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SQL Server 2019 for Developers
You will learn about Performance Improvements, Intelligent Query Processing, Memory Improvements, Advanced Indexing, Machine Learning, Polybase, security features, Continuous Integration and...
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$3,140 USD
Duration
5 days
Course Code
WA3190
Available Formats
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Overview
You will learn about Performance Improvements, Intelligent Query Processing, Memory Improvements, Advanced Indexing, Machine Learning, Polybase, security features, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Monitoring and Management Improvements, and more.
Skills Gained
- Learn how to implemented best practices when installing SQL Server 2019
- Understand the new performance improvements in SQL Server 2019
- Enhance performance using Intelligent Query Processing, Column indexes, and Memory Optimized Tables/Databases.
- Implement distributed data strategy using Polybase.
- Understanding Machine Learning capabilities of SQL Server 2019.
- Containerizing SQL Server using Docker containers.
- Understand the basics of CI/CD using Jenkins.
- Understand the new security features.
Who Can Benefit
This course is intended for database administrators, developers, and architects that need to understand the newer features introduced in SQL Server 2012 - 2019.
Prerequisites
Basics of SQL Server or any other DBMS system is highly recommended.
Course Details
Outline
SQL Server Planning
- SQL 2019 New Features
- SQL 2019 New Features (contd.)
- Upgrade Considerations
- SQL Server 2019 Supported Upgrades
- Pre-upgrade Checklist
- Migration Tools
- Pre-migration Stages
- Discover Stage
- Assess and Convert
- A/B Testing (optional)
- Migration Overview
- Side-by-side Migration DMA
- In-place Upgrade
- Memory and Performance Consideration
- Memory Guidance
- Lock Pages in Memory (LPIM)
- Lock Pages in Memory (contd.)
- Instant File Initialization
- Instant File Initialization (contd.)
- Perform Pre-checks of I/O
- Using SQLIOSIM
- Summary
Performance Improvements
- Introduction to the Buffer Pool Extension
- Considerations for Using the Buffer Pool Extension
- Configuring the Buffer Pool Extension
- What Is Resource Governor?
- What Are Resource Pools and Workload Groups?
- Managing Resource Governor
- Assigning a Workload to a Workload Group
- Indexes in SQL Server
- The INCLUDE Clause Considerations
- What are Columnstore Indexes
- What are Columnstore Indexes (contd.)
- Query Plan with Columnstore Index
- Columnstore Index Scenarios
- Nonclustered Columnstore Indexes
- Clustered Columnstore Indexes
- Creating a Nonclustered Columnstore Index
- Creating a Clustered Columnstore Index
- Creating a Clustered Columnstore Table with Primary and Foreign Keys
- Managing Columnstore Indexes
- Index Fragmentation
- Columnstore Indexes and Memory Optimized Tables
- Online Index Create and Rebuild
- Online Index Caveats
- Resumable Online Index
- Working with Resumable Online Index
- Pausing and Resuming Resumable Online Index
- View Resumable Online Index Status
- Intelligent Performance with SQL Server 2019
- Intelligent Query Processing Features
- Intelligent Query Processing Features (contd.)
- What Are Memory-Optimized Tables?
- Scenarios for Memory-Optimized Tables
- Creating a Filegroup for Memory-Optimized Data
- Creating Memory-Optimized Tables
- Creating Memory-Optimized Tables (contd.)
- Indexes in Memory-Optimized Tables
- Memory-Optimized Table Indexes Example
- Converting Tables with Memory Optimization Advisor
- Querying Memory-Optimized Tables
- Querying Memory-Optimized Tables (contd.)
- What Are Natively Compiled Stored Procedures?
- When to use Natively Compiled Stored Procedures
- Creating Natively Compiled Stored Procedures
- Execution Statistics
- Planning Memory-Optimized Tables
- Summary
Advanced Indexing for SQL Server
- Index Strategies
- Covering Indexes
- Using the INCLUDE Clause
- Heap vs. Clustered Index
- Filtered Index
- What Is Fill Factor?
- What is Pad Index
- Implementing Fill Factor and Padding
- Managing Statistics
- Using DMOs to Improve Index Usage
- Consolidating Indexes
- Using Query Hints
- What is an Execution Plan
- Actual vs. Estimated Execution Plans
- Common Execution Plan Elements
- Methods for Capturing Plans
- Execution Plan Related DMVs
- Live Query Statistics
- A Slide Header [Style: Slide Header]
- A Slide with Vertical Split
- Summary
Temporary Data Implications
- TempDB
- TempDB (contd.)
- tempdb Facts
- tempdb Configuration
- Memory and tempdb
- Default tempdb Configuration
- tempdb Performance Optimization
- tempdb Performance Optimization (contd.)
- tempdb File Placement Recommendations
- Moving the tempdb Database
- tempdb Secondary File Recommendations
- Multiple TempDB Database Files
- tempdb Restrictions
- tempdb Restrictions (contd.)
- tempdb Permissions
- Memory-optimized tempdb metadata
- Memory-optimized tempdb limitations
- Configuring and using memory-optimized tempdb metadata
- Enabling Sort In TempDB
- Delayed Durability
- Clear tempdb in SQL Server
- Configuring tempdb Storage
- Configuring tempdb Storage
- Summary
Docker Introduction
- What is Docker
- Docker Containers vs Traditional Virtualization
- Where Can I Run Docker?
