MOC On-Demand: 20762-Developing SQL Databases - On-Demand Course

  The Developing SQL Databases - 20762 course is a 5-day course that is designed to teach students how to use SQL Server 2016 product features and tools related to developing a database.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Designing and Implementing Tables
• Describing advanced table designs
• Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
• Describing indexes, including Optimized and Columnstore indexes
• Designing and Implementing Views
• Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
• Designing and Implementing User Defined Functions
• Responding to data manipulation using triggers
• Designing and Implementing In-Memory Tables
• Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
• Storing and Querying XML Data
• Working with Spatial Data
• Storing and Querying Blobs and Text Documents.

Target Student:This course is designed for IT Professionals who want to learn about using SQL Server 2016 product features and technologies to implement a database.

Students should possess the following experience before attending the course:

• Working knowledge of relational database
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL
• Basic experience with the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core features

Section 1: Introduction to Database Development
This section introduces the entire SQL Server platform and its major tools. It will cover editions, versions, basics of network listeners, and concepts of services and service accounts.

Topics
Introduction to the SQL Server Platform
SQL Server Database Development Tasks

Lab : SQL Server Database Development Tasks

Section 2: Designing and Implementing Tables
This sections covers the design and implementation of tables. (Note: partitioned tables are not covered).

Topics
Designing Tables
Data Types
Working with Schemas
Creating and Altering Tables

Lab : Designing and Implementing Tables

Section 3: Advanced Table Designs
This section covers more advanced table designs.

Topics
Partitioning data
Compressing Data
Temporal Tables

Lab : Using Advanced Table Designs

Section 4: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
This section covers the design and implementation of constraints.

Topics
Enforcing data Integrity
Implementing Domain Integrity
Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity

Lab : Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints

Section 5: Introduction to Indexes
This section covers the concept of an index and discusses selectivity, density and statistics. It covers appropriate data type choices and choices around composite index structures.

Topics
Core Indexing Concepts
Data Types and Indexes
Single Column and Composite Indexes

Lab : Implementing Indexes

Section 6: Designing Optimized Index Strategies
This section includes covering indexes and the INCLUDE clause, hints, padding / fillfactor, statistics. It also execution plans and the DTE
Topics.

Topics
Covering Indexes
Managing Indexes
Execution Plans
Using the DTE

Lab : Designing Optimized Index Strategies

Section 7: Columnstore Indexes
This section introduces Columnstore indexes.

Topics
Introduction to Columnstore indexes
Creating Columnstore indexes
Working Columnstore indexes

Lab : Using Columnstore indexes

Section 8: Designing and Implementing Views
This section covers the design and implementation of views.

Topics
Introduction to views
Creating and managing views
Performance considerations for views

Lab : Designing and Implementing Views

Section 9: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
This section covers the design and implementation of stored procedures.

Topics
Introduction to Stored Procedures
Working with Stored Procedures
Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
Controlling Execution Context

Lab : Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures

Section 10: Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions
This section covers the design and implementation of functions, both scalar and table-valued. (Also discusses where they can lead to performance issues).

Topics
Overview of Functions
Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions
Designing and Implementing Table-Valued Functions
Implementation Considerations for Functions
Alternatives to Functions

Lab : Designing and Implementing User-defined Functions

Section 11: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers
This section covers the design and implementation of triggers.

Topics
Designing DML Triggers
Implementing DML Triggers
Advanced Trigger Concepts

Lab : Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers

Section 12: Using In-Memory Tables
This section covers the creation of in-memory tables and native stored procedures. Furthermore, advantages of in-memory tables are discussed, for example the removal of transaction blocking.

Topics
In-Memory tables
Native Stored Procedures

Lab : In Memory OLTP

Section 13: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
This section covers the implementation of and target use-cases for SQL CLR integration.

Topics
Introduction to SQL CLR Integration
Importing and Configuring Assemblies
Implementing SQL CLR Integration

Lab : Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server

Section 14: Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server
This section covers the XML data type, schema collections, typed and un-typed columns and appropriate use cases for XML in SQL Server.

Topics
Introduction to XML and XML Schemas
Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server
Implementing the XML Data Type
Using the T-SQL FOR XML Statement
Getting Started with xQuery

Lab : Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server

Section 15: Working with SQL Server Spatial Data
This section covers spatial data and how this data can be implemented within SQL Server.

Topics
Introduction to Spatial Data
Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types
Using Spatial Data in Applications

Lab : Working with SQL Server Spatial Data

Section 16: Storing and Querying Blobs and Text Documents in SQL Server
This section covers full text indexes and queries.

Topics
Considerations for BLOB Data
Working with FileStream
Using Full-Text Search

Lab : Storing and Querying Blobs and Text Documents in SQL Server