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The Ultimate Microsoft SQL Server Course All In One

Name: The Ultimate Microsoft SQL Server Course All In One
Rating: 4.3 (87 reviews)

Get the most out of rich development capabilities of SQL Server to build efficient database apps for your organizations.

Created byMark Bowman

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

Grasp the essentials of SQL Server architecture, installation, and configuration.
Develop a solid understanding of database systems, including how to connect to a database instance, create databases and tables.
Master the principles of effective database design, focusing on data integrity, normalization, and relationships.
Learn to design, build, and implement databases across an enterprise, both on-premise and in the cloud.
Acquire skills in optimizing database performance through effective indexing strategies.
Understand how to monitor and tune SQL Server performance to ensure efficient data processing and retrieval.
Implement robust security policies, manage user access and roles, and understand SQL Server's encryption capabilities.
Learn the best practices for securing databases in both on-premise and cloud environments.
Gain proficiency in querying data using Transact-SQL, including advanced data manipulation and retrieval techniques.
Understand how to manage transactions, locks, and isolation levels to maintain data integrity and concurrency.
Master the strategies for database backup, restoration, and disaster recovery to ensure data availability and continuity.
Learn how to create and manage backups, understand backup types, and implement a recovery plan.
Explore the integration of SQL Server with Azure, understanding the differences between SQL Database and SQL Server on an Azure VM.
Gain insights into Azure's administrative interface, dashboard, and monitoring tools, and leverage cloud efficiencies.
Dive into SQL Server's advanced features, including JSON support, Stretch databases, temporal tables, and security enhancements.
Stay updated with SQL Server's latest advancements and learn how to apply these innovations in your projects.
Prepare for industry-recognized certifications such as the MCSA SQL 2016 Database Administration, enhancing your professional credibility and career prospects.
Apply the knowledge gained in real-world scenarios, developing the ability to troubleshoot, solve complex problems, and implement effective database solutions.

Course content

37 sections • 245 lectures • 27h 6m total length

Introduction8:29
Explore SQL Server 2016 certifications, foundational server basics, and cloud deployment options with Azure, while previewing management tools and security features.
Welcome Aboard the Journey to SQL Excellence: Mastering Microsoft SQL Server1:26
#1 Provisioning SQL Databases Material0:01

Introduction9:23
Learn and Understand Virtualization9:49
Learning Cloud-Based Applications8:16
Discover how cloud-based applications implement distributed application design with front end, web, and database components. Leverage scalable virtual machines, APIs, and industry-wide standards to interconnect services across providers.
Learn and Understand RMA7:56
Learn How to Utilize the Cloud7:22
Learn and Understand Cloud Modes7:46
Explore cloud deployment modes: private, public, hybrid, and community. Examine the three service models and governance under Nest standards.
Learn and Understand Service Models3:39
Explore the three standard cloud service models—IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS—and how admins, developers, and users use them, explained through a pyramid diagram and real-world app mapping.
Learn and Understand IaaS6:44
Explore infrastructure as a service, where cloud providers supply on-demand hardware, virtual machines, storage, and networking, handle maintenance and resiliency, and you pay for what you use.
Learn and Understand PaaS3:39
Learn and Understand SaaS5:14
Explore how software as a service delivers cloud-based applications over the internet, with examples like Gmail and Office 365, and how cloud providers enable pay-as-you-go, scalable IaaS and PaaS foundations.
Understanding the Technologies6:30
Understand how cloud technologies reshape IT roles and user needs. Compare providers, manage costs, ensure service levels, and plan interoperability for reliable, user-friendly cloud deployments.
Section Summary10:21
Explore how cloud computing reshapes the standard data operation model, shifting security, governance, and skill sets to the cloud while expanding education, commerce, and environmental efficiencies.

