Course Outline
Intermediate SQL Server Administration
- Instance configuration and service management
- Managing databases, files, and filegroups
- Task automation with SQL Server Agent
SQL Server Security
- Managing user accounts, roles, and permissions
- Windows vs SQL authentication
- Auditing and data encryption
Monitoring and Performance Optimization
- Using Activity Monitor and Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
- Execution plans and statistics
- Query optimization and index tuning
Backup and Recovery
- Backup strategies (full, differential, transaction log)
- Point-in-time restores and damaged database recovery
- Automating backup plans
Advanced SQL Server Administration
- High availability: Clustering, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring
- AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Replication implementation (Snapshot, Transactional, Merge)
Advanced Performance Management
- Locks, deadlocks, and blocking diagnosis
- Resource Governor and workload control
- Performance tuning in multi-instance environments
Troubleshooting and Auditing
- Detecting critical issues using logs and system tools
- Implementing auditing policies
- Advanced diagnostics and forensic analysis tools
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of SQL Server and database concepts
- Experience using SQL Server Management Studio
- Familiarity with basic database administration tasks
Audience
- Database Administrators (DBAs)
- Data Engineers
- IT professionals responsible for SQL Server environments
Testimonials (5)
Transfer of knowledge using simple and understandable examples.
Katsiaryna
Course - SQL language in MSSQL
Machine Translated
Philip was very kind, his style of explaining SQL concepts is outstanding. I liked that he give us information and answered to questions which were not part of this course.
Stefan
Course - SQL in SQL Server
Practical exercises for practice and understanding of the concept, clarification provided for any questions.
Safdar Abbas - Medtech Limited
Course - T-SQL Fundamentals with SQL Server Training Course
Interactive exercises
Matthew Viner - Thames Water Utilites Ltd
Course - Transact SQL Basic
The ability to ask questions at any time and the more informal / less structured style. This allowed us to pursue the areas of knowledge we were most interested in.