Module 1: SQL Server SecurityProtection of data within your Microsoft SQL Server  
           databases is essential and requires a working knowledge of the issues and SQL Server  
           security features. This module describes SQL Server security models, logins, users,  
           partially contained databases, and cross-server authorization.Lessons  
                    Authenticating Connections to SQL Server  
                    Authorizing Logins to Connect to databases  
                    Authorization Across Servers  
                   Partially Contained Databases  
           Lab  : Authenticating Users  
                   Create Logins  
                   Create Database Users  
                   Correct Application Login  Issues  
                   Configure Security for Restored Databases  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    SQL Server  basic concepts.  
                   SQL Server connection authentication.  
                    User login authorization to databases.  
                    Partially contained databases.  
                    Authorization across servers.  
Module 2: Assigning Server and Database RolesUsing roles simplifies the management  
           of user permissions. With roles, you can control authenticated users’ access to system  
           resources based on each user’s job function—rather than assigning permissions user-by- 
           user, you can grant permissions to a role, then make users members of roles. Microsoft  
           SQL Server includes support for security roles defined at server level and at database  
           level.Lessons  
                    Working with server roles  
                    Working with Fixed Database Roles  
                    Assigning User-Defined Database Roles  
           Lab  : Assigning server and database roles  
                    Assigning Server Roles  
                    Assigning Fixed Database Roles  
                    Assigning User-Defined Database Roles  
                    Verifying Security  
 
          After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
   
                  Describe and  use server  roles to  manage server-level security.  
   


                    Describe and use fixed database roles.  
                    Use custom database roles and application roles to manage database-level security.  
Module 3: Authorizing Users to Access ResourcesIn the previous modules, you have  
           seen how Microsoft SQL Server security is organized and how sets of permissions can be  
           assigned at the server and database level by using fixed server roles, user-defined server  
           roles, fixed database roles, and application roles. The final step in authorizing users to  
           access SQL Server resources is the authorization of users and roles to access server and  
           database objects.  In this module, you will see how these object permissions are managed.  
           In addition to access permissions on database objects, SQL Server provides the ability to  
           determine which users are allowed to execute code, such as stored procedures and  
           functions. In many cases, these permissions and the permissions on the database objects  
           are best configured at the schema level rather than at the level of the individual object.  
           Schema-based permission grants can simplify your security architecture. You will explore  
           the granting of permissions at the schema level in the final lesson of this module.Lessons  
                    Authorizing User Access to Objects  
                    Authorizing Users to Execute Code  
                   Configuring Permissions at the Schema Level  
           Lab  : Authorizing users to access resources  
                   Granting, Denying, and Revoking Permissions on Objects  
                   Granting EXECUTE Permissions on Code  
                   Granting Permissions at the Schema Level  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Authorize  user access to objects.  
                    Authorize users to execute code.  
                    Configure permissions at the schema level.  
Module 4: Protecting Data with Encryption and AuditingWhen configuring security for  
           your Microsoft SQL Server systems, you should ensure that you meet any of your  
           organization’s compliance requirements for data protection. Organizations often need to  
           adhere to industry-specific compliance policies, which mandate auditing of all data access.  
           To address this requirement, SQL Server provides a range of options for implementing  
           auditing. Another common compliance requirement is the encryption of data to protect  
           against unauthorized access in the event that access to the database files is compromised.  
           SQL Server supports this requirement by providing transparent data encryption (TDE). To  
           reduce the risk of information leakage by users with administrative access to a database,  
           columns containing sensitive data—such as credit card numbers or national identity  
           numbers—can be encrypted using the Always Encrypted feature. This module describes  
           the available options for auditing in SQL Server, how to use and manage the SQL Server  
           Audit feature, and how to implement encryption.Lessons  
                   Options for auditing data access in SQL Server  
      
                  Implementing SQL Server Audit  
                  Managing SQL Server Audit  
   
   
   

