Course Content
This four-day instructor-led course provides you with the knowledge and skills to develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 database. The course teaches you how to use SQL Server 2016 product features and tools related to developing a database.
Who should attend
IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2016 product features and technologies for implementing a database.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality
- Working knowledge of Transact-SQL and relational databases
Course Objectives
- Design and Implement Tables
- Describe advanced table designs
- Ensure Data Integrity through Constraints
- Describe indexes, including Optimized and Columnstore indexes
- Design and Implement Views
- Design and Implement Stored Procedures
- Design and Implement User Defined Functions
- Respond to data manipulation using triggers
- Design and Implement In-Memory Tables
- Implement Managed Code in SQL Server
- Store and Query XML Data
- Work with Spatial Data
- Store and Query Blobs and Text Documents
Follow On Courses
Outline: Developing SQL Databases (20762)
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
Module 3: Advanced Table Designs
- Partitioning Data
- Compressing Data
- Temporal Tables
Module 4: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
- Enforcing Data Integrity
- Implementing Data Domain Integrity
- Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity
Module 5: Introduction to Indexes
- Core Indexing Concepts
- Data Types and Indexes
- Heaps, Clustered, and Nonclustered Indexes
- Single Column and Composite Indexes
Module 6: Designing Optimized Index Strategies
- Index Strategies
- Managing Indexes
- Execution Plans
- The Database Engine Tuning Advisor
- Query Store
Module 7: Columnstore Indexes
- Creating Columnstore Indexes
- Working with Columnstore Indexes
Module 8: Designing and Implementing Views
- Creating and Managing Views
- Performance Considerations for Views
Module 9: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
- Working with Stored Procedures
- Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
- Controlling Execution Context
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
Module 11: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers
- Designing DML Triggers
- Implementing DML Triggers
- Advanced Trigger Concepts
Module 12: Using In-Memory Tables
- Memory-Optimized Tables
- Natively Compiled Stored Procedures
Module 13: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
- Introduction to CLR Integration in SQL Server
- Implementing and Publishing CLR Assemblies
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
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
Module 16: Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents in SQL Server
- Considerations for BLOB Data
- Working with FILESTREAM
- Using Full-Text Search
Labs
- Designing and Implementing Tables
- Using Advanced Table Designs
- Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
- Implementing Indexes
- Optimizing Indexes
- Using Columnstore Indexes
- Designing and Implementing Views
- Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
- Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions
- Responding to Data Manipulation by Using Triggers
- Using In-Memory Database Capabilities
- Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
- Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server
- Working with SQL Server Spatial Data
- Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents in SQL Server