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SQL Server 2012 Administration,TSQL Programming & Performance Tuning - 80 Hours 

 

General information about the course

§  This is a comprehensive course on

ü  SQL Server 2012 Administration

ü  High Availability & Disaster Recovery solutions.

ü  TSQL Programming 

ü  Database Design

ü  Performance Tuning

§  Trained by MASTER DBA with 15 years SQL Server 2012/2008/2005/2000/7.0/6.0 experience.  

ü  My professional profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielthedba/

ü  My website is www.empiredatasystems.com

§  Total duration of the course is 80 hours

§  Course fee is $500 per student.

§  Please contact to me on how to register for this batch.

§  Course schedule is Monday to Friday 9:00PM to 11 PM Eastern Time.

§  After each class, you will get

ü  Comprehensive course material for certification exams

ü  Hands-On LAB exercises which you need to finish before next class.

ü  Recorded video of the live class which you can keep it forever and review it later.

 

My Credentials: I have a total of  15 years experience as SQL Server DBA, TSQL Programmer and business intelligence developer.  He is currently working as SQL Server 2012/2008 Production DBA & Team Lead for a custom application development team of SSRS report developer, .NET developer and SharePoint 2010 administrator. Work with management, developers, end users and software vendors to implement best practice based production promotion processes. Responsible for 24x7 technical support of 132 instances of 64/32 bit SQL Server 2012/2008 R2/2008/2005/2000 Enterprise/Standard infrastructure (Physical & Hyper-V) with Multi-Node Clusters (Active/Passive),SQL Server Replication, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping, IBM SAN solutions, DPM backup, SCOM Monitoring.

 

Business intelligence development using SSRS, SSIS, SSAS & MDX - More than 500 SSRS reports in SharePoint 2010 integration mode - SSAS solution for data analysis - More than 100 SSIS data feeds between internal and client application databases.

 

Completed several large scale T-SQL programming projects for various clients using stored procedures, views, triggers.

 

Successfully Upgraded (in place & side by side) SQL Server 2000/2005 to 2008 R2, SSRS 2005 to SSRS 2008 R2, DTS to SSIS.

 

Performance monitoring/tuning SQL Server, TSQL, ETL process, & SSRS. - Analysis Disk, CPU & Memory bottle neck using SCOM, SQL Profiler, Perfmon, Resmon, DMV, DMF & PAL. - Totally automated SQL Server index maintenance and statistics update process through SQL Agent.

 

Implementation of comprehensive disaster recovery solution. – Totally automated SQL Server native backup through SQL Agent & tape backup using DPM. – Full/differential/Transactional backup for critical systems.

 

Part-1: TSQL Programming & Database Design

 

RDBMS Concept

·          DBMS Concept

·          RDBMS Concepts

·          ER Diagram Concepts

·          Cardinality

·          Ordinality

·          SDLC for Database design and Development

·          Normalization and De-Normalization

 

SQL Server Architecture

·          SQL Server edition overview

·          Introducing the tools

·          SQL Server Management Studio

·          Managing Tables with DDL

·          RDBMS Concepts

·          Cardinality

·          Ordinality

 

Creating schemas

·          Managing schemas

·          Referencing schemas versus using the default schema

·          Hiding schemas with synonyms

·          Building tables

 

Selecting appropriate data types

·          Constructing tables with CREATE TABLE

·          Different data types and what is the internal difference

·          Importance of selecting proper data types.

·          Data types and performance

 

Adding constraints

·          Not Null

·          Primary Key

·          Foreign key

·          Unique

·          Check

·          Default

·          Candidate Key

·          Alternate Key

·          Natural Key

·          Surrogate Key

 

Implementing various types of joins

·          Inner joins

·          Cross joins

·          Left, right and full outer joins

·          Equijoins

·          The performance implications of joins

·          Adding filter conditions to outer joins

·          Writing self joins

·          Join algorithms(hash join, loop join and merge join)

 

Joining a table to itself

·          Chaining self joins

·          Solving time-interval problems

 

 

 

