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55144: SQL Server 2014 Performance Tuning and Optimization Training

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This course is created to provide you with the ideal amount of internal knowledge as well as a variety of real-world tuning and optimization methods.

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  • Category : SQL

Course Price : $2295 Per Participant

Course Description

This course is created to provide you with the ideal amount of internal knowledge as well as a variety of real-world tuning and optimization methods.

The course provides in-depth instruction on the architecture of SQL Server, techniques for indexing and analytics, how to optimize transaction log activities, how to configure tempdb and data files, how to deal with transactions and isolation levels, and how to deal with locking and blocking.

The course also covers how to benchmark SQL Server performance, set baselines, analyze workload, identify performance issues, and resolve them.

A description of in-memory tables and stored procedures is presented, as well as an introduction to this fascinating new technology.

 

Training Exclusives

  • Live instructor-led interactive sessions with Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT).
  • Access to Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC).
  • Real-time Virtual Lab Environment.
  • Experience 24*7 Learner Support.
  • Self-paced learning and flexible schedules.
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What you will learn

  • green-tick Understand and utilize the new cardinality estimator.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize memory-optimized tables.
  • green-tick Understand performance.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize startup stored procedures.
  • green-tick Understand database structures.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize Instant File Initialization.
  • green-tick Understand how SQL stored data.
  • green-tick Understand how SQL locates data.
  • green-tick Understand temporary table internals.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize table valued parameters.
  • green-tick Understand concurrency.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize transactions.
  • green-tick Understand isolation levels.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize SQL Server locking architecture.
  • green-tick Understand SQL and Storage Area Networks (SAN).
  • green-tick Understand and utilize SQL on virtual machines.
  • green-tick Understand SQLIO Utility and its uses.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize partitioned tables and indexes.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize the Resource Governor.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize Activity Monitor.
  • green-tick Understand Live Query Statistics.
  • green-tick Understand how to monitor SQL using Transact-SQL.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize performance DMVs.
  • green-tick Understand indexes and their importance.
  • green-tick Understand index types.
  • green-tick Create and alter indexes.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize index metadata.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize Database Tuning Advisor.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize Index Data Management Objects.
  • green-tick Understand fragmentation of indexes and utilize page splits.
  • green-tick Understand index storage strategies.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize indexed views.
  • green-tick Understand monitoring indexes.
  • green-tick Understand index best practices.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize statistics objects.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize histogram.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize new vs old cardinality estimator.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize incremental statistics.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize computed columns.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize filtered statistics.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize ascending keys.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize statistics maintenance plan.
  • green-tick Understand architecture.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize tables and indexes.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize the hash index.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize natively compiled stored procedures.
  • green-tick Understand restrictions.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize the Analyze Migrate Report tool.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize in-memory data management views.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize the SQL Trace Default template.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize the SQL Profiler Tuning template.
  • green-tick Create and utilize a template for slow running queries.
  • green-tick Understand and identify long running queries.
  • green-tick Use Profiler to detect deadlocks.
  • green-tick Use Profiler to detect a blocked process.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize query hints.
  • green-tick Create and test a plan guide.
  • green-tick Allow SQL Profiler to help create a plan.
  • green-tick Understand and utilize plan freezing.

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of the essential features of the Microsoft Windows operating system
  • Working familiarity with maintaining and administering databases.
  • Working familiarity with Transact-SQL.

Who should attend this course?

  • The people who manage SQL Server instances and are in charge of ensuring that they run as efficiently as possible are the major target audience for this course. These people must guarantee that the workloads are executed as efficiently as possible while also writing queries against the data.
  • Individuals who create apps that provide content from SQL Server databases are the secondary audiences for this course.

Microsoft Learning Partner

Microtek Learning is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions. This class uses official Microsoft courseware and will be delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

Schedules

  • Dec 11, 2023
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
  • online

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Curriculum

This module explains how the class will be structured and introduces course materials and additional administrative information.

Lessons

  • Introduction
  • Course Materials
  • Facilities
  • Prerequisites
  • What We'll Be Discussing
  • Lab 1: Course Overview

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Successfully log into their virtual machine.
  • Have a full understanding of what the course intends to cover.
  • In this module, we will examine the new Cardinality Estimator, explore memory-optimized tables, and explain how SQL both stores and locates data.

