1 – Authenticating and Authorizing Users
- Authenticating connections to SQL Server
- Authorizing logins to access databases
- Authorization across servers
- Partially contained databases
2 – Assigning Server and Database Roles
- Working with server roles
- Working with Fixed database roles
- Creating user-defined database roles
3 – Authorizing Users to Access Resources
- Authorizing user access to objects
- Authorizing users to execute code
- Configuring permissions at the schema level
4 – Protecting Data with Encryption and Auditing
- Options for auditing data access in SQL Server
- Implementing SQL Server audit
- Managing SQL Server audit
- Protecting data with encryption
5 – SQL Server Recovery Models
- Backup strategies
- Understanding SQL Server transaction login
- Planning a SQL Server backup strategy
6 – Backup of SQL Server Databases
- Backing up databases and transaction logs
- Managing database backups
- Working with backup options
7 – Restoring SQL Server Databases
- Understanding the restore process
- Restoring databases
- Working with point-in-time recovery
- Restoring system databases and individual files
8 – Automating SQL Server Management
- Automating SQL Server management
- Working with SQL Server agent
- Managing SQL Server agent jobs
- Multi-server management
9 – Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent
- Understanding SQL Server Agent Security
- Configuring credentials
- Configuring proxy accounts
10 – Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and Notifications
- Configuration of database mail
- Monitoring SQL Server errors
- Configuring operators, alerts, and notifications
- Alerts in Azure SQL database
11 – Introduction to Managing SQL Server by using PowerShell
- Configure SQL Server using PowerShell
- Administer SQL Server using PowerShell
- Maintain the SQL Server environment using PowerShell
- Managing Azure SQL Server databases using PowerShell
12 – Tracing Access to SQL Server
- Capturing activity using SQL Server profiler
- Improving performance with the database engine tuning advisor
- Working with tracing options
- Distributed replay
- Monitoring locks
13 – Monitoring SQL Server
- Monitoring activity
- Capturing and managing performance data
- Analyzing collected performance data
- SQL Server utility
14 – Troubleshooting SQL Server
- SQL Server troubleshooting methodology
- Resolving service related issues
- Resolving login and connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting common issues
15 – Importing and Exporting Data
- Transferring data to/from SQL Server
- Importing and exporting table data
- Using BCP and BULK INSERT to import data
- Deploying and upgrading data-tier applications