Combining queries with set operators

·          UNION

·          UNION ALL

·          INTERSECT

·          EXCEPT

 

Scalar and Aggregate Functions

·          Taking advantage of scalar functions

·          Converting data types

·          Handling dates

·          Manipulating strings

·          Choosing the right function for the job

 

Summarizing data with aggregate functions

·          COUNT

·          SUM

·          AVG

·          MIN

·          MAX

·          Managing NULLs

·          Suppressing duplicates

 

Grouping data

·          GROUP BY and GROUPING SETS

·          Applying conditions with HAVING

·          Calculating moving averages

 

Extending group queries

·          Nesting grouped aggregates

·          Joins and grouping

·          Introducing subtotals with CUBE and ROLLUP

 

Building crosstab reports

·          Using CASE to turn rows into columns

·          Applying PIVOT and UNPIVOT

 

Declaring variables and parameters

·          Creating and utilizing local variables

·          Passing input and output parameters

·          Interrogating global variables

 

Calling built-in scalar functions

·          Converting data using CAST and CONVERT

·          Ordering data with ranking functions

 

Performing Extensive Analysis with Analytic Functions

·          The OVER clause

·          Specifying the ordering before applying the function

·          Splitting the result set into logical partitions

 

RANK Function

·          RANK and DENSE_RANK

·          ROW_NUMBER with ordered sets

 

Extending the use of aggregates

·          Partitioning in multiple levels

·          Computing running totals

·          Comparing row and aggregate values

 

 

Building Sub-queries

·          Simple sub-queries

·          Sub-queries in conditions and column expressions

·          Creating multilevel sub-queries

·          Avoiding problems when sub-queries return NULLs

·          Handling multi row sub-query results

 

Correlated sub-queries

·          Accessing values from the outer query

·          EXISTS vs. IN

·          Identifying duplicates

·          Avoiding accidental correlation

 

Common table expressions (CTE)

·          Reusable sub-queries

·          Recursive sub-queries

·          Traversing hierarchies

 

PIVOT/UNPIVOT

·          Importance of pivoting

·          How to pivot data.

 

Derived Tables

·          Derived table in FROM clause

·          Derived table in JOIN clause

 

Maintaining Data

·          Modifying data

·          Inserting, updating and deleting data

 

Transaction

·          ACID properties

·          Ensuring data consistency with transactions and distributed transactions

·          Isolation levels

·          Begin Transaction

·          Commit Transaction

·          Save point

·          Phantom rows

·          Non repeatable reads

·          Dirty Reads

·          Dealing with open transactions when an exception occurs

 

SQL Server locking fundamentals

·          Avoiding blocking problems with read-committed snapshot isolation

·          Managing locks using hints

 

Programming procedural statements

·          Implementing conditions with IF...ELSE

·          Looping with WHILE and GOTO

·          Creating code blocks with BEGIN...END

·          Debugging with PRINT

·          Returning data using RETURN

·          Debugging T-SQL in Management Studio

 

Handling errors

·          Communicating problems to the client with RAISERROR

·          Intercepting errors with TRY...CATCH

·          Dealing with open transactions when an exception occurs

 

Producing server-side result sets

·          Building and using temporary tables

·          Processing rows on the server with a cursor

·          Taking advantage of table variables

 

Views

·          Storing queries on the server

·          Concealing complexity with views

·          Indexed views

·          Partitioned views

·          Taking advantage of schema binding

·          View encryption

 

Functions

·          Scalar Function

·          In-Line table value function

·          Multi-statement table-valued function

·          Creating user-defined functions

·          Calculating values with scalar functions

·          Processing multiple rows returned from a table-valued function

·          Taking advantage of schema binding.

·          Function encryption

 

Triggers

·          INSTEAD OF vs. AFTER triggers

·          Detecting row changes using the inserted and deleted tables

·          Tracking metadata changes with DDL triggers

·          Auditing user access using a LOGON trigger

·          Tracking data changes with the OUTPUT clause

·          Track column changes using UPDATE function.