Introduction8:19
Learn About Azure Resource Groups6:35
Explore Azure resource groups, a Resource Manager container for related resources with a common lifecycle that simplifies deployment and security, and learn JSON templates for consistent, reproducible deployments.
Learn How to Create A VM - Part 19:13
Learn How to Create A VM - Part 24:26
Learn How to Access the VM5:10
Access an Azure virtual machine via desktop or rdp, use SQL Server Management Studio, and connect with the public IP to manage the SQL Server on VM one.
Understanding VM Storage Planning5:04
Understanding Virtual Networking7:01
Understanding On-Premises & SQL Server VM6:28
Provisioning A SQL Server VM7:15
Understanding Manual SQL Server Install5:15
Learning Max Server Memory10:24
Manually Configuring Memory3:59
Learn to manually configure SQL Server memory by setting minimum and maximum values, avoiding dynamic memory, and using SSMS to adjust memory in the server properties of a VM.
Understanding SQL Server Agent6:44
Explore how SQL Server agent enables automation and alerts for on-premises and Azure instances, with scheduled jobs and log backups triggered by threshold-based actions, stored in the MSD-based system database.
Learn How to Configure Operators4:38
Learn How to Configure Alerts5:22
Understanding Azure Alerts8:19

Introduction7:02
Explore Azure SQL Database security fundamentals, including access control, encryption in transit and at rest, always encrypted, dynamic data masking, proactive monitoring, and compliance.
Understanding Access Control & Authorization8:08
Explore Azure data security across physical, network, and data access in Azure SQL database. Compare authentication options and implement authorization with roles and object-level permissions.
Understanding Transparent Data Encryption5:36
Learn How to Enable TDE3:33
Understanding DDM7:17
Learn How to Implement DDM8:02
Learn About Azure Always Encrypted4:41
Always Encrypted protects data at rest and in transit, decrypting only for authorized client applications, with keys kept outside the server and inaccessible to the database engine.

Introduction10:45
Explore migrating on-premise SQL Server databases to the Azure cloud, addressing compatibility, planning, and metadata needs, and using the Data Migration Assistant to streamline cloud readiness.
Understanding Data Migration Assistant9:49
Learn How to Migrate To SQL Database8:09
Migrate an on premise SQL Server to Azure SQL Database, with or without downtime, using DMA, SSMS, SQLPackage, and transactional replication.
Learn How to Migrate To SQL Server VM5:47
Learn how to migrate a traditional on-premises SQL Server to a SQL Server instance on an Azure virtual machine, using replication, backups, and the SSMS deploy wizard.
Understanding Azure Performance Tuning7:50
Learn How to Use Azure Monitor10:18
Understanding Azure Availability Sets11:07

#2 Developing Microsoft SQL Databases Material0:01
Introduction6:36
Learning MS SQL Server Platform8:41
Discover how SQL Server evolved from a relational database to a comprehensive data platform, covering data stores, data models, integration services, and visualization for business intelligence.
Learning Databases5:42
Understanding Database Structures6:54
Understanding Transact-SQL6:10
Learn Transact-SQL, the database programming language at the heart of Microsoft SQL Server, and understand its relationship to the SQL standard, cross-flavor differences, and practical database creation, querying, and management.

Introduction8:27
Learn About Database Options9:44
Learn and Understand Tables6:06
Learn About SQL Server Data Types9:10
Learn How to Choose A Data Type5:24
Understanding Normalization10:13
Learn how normalization structures databases by dividing data into related tables, reducing redundancy, and improving data integrity, with a practical manager and department example and normal forms.
Learn About Relationships6:51
Explore how normalization and normal forms organize data into related tables, preserve referential integrity with foreign key constraints, and prevent orphaned data in relational databases.
Learn and Understand Schemas9:36
Learn and Understand Table Design Basics6:50
Learn table design basics in SQL Server, treating a table as a database object—a collection of columns defining attributes and rows, with data types and row size limits.
Learn How to Create Tables Using T-SQL7:39
Learn to create tables with the T-SQL create table statement in SQL Server Management Studio, including syntax, conventions, and practical examples.
Learn How to Create Tables Graphically6:32
Learn How to Use Identity Columns - Part 16:28
Learn How to Use Identity Columns - Part 24:36
Learn About Altering Tables - Part 18:44
Learn About Altering Tables - Part 23:21

Requirements

Internet Access
A PC with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Installed

Description

Dive into the realm of database mastery with our all-encompassing SQL Server Course: The Ultimate Microsoft SQL Server Course: All-Inclusive Edition.