- Docker Containers vs Traditional Virtualization
- Docker as Platform-as-a-Service
- Docker Integration
- Docker Services
- Docker Hub Container Registry
- Alternative Container Registries
- Competing Containerization Systems
- Docker Command-line
- Starting, Inspecting, and Stopping Docker Containers
- Summary
Building Docker Images
- Docker Images
- Containerizing an Application
- Building The Image
- Building a Docker Images using Dockerfile
- Sample Dockerfile
- Environment Variables
- Environment Variables - Example
- Arguments
- Multi-stage Builds
- Multi-stage Builds (Continued)
- Stop at a Specific Build Stage
- RUN
- EXPOSE
- EXPOSE (Continued)
- COPY
- ADD
- CMD
- ENTRYPOINT
- CMD vs. ENTRYPOINT
- VOLUME
- Build the Image
- Build the Image (continued)
- .dockerignore
- Dockerfile – Best Practices
- Dockerfile - Best Practices (contd.)
- Published Ports
- Docker Documentation Link
- Docker Registry
- Hosting a Local Registry
- Hosting a Local Registry (continued)
- Deploying Docker Images to a Kubernetes Cluster
- Deploying to Kubernetes (continued)
- Deploying to Kubernetes (contd.)
- Running Commands in a Container
- Multi-Container Pod
- Multi-Container Pod (continued)
- Summary
Azure Container Registry and Azure Container Instances
- Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- ACR Typical Workflow
- Container Registry SKUs
- Creating ACR
- Pushing Existing Docker Images into ACR
- Build Images in ACR
- Obtaining ACR Credentials
- Azure Container Instances (ACI)
- Azure Container Instance Workflow
- Working with ACI
- Working with ACI (contd.)
- Deleting Container Instances and Container Registry
- Summary
Kubernetes Core Concepts
- Kubernetes Basics
- What is Kubernetes?
- Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Kubernetes Concepts
- Cluster and Namespace
- Nodes
- Master
- Pod
- Using Pods to Group Containers
- Label
- Label Syntax
- Annotation
- Label Selector
- Replication Controller and Replica Set
- Service
- Storage Volume
- Secret
- Resource Quota
- Authentication and Authorization
- Routing
- Docker Registry
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- AKS Diagram
- Deploying an AKS Cluster
- Application Deployment on AKS
- Summary
Deploying and Exposing Applications
- Configuring AKS for Deployment
- Deploying to Kubernetes (contd.)
- Deploying to Kubernetes (contd.)
- Deploying to Kubernetes (contd.)
- Kubernetes Services
- Service Resources
- Service Type
- ClusterIP
- NodePort
- NodePort from Service Spec
- LoadBalancer
- LoadBalancer from Service Spec
- ExternalName
- Accessing Applications
- Service Without a Selector
- Ingress
- Ingress Resource Example
- Ingress Controller
- Service Mesh
- Summary
Kubernetes Workload
- Kubernetes Workload
- Kubernetes Workload (contd.)
- Managing Workloads
- Imperative commands
- Imperative Object Configuration
- Declarative Object Configuration
- Configuration File Schema
- Understanding API Version
- Understanding API Version
- Obtaining API Versions
- Obtaining API Versions (contd.)
- Stateless Applications
- Sample Deployment Manifest File
- Working with Deployments
- Stateful Applications
- Sample Stateful Manifest File
- Sample Stateful Manifest File (Contd.)
- Working with StatefulSet
- Jobs
- Sample Job Manifest File
- Sample Job Manifest File (Contd.)
- Working with Batch Job
- DaemonSets
- DaemonSets (contd.)
- Sample Daemon Manifest File
- Rolling Updates
- Rolling Updates (Contd.)
- Rolling Updates (Contd.)
- Summary
Using PolyBase in SQL Server
- Understanding PolyBase
- PolyBase Example
- Data Virtualization with PolyBase
- PolyBase Use-cases
- PolyBase and Massive Parallel Processing
- Supported SQL Products and Services
- PolyBase Connectors
- PolyBase vs. Linked Server
- PolyBase Limitations
- Using PolyBase in SQL Server Instance
- PolyBase Installation
- Enable PolyBase
- Create external data source to reference a SQL Server Instance
- Create external data source in SQL Server 2019 to reference Oracle
- Create external data source to access data in Azure Storage
- Create external data source to reference Hadoop
- Create an external table for SQL Server
- Create an External Table for Azure Blob Storage
- Importing Data with CTAS
- Exporting Data with CETAS
- View PolyBase Objects in SSMS
- Summary
Security Features
- Always Encrypted
- Security Features
- Always Encrypted using SSMS
- Selecting Columns to Encrypt
- Creating the Always Encrypted Master Key
- Creating the Column Encryption Key
- PowerShell Script
- Summary
Lab Exercises
- SQL Server Installation and Configuration
- Pre-installation Stress Testing
- Configure Memory
- Working with Buffer Pool Extension
- Working with the Resource Governor
- Using Columnstore Indexes
- Working with Memory Optimization Advisor
- Using In-Memory Tables
- Intelligent Query Processing: Approximate Query Processing
- Optimizing Indexes
- Working with tempdb
- Working with PolyBase
- Creating a Docker Account and Obtain an Access Token
- Managing Containers
- Building Images
- Dockerfiles
- Docker Volumes
- Containerizing SQL Server
- Configuring Minikube/Kubernetes to Use a Custom Docker Account
- Accessing Applications
- Working with Machine Learning Services
- Working with Dynamic Data Masking
- Working with Row-level and Always Encrypted Security Features
- Working with Monitoring Baselining
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