 

Stored Procedures

·          Batch and stored procedure processing

·          Minimizing network traffic using batches and procedures

·          Stored procedure compilation and execution

·          Using scalar functions

·          Table value parameters.

·          Querying Multiple Tables

 

Temporary Tables

·          Create local temporary tables

·          Create global temporary tables

·          Table value parameter

·          Table variables.

·          Common table expression (CTE)

·          Derived Tables

 

 

 

Part–2: Database Administration

 

SQL Server 2012 Installation and Features

·          Installing SQL Server 2012

·          Choosing installation options

·          Upgrading from previous versions

·          Applying a service pack

 

Storage Architecture & data redundancy

§   LAN

§   SAN

§   NAS

§   LUN

§   RAID 0

§   RAID 1

§   RAID 5

§   RAID 10

§   Fiber Channel Network

§   iSCSI

 

Essential tools

·          SQL Server Management Studio

·          Transact-SQL

·          SQL Server Configuration Manager

 

Creating and Managing Databases

·          Storage structures

·          Examining disk structures

·          Creating databases and transaction logs

·          Defining file groups

 

Managing database space

·          Permitting automatic database growth

·          Adding database files to expand databases

·          Specifying database options

·          Pages

·          Extends

 

Moving databases

·          Scripting objects and moving data with Transact-SQL

·          Detaching and attaching databases

 

Implementing Server and Database Security

·          Creating logins

·          Contrasting Windows and SQL Server authentication

·          Authorizing logins

·          Making logins members of server roles

·          Enforcing password policy

 

Authorizing database access

·          Adding users

·          Defining new roles

·          Delegating privileges with predefined roles

·          Assigning users to roles

·          Handling miss-mapped logins

 

Managing Permissions

·          Granting database-scoped privileges

·          Permitting object creation

·          Granting blanket permissions

 

Schemas

·          Designing schemas

·          Assigning a default schema

 

Catalog Information

·          DMV

·          DMF

·          SYS tables

 

Handling object-level permissions

·          Limiting object access

·          Meeting complex permission requirements with roles

·          Examining permission hierarchies

 

Creating and managing indexes

·          Clustered Index

·          Non Clustered Index

·          Unique Index

·          Filtered Index

·          Partitioned Index

·          Covered Index

·          Defining indexed views

·          Analyzing and repairing fragmentation

 

Creating and managing Statistics

·          Density of data

·          Selectivity of data

·          Rebuild Statistics

·          Histogram

 

Transaction Log

·          Importance of transaction log

·          Internal architecture of transaction log

·          Truncate transaction log

·          Shrink transaction log

·          Transaction log size and performance tuning

·          UNDO-REDO Transactions

 

System databases

·          Master

·          MSDB

·          Model

·          TempDB

·          Importance of TempDB with respect to performance

 

Recovering from Disasters

·          Backing up databases

·          Choosing a recovery model

·          Transaction log architecture

·          Full backup

·          Transaction log backup

·          Differential backup

·          File and File Group Backup

·          Copy Only backup

·          Partial backup

·          Log tail backup

·          Reclaiming transaction log space

 

Restoring databases

·          Restore a full backup

·          Restore a differential backup

·          Restore a log backup

·          Restore with NO RECOVERY

·          Restore with RECOVERY

·          Restore with RESTART

·          Point in time restore

·          MARK restore

·          Recovering user databases

·          Testing recovery scenarios

 

Export/Import data/database

·          Import wizard

·          Export wizard

·          Copy database wizard

 

Automating Tasks with Jobs and Alerts

·          The SQL Server Agent

·          Configuring the agent

·          Setting up Database Mail

 

Multistep jobs

·          Defining jobs to handle routine tasks

·          Creating alerts and operators

·          Associating alerts with jobs

 

Performing Database Maintenance

·          Database Maintenance Plan Wizard

·          Choosing maintenance tasks

·          Scheduling plan execution

·          Monitoring SQL Server

 

Ad hoc monitoring

·          Querying Dynamic Management Objects

·          DBCC statements

 

Database Availably

·          Mirroring Concepts

·          Clustering Concepts

·          Log Shipping

·          Replication

·          Attach/Detach

·          Online/Offline Mode

·          Hot/Cold/Stand by servers

 

SQL Server logs

·          Importance of SQL Server log file.