    Lessons

  • The New Cardinality Estimator
  • Memory-Optimized Tables
  • Understanding Performance for Developers
  • Understanding Startup Parameters
  • Startup Stored Procedures
  • Database Structures
  • Instant File Initialization
  • How SQL Stores Data
  • How SQL Locates Data
  • Lab 1: SQL 2014 Architecture

  • Configuring Compatibility Level
  • Startup Parameter
  • Startup Stored Procedure
  • Instant File Initialization
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand and utilize the new Cardinality Estimator.
  • Understand and utilize memory-optimized tables.
  • Understand performance.
  • Understand and utilize startup stored procedures.
  • Understand database structures.
  • Understand and utilize Instant File Initialization.
  • Understand how SQL stores data.
  • Understand how SQL locates data.
  • The SQL Server Database Engine is split into two major components, which are the storage engine and the relational engine. The relational engine is also called the query processor which is a more descriptive term for what it actually does. In this module, we explore how the engines works, and cover concepts that will help you to understand their behavior.

    Lessons

  • Four Important Concepts
  • Temporary Tables Internals
  • Concurrency
  • Transactions
  • Isolation Levels
  • SQL Server Locking Architecture
  • SQL and Storage Area Networks (SAN)
  • SQL on VMs
  • SQLIO Utility
  • Partitioned Tables and Indexes
  • Lab 1: The Database Engine

  • Table-Valued Parameter
  • Transactions
  • Vertically Partitioned Table Using Code
  • Partitioning with Filegroups
  • Partitioning Wizard
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand temporary table internals.
  • Understand and utilize table valued parameters.
  • Understand concurrency.
  • Understand and utilize transactions.
  • Understand isolation levels.
  • Understand and utilize SQL Server locking architecture.
  • Understand SQL and Storage Area Networks (SAN).
  • Understand and utilize SQL on virtual machines.
  • Understand SQLIO Utility and its uses.
  • Understand and utilize partitioned tables and indexes.
  • SQL provides a number of robust monitoring tools and in this module we explore the tools available and explain what they are designed to do.

    Lessons

  • The Resource Governor
  • Activity Monitor
  • Live Query Statistics
  • Monitoring SQL with Transact-SQL
  • Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs) and Performance Tuning
  • Lab 1: SQL Performance Tools

  • Resource Governor
  • Activity Monitor
  • sp_who2
  • Performance DMVs
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand and utilize the Resource Governor.
  • Understand and utilize Activity Monitor.
  • Understand Live Query Statistics.
  • Understand how to monitor SQL using Transact-SQL.
  • Understand and utilize performance DMVs.
  • SQL Server query optimization remains a very important part of today’s database applications. In this module we examine the tuning process, options for troubleshooting, execution plans, Performance Monitor, and much more.

    Lessons

  • Tuning Process
  • Performance Monitor Tool
  • SQL Query Processing Steps
  • Understanding Execution Plans
  • SET STATISTICS TIME and SET STATISTICS IO
  • Data Access Operators
  • Troubleshooting Queries
  • Lab 1: Query Optimizing and Operators

  • Performance Monitor (perfmon)
  • Estimated vs Actual Plans and XML Plans
  • Viewing a Non-Trivial Execution Plan
  • SET STATISTICS TIME and SET STATISTICS IO
  • Data Access Operators
  • DMVs
  • View Information About Extended Events
  • Wizard Templates
  • Creating a Session Without a Wizard
  • Configuring MDW and Viewing Reports
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand the tuning process.
  • Understand and utilize Performance Monitor tool.
  • Understand SQL query processing steps.
  • Understand and utilize execution plans.
  • Understand and utilize SET STATISTICS TIME and SET STATISTICS IO.
  • Understand and utilize Data Access Operators.
  • Understand and utilize DMVs.
  • Understand and utilize Extended Events.
  • Understand and utilize sessions.
  • Understand how to troubleshooting queries.
  • Understand how to configure a Management Data Warehouse and view reports.
  • The entire concept of indexing is speedy retrieval. In this module we explain everything you need to know about creating, utilizing, managing, and monitoring indexes.

