Course Overview
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.
What you’ll learn
At course completion
• Describe key database concepts in the context of SQL Server
• Describe database languages used in SQL Server
• Describe data modelling techniques
• Describe normalization and denormalization techniques
• Describe relationship types and effects in database design
• Describe the effects of database design on performance
• Describe commonly used database objects
Requirements
- This is a foundation level course and therefore only requires general computer literacy
Target audiences
- The primary audience for this course is people who are moving into a database role, or whose role has expanded to include database technologies. Developers that deliver content from SQL Server databases will also benefit from this material.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 7 Lessons
- 3 Days
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- Topics7
- 1.1Module 1: Introduction to databases This module introduces key database concepts in the context of SQL Server. Lessons • Introduction to Relational Databases • Other Databases and Storage • Data Analysis • SQL Server Database Languages
- 1.2Module 2: Data Modeling This module describes data modelling techniques. Lessons • Data Modelling • Designing a Database • Relationship Modeling
- 1.3Module 3: Normalization This module describes normalization and denormalization techniques. Lessons • Fundamentals of Normalization • Normal Form • Denormalization
- 1.4Module 4: Relationships This module describes relationship types and effects in database design. Lessons • Introduction to Relationships • Planning Referential Integrity
- 1.5Module 5: Performance This module introduces the effects of database design on performance. Lessons • Indexing • Query Performance • Concurrency
- 1.6Module 6: Database Objects This module introduces commonly used database objects. Lessons • Tables • Views • Stored Procedures, Triggers and Functions
- 1.7Classroom Live Labs Lab: Exploring SQL Server Databases and Tables • Explore SQL Server • Query Databases and Tables Lab: Identify Components in Relationship Modeling • Modeling a database Lab: Normalizing Data • Normalizing Tables Lab: Planning and Implementing Referential Integrity • Implementing Referential Integrity Lab: Performance Issues • Using Indexes Lab: Using SQL Server Objects • Using Tables • Using Views • Using Stored Procedures
Instructor