·          How to read SQL Server log

 

Dead Locks

·          What is a dead lock?

·          What is a wait lock?

·          Impact of dead lock and wait lock

·          Victim of dead lock

·          Identify dead lock using profiler.

·          How to avoid dead locks

·          SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY

·          SET LOCK_TIMEOUT

 

Latest Topics

·          Database auditing

·          Resource governor

·          Policy management 

·          Database End points(both TCP & HTTP)

 

 

Part–3: Performance Tuning

                

Executing queries

·          Analyzing query plans

·          Enhancing query performance

·          Testing queries

·          Selecting the best alternatives

·          Avoiding errors and pitfalls

 

Performance tuning tools

·          DB Engine tuning Adviser

·          SQL Profiler

·          DBCC statement.

·          Perfmon Counters

 

Memory Management

·          DBCC PROCCACHE

·          DBCC FREEPROCCACHE

·          DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS

·          DBCC FLUSHPROCINDB(db_id)

·          DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE

·          DBCC FREESESSIONCACHE

·          Tick Count

 

L-L-W Issues

·          Lock Issues

·          Latch Issues

·          Wait Issues

 

Lock Mode

·          Shared locks (S)

·          Update locks (U)

·          Exclusive locks (X)

·          Intent locks (I)

·          Schema locks (Sch)

·          Schema stability lock (Sch-S)

·          Schema modification lock (Sch-M)

·          Bulk Update locks (BU)

·          Key - Range locks

 

 

Isolotion Level

·          Read uncommitted

·          Read committed

·          Repeatable read

·          Snapshot

·          Serializable

 

 

Lock Granularity and Hierarchies

·          RID

·          KEY

·          PAGE

·          EXTENT

·          HoBT

·          TABLE

·          FILE

·          APPLICATION

·          METADATA

·          ALLOCATION_UNIT

·          DATABASE

 

Analyzing performance using

·          SET FORCEPLAN

·          SET SHOWPLAN_ALL

·          SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT

·          SET SHOWPLAN_XML

·          SET STATISTICS IO

·          SET STATISTICS XML

·          SET STATISTICS PROFILE

·          SET STATISTICS TIME

·          SET ANSI_DEFAULTS

·          SET ANSI_NULL_DFLT_OFF

·          SET ANSI_NULL_DFLT_ON

·          SET ANSI_NULLS

·          SET ANSI_PADDING

·          SET ANSI_WARNINGS

·          SET ARITHABORT

·          SET ARITHIGNORE

·          SET FMTONLY

·          SET NOCOUNT

·          SET NOEXEC

·          SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT

·          SET PARSEONLY

·          SET QUERY_GOVERNOR_COST_LIMIT

·          SET ROWCOUNT

·          SET TEXTSIZE

·          SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY

·          SET LOCK_TIMEOUT

·          SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL

Design effective SQL statements.

·          Relating indexes to where condition

·          Order of condition in where clause

·          Query Hints

·          Table Hints

·          Join Hints

·          Increasing sort efficiency

·          Reducing I/O with covering indexes

·          Implementing sparse indexes

·          Getting design advice from built-in tuning tools

 

Partitioning strategies for tables

·          Horizontal partitioning

·          Vertical partitioning

 

Indexes tuning

·          Internal fragmentation

·          External Fragmentation

·          Rebuild Index

·          Re organize Index

·          Portioned Index

·          Filtered Index

·          Covered Index

·          Compressed Index

 

Statistics Tuning

·          Density of data

·          Selectivity of data

·          Rebuild Statistics

·          Histogram

·          Auto create statistics

·          Auto update statistics

·          Sync/Asyn update of statistics

 

 

Part–4: Advanced DBA Topics

·          Resource Governor

·          Data collection

·          Policy Based management

·          Data Auditing (optional)

·          End Points(optional)

·          Linked Servers(optional)

 

 

 

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