                    Protecting Data with Encryption  
           Lab  : Using Auditing and Encryption  
                    Working with SQL Server Audit  
                    Encrypt a Column as Always Encrypted  
                    Encrypt a Database using TDE  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe the options for auditing data access.  
                    Implement SQL Server Audit.  
                    Manage SQL Server Audit.  
                    Describe and implement methods of encrypting data in SQL Server.  
                    Implement encryption  
Module 5: Recovery Models and Backup StrategiesOne of the most important aspects of  
           a database administrator's role is ensuring that organizational data is reliably backed up so  
           that, if a failure occurs, you can recover the data. Even though the computing industry has  
           known about the need for reliable backup strategies for decades—and discussed this at  
           great length—unfortunate stories regarding data loss are still commonplace. A further  
           problem is that, even when the strategies in place work as they were designed, the  
           outcomes still regularly fail to meet an organization’s operational requirements.  In this  
           module, you will consider how to create a strategy that is aligned with organizational needs,  
           based on the available backup models, and the role of the transaction logs in maintaining  
           database consistency.Lessons  
                    Understanding Backup Strategies  
                   SQL Server Transaction Logs  
                    Planning Backup Strategies  
           Lab  : Understanding SQL Server recovery models  
                    Plan a Backup Strategy  
                   Configure Database Recovery Models  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe various  backup strategies.  
                    Describe how database transaction logs function.  
                    Plan SQL Server backup strategies.  
Module 6: Backing Up SQL Server DatabasesIn the previous module, you learned how to  
           plan a backup strategy for a SQL Server system. You can now learn how to perform SQL  
           Server backups, including full and differential database backups, transaction log backups,  
           and partial backups.  In this module, you will learn how to apply various backup  
           strategies.Lessons  
                    Backing Up Databases and Transaction Logs  
                    Managing Database Backups  
                    Advanced Database Options  
      
          Lab  : Backing Up Databases  
                   Backing Up Databases  
   
   
                   Performing Database, Differential, and Transaction Log Backups  

                   

                    Performing a Partial Backup  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Perform backups of SQL Server databases and transaction logs.  
                    Manage database backups.  
                    Describe advanced backup options.  
Module 7: Restoring SQL Server 2016 DatabasesIn the previous module, you learned  
           how to create backups of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 databases. A backup strategy might  
           involve many different types of backup, so it is essential that you can effectively restore  
           them. You will often be restoring a database in an urgent situation. You must, however,  
           ensure that you have a clear plan of how to proceed and successfully recover the database  
           to the required state. A good plan and understanding of the restore process can help avoid  
           making the situation worse. Some database restores are related to system failure.  In these  
           cases, you will want to return the system as close as possible to the state it was in before  
           the failure. Some failures, though, are related to human error and you might wish to recover  
           the system to a point before that error. The point-in-time recovery features of SQL Server  
           2016 can help you to achieve this. Because they are typically much larger, user databases  
           are more likely to be affected by system failures than system databases. However, system  
           databases can be affected by failures, and special care should be taken when recovering  
           them.  In particular, you need to understand how to recover each system database because  
           you cannot use the same process for all system databases.  In this module, you will see how  
           to restore user and system databases and how to implement point-in-time  
           recovery.Lessons  
                    Understanding the Restore Process  
                    Restoring Databases  
                    Advanced Restore Scenarios  
                    Point-in-Time Recovery  
           Lab  : Restoring SQL Server Databases  
                    Restoring a Database Backup  
                    Restring Database, Differential, and Transaction Log Backups  
                    Performing a Piecemeal Restore  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to :  
                   Explain the  restore  process.  
                    Restore databases.  
                    Perform advanced restore operations.  
                    Perform a point-in-time recovery.  
 Module 8: Automating SQL Server ManagementThe tools provided by Microsoft SQL  
           Server make administration easy when compared to some other database engines.  
           However, even when tasks are easy to perform, it is common to have to repeat a task many  
           times. Efficient database administrators learn to automate repetitive tasks. This can help to  
      
          avoid situations where an administrator forgets to execute a task at the required time.  
          Perhaps more importantly, the automation of tasks helps to ensure that they are performed  
   
   
   

