the cloud
Course Content
- SQL Server 2016 Components
- Installing SQL Server 2016
- Upgrading SQL Server to SQL Server 2016
- Working with Databases
- Performing Database Maintenance
- Database Storage Options
- Planning to Deploy SQL Server on Microsoft Azure
- Migrating Databases to Azure SQL Database
- Deploying SQL Server on a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine
- Managing databases in the Cloud