    Lessons

  • Introduction to Indexes
  • Index Types by Storage
  • Index Types by Column Designation
  • Creating and Altering Indexes
  • Metadata
  • Data Management Views for Indexing
  • Database Engine Tuning Advisor
  • Index Data Management Objects
  • SQL Server Fragmentation
  • Patterns
  • Index Storage Strategies
  • Indexed Views
  • Monitoring Indexes
  • Index Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs)
  • Best Practices
  • Lab 1: Understanding Indexes

  • Create Indexes
  • Index Metadata
  • Database Tuning Advisor
  • Missing Index DMOs
  • Fragmentation and Page Splits
  • Data Compression
  • Indexed Views
  • DMO Index Stats
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand indexes and their importance.
  • Understand index types.
  • Create and alter indexes.
  • Understand and utilize index metadata.
  • Understand and utilize Database Tuning Advisor.
  • Understand and utilize Index Data Management Objects.
  • Understand fragmentation of indexes and utilize page splits.
  • Understand index storage strategies.
  • Understand and utilize indexed views.
  • Understand monitoring indexes.
  • Understand index best practices.
  • Statistics are considered one of the most important aspects of SQL Server Performance Tuning. In this module we examine statistics and how to utilize them.

    Lessons

  • Statistics
  • Cardinality Estimator
  • Incremental Statistics
  • Computed Columns Statistics
  • Filtered Statistics
  • Maintenance
  • Lab 1: Understanding Statistics

  • Statistics Objects
  • Histogram
  • New vs Old Cardinality Estimator
  • Incremental Statistics
  • Computed Columns
  • Filtered Statistics
  • Ascending Keys
  • Statistics Maintenance Plan
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand and utilize statistics objects.
  • Understand and utilize the histogram.
  • Understand and utilize new vs old cardinality estimator.
  • Understand and utilize incremental statistics.
  • Understand and utilize computed columns.
  • Understand and utilize filtered statistics.
  • Understand and utilize ascending keys.
  • Understand and utilize statistics maintenance plan.
  • The most important new feature in SQL Server 2014 is the new In-Memory OLTP engine. In this module we will cover the architecture, restrictions, and other exciting features.

    Lessons

  • Architecture
  • Tables and Indexes
  • Natively Compiled Stored Procedures
  • Restrictions
  • Analyze Migrate Report Tool
  • In-Memory Data Management Views (DMV)
  • Lab 1: In-Memory Database

  • Creating an In-Memory Enabled Database with Code and SSMS
  • Creating a Memory-Optimized Table
  • View Hash Index
  • Natively Compiled Stored Procedure
  • AMR Tool
  • In-Memory DMVs
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand architecture.
  • Understand and utilize tables and indexes.
  • Understand and utilize the hash index.
  • Understand and utilize natively compiled stored procedures.
  • Understand restrictions.
  • Understand and utilize the Analyze Migrate Report tool.
  • Understand and utilize in-memory data management views.
  • The SQL Server 2014 Profiler is essentially the same as the SQL Server 2012 Profiler. This is not surprising because many new features that were added in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 addressed gaps identified in previous versions. In this module, we cover both SQL Profiler and SQL Trace.

    Lessons

  • SQL Trace
  • SQL Trace Architecture
  • SQL Server Profiler
  • Lab 1: SQL Profiler and SQL Trace

  • SQL Trace Default Template
  • SQL Profiler Tuning Template
  • Create a Template for Slow Running Queries
  • Identifying Long Running Queries
  • Using Profiler to Detect Deadlocks
  • Use Profiler to Detect a Blocked Process
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand and utilize the SQL Trace Default template.
  • Understand and utilize the SQL Profiler Tuning template.
  • Create and utilize a template for slow running queries.
  • Understand and identify long running queries.
  • Use Profiler to detect deadlocks.
  • Use Profiler to detect a blocked process.
  • In this module, we will examine query issues, how to identify them, and how to resolve them. We’ll also cover query hints, plan guides, and explore plan freezing.

    Lessons

  • Query Hints
  • Plan Guides
  • Plan Freezing
  • Join Orders
  • Lab 1: Query Issues and Hints

  • Create and Test a Plan Guide
  • Allow SQL Profiler to Help Create a Plan
  • Plan Freezing
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand and utilize query hints.
  • Create and test a planning guide.
  • Allow SQL Profiler to help create a plan.
  • Understand and utilize plan freezing.
  • Course Details

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      Skill Level: Advanced
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      Duration: 5 Days

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