Course Outline

55315: Introduction to SQL Databases

Duration
3 Days
Price
1.00 ج.م.‏
Course Type
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This course is provided as an introductory class for anyone getting started with databases. It will be useful to programmers and other IT professionals whose job roles are expanding into database management. Students will learn fundamental database concepts through demonstrations and hands-on labs on a SQL Server instance. This material updates and replaces course Microsoft course 10985 which was previously published under the same title.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • 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

Course Outline

1 - Module 1: Introduction to databases
  • Introduction to Relational Databases
  • Other Databases and Storage
  • Data Analysis
  • SQL Server Database Languages
2 - Module 2: Data Modeling
  • Data Modelling
  • Designing a Database
  • Relationship Modeling
3 - Module 3: Normalization
  • Fundamentals of Normalization
  • Normal Form
  • Denormalization
4 - Module 4: Relationships
  • Introduction to Relationships
  • Planning Referential Integrity
5 - Module 5: Performance
  • Indexing
  • Query Performance
  • Concurrency
6 - Module 6: Database Objects
  • Tables
  • Views
  • Stored Procedures, Triggers and Functions

Target Audience

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.

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