This three-day instructor-led course is aimed at people looking to move into a database professional role or whose job role is expanding to encompass database elements. The course describes fundamental database concepts including database types, database languages, and database designs
The primary audience for this course is people who are moving into a database role, or whose role has expanded to include database technologies.
Module 1: Introduction to databases
This module introduces key database concepts in the context of SQL Server.
Lessons
Lab: Querying SQL Server
Module 2: Data Modelling
This module describes data modelling techniques.
Lessons
Lab: Entity relationship modelling
Module 3: Normalization
This module describes normalization and denormalization techniques.
Lessons
Lab: Normalizing raw data
Module 4: Relationships
This module describes relationship types and effects in database design.
Lessons
Lab: Designing relationships
Module 5: Performance
This module introduces the effects of database design on performance.
Lessons
Lab: Query performance
Module 6: Database Objects
This module introduces commonly used database objects.
Lessons
Lab: Using SQL Server in a hybrid cloud