Embark on an unparalleled educational odyssey designed to catapult you into the upper echelons of Microsoft SQL Server expertise. This meticulously crafted course is your golden ticket to mastering the complexities of SQL Server, enabling you to forge powerful, scalable, and seamlessly managed applications. Continuously updated to keep you at the forefront of database technology, this course is your guide to navigating the ever-evolving landscape of database systems with confidence and prowess.

Unfold a rich tapestry of topics, including:

Provisioning SQL Databases
Developing SQL Databases
Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure
Querying Data with Transact-SQL

Our curriculum, crafted by industry veterans, starts with a comprehensive exploration of SQL Server and database fundamentals, steering you through the nuances of installing SQL Server Express. Engage with hands-on exercises to connect to database instances, craft databases and tables, and lay a solid groundwork in database architecture. Delve into the art and science of performance tuning, learning to refine indexes with precision.

Elevate your skill set by mastering critical aspects of security policies, backup management, and maintaining an optimal operational environment. Stay ahead of the curve with an insightful overview of SQL Server's cutting-edge features and a retrospective glance at its previous iterations. Delve deep into the subtleties of the Transact-SQL language, JSON support, Stretch databases, advanced security features, and temporal tables.

Progress through the course to dominate query execution, data manipulation, and the art of establishing relationships with foreign keys and normalization strategies. Acquire indispensable techniques for effective troubleshooting, and tackle pivotal topics such as migration, upgrading, and system consolidation. Expand your horizons with Azure integration, enhancing your repertoire of skills.

Tailored for administrators and aspiring professionals alike, this course arms you with the comprehensive knowledge to design, develop, and deploy databases leveraging the full power of Microsoft SQL Server.

Key learning outcomes include:

Provisioning SQL Databases:

Navigate the intricacies of Microsoft's Azure platform and its administrative landscapes.
Unravel the implications and strategies for cloud technology migration.
Differentiate between SQL Database and SQL Server on an Azure VM.
Master the Azure portal's dashboard and monitoring utilities.
Decipher SQL Server's security frameworks within Azure.
Leverage the cloud for enhanced SQL Server efficiency.

Developing SQL Databases:

Architect and operate both on-premise and cloud-based SQL databases.
Construct and manage enterprise-wide database solutions.
Understand database file structures, data types, and table constructions.
Strategize, create, and fine-tune indexes.
Ensure data integrity and availability through proven methodologies.
Implement views, stored procedures, and functions with proficiency.
Manage transactional operations and lock mechanisms effectively.

Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure:

Advance towards the MCSA SQL 2016 Database Administration certification.
Decode the architecture and enforcement of SQL Server security.
Implement and understand encryption within SQL Server 2016.
Oversee index management on the SQL Server platform.
Execute data backups and restoration protocols on SQL Server 2016.
Utilize tools for monitoring and enhancing SQL Server performance.

Querying Data with Transact-SQL:

Grasp the fundamentals of database architecture and its influence on data stewardship.
Master Transact-SQL programming, a cornerstone skill for engaging with MS SQL Server.
Experience hands-on coding complemented by an array of animations, images, and detailed walkthroughs, all tailored to imbue you with a profound understanding of Transact-SQL's core principles and applications.

Embark on this immersive educational journey and unlock your untapped potential as a database aficionado with our ultimate SQL Server course.

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Microsoft SQL Server - #1 Provisioning SQL Databases3 lectures • 10min

Getting Started with Cloud Computing12 lectures • 1hr 27min

Learning Microsoft Azure5 lectures • 32min

Learning Microsoft Azure SQL Database7 lectures • 41min

Learning Microsoft SQL Server Virtualization16 lectures • 1hr 44min

Understanding Microsoft Azure Security7 lectures • 44min

Understanding Migration & Performance7 lectures • 1hr 4min

Summary - #1 Provisioning SQL Databases1 lecture • 3min

Microsoft SQL Server - #2 Developing Microsoft SQL Databases6 lectures • 34min

Learn and Understand Table Design and Implementation15 lectures • 1hr 50min

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