           consistently, each time they are executed. This module describes how to use SQL Server  
           Agent to automate jobs, how to configure security contexts for jobs, and how to implement  
           multiserver jobs. Lessons  
                    Automating SQL Server management  
                    Working with SQL Server Agent  
                    Managing SQL Server Agent Jobs  
                    Multi-server Management  
           Lab  : Automating SQL Server Management  
                   Create a SQL Server Agent Job  
                    Test a Job  
                   Schedule a Job  
                   Configure Master and Target Servers  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe methods for automating SQL Server Management.  
                    Configure jobs, job step types, and schedules.  
                    Manage SQL Server Agent jobs.  
                    Configure master and target servers.  
Module 9: Configuring Security for SQL Server AgentOther modules in this course have  
           demonstrated the need to minimize the permissions that are granted to users, following the  
           principle of “least privilege.” This means that users have only the permissions that they  
           need to perform their tasks. The same logic applies to the granting of permissions to SQL  
           Server Agent. Although it is easy to execute all jobs in the context of the SQL Server Agent  
           service account, and to configure that account as an administrative account, a poor security  
           environment would result from doing this.  It is important to understand how to create a  
           minimal privilege security environment for jobs that run in SQL Server Agent.Lessons  
                    Understanding SQL Server Agent Security  
                   Configuring Credentials  
                   Configuring Proxy Accounts  
           Lab  : Configuring Security for SQL Server Agent  
                    Analyzing Problems in SQL Server Agent  
                   Configuring a Credential  
                   Configuring a Proxy Account  
                   Configuring and testing the Security Context of a Job  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                   Explain SQL Server Agent security.  
                    Configure credentials.  
                    Configure proxy accounts.  
Module 10: Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and NotificationsOne key aspect of  
           managing Microsoft SQL Server in a proactive manner is to make sure you are aware of  
           problems and events that occur in the server, as they happen. SQL Server logs a wealth of  
           information about issues. You can configure it to advise you automatically when these  
           issues occur, by using alerts and notifications. The most common way that SQL Server  
           database administrators receive details of events of interest is by email message. This  
           module covers the configuration of Database Mail, alerts, and notifications for a SQL Server  
           instance, and the configuration of alerts for Microsoft Azure SQL Database.Lessons  
                    Monitoring SQL Server Errors  
                    Configuring Database Mail  
                    Operators, Alerts, and Notifications  
                    Alerts in Azure SQL Database  
           Lab  : Monitoring SQL Server with Alerts and Notifications  
                    Configuring Database Mail  
                    Configuring Operators  
                    Configuring Alerts and Notifications  
                    Testing Alerts and Notifications  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Monitor SQL Server errors.  
                    Configure database mail.  
                    Configure operators, alerts, and notifications.  
                    Work with alerts in Azure SQL Database.  
Module 11: Introduction to Managing SQL Server by using PowerShellThis module  
           looks at how to use Windows PowerShell with Microsoft SQL Server. Businesses are  
           constantly having to increase the efficiency and reliability of maintaining their  IT  
           infrastructure; with PowerShell, you can improve this efficiency and reliability by creating  
           scripts to carry out tasks. PowerShell scripts can be tested and applied multiple times to  
           multiple servers, saving your organization both time and money.Lessons  
                    Getting Started with Windows PowerShell  
                    Configure SQL Server using PowerShell  
                    Administer and Maintain SQL Server with PowerShell  
                    Managing Azure SQL Databases using PowerShell  
           Lab  : Using PowerShell to Manage SQL Server  
                    Getting Started with PowerShell  
                    Using PowerShell to Change SQL Server settings  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe the  benefits of  PowerShell and  its fundamental concepts.  
                    Configure SQL Server by using PowerShell.  
                    Administer and maintain SQL Server by using PowerShell.  
                    Manage an Azure SQL Database by using PowerShell.  
Module 12: Tracing Access to SQL Server with Extended eventsMonitoring  
           performance metrics provides a great way to assess the overall performance of a database  
           solution. However, there are occasions when you need to perform more detailed analysis of  
          the activity occurring within a Microsoft SQL Server instance—to troubleshoot problems and  
          identify ways to optimize workload performance. SQL Server Extended Events is a flexible,  
          lightweight event-handling system built into the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine.       

           This module focuses on the architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategies and usage  
           scenarios of Extended  Events.Lessons  
                   Extended Events Core Concepts  
                    Working with Extended  Events  
           Lab  : Extended Events  
                   Using the System_Health Extended Events Session  
                    Tracking Page Splits Using Extended Events  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                   Describe  Extended  Events core concepts.  
                    Create and query Extended Events sessions.  
 Module 13: Monitoring SQL ServerThe Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine can run  
           for long periods without the need for administrative attention. However, if you regularly  
           monitor the activity that occurs on the database server, you can deal with potential issues  
           before they arise. SQL Server provides a number of tools that you can use to monitor  
           current activity and record details of previous activity. You need to become familiar with  
           what each of the tools does and how to use them.  It is easy to become overwhelmed by the  
           volume of output that monitoring tools can provide, so you also need to learn techniques for  
           analyzing their output.Lessons  
                   Monitoring activity  
                   Capturing and Managing Performance Data  
                    Analyzing Collected Performance Data  
                   SQL Server Utility  
           Lab  : Monitoring SQL Server  
           After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                   Monitor current activity.  
                    Capture and manage performance data.  
                    Analyze collected performance data.  
                    Configure SQL Server Utility.  
 Module 14: Troubleshooting SQL ServerDatabase administrators working with Microsoft  
           SQL Server need to adopt the important role of troubleshooter when issues arise— 
           particularly if users of business-critical applications that rely on SQL Server databases are  
           being prevented from working.  It is important to have a solid methodology for resolving  
           issues in general, and to be familiar with the most common issues that can arise when  
           working with SQL Server systems.Lessons  
                   A Trouble Shooting Methodology for SQL Server  
                   Resolving Service Related  Issues  
                   Resolving Connectivity and Log-in issues  
           Lab  : Troubleshooting Common Issues  
                    Troubleshoot and Resolve a SQL Login  Issue  
                   Troubleshoot and Resolve a Service  Issue  
  
   
                   Troubleshoot and Resolve a Windows Login  Issue  
   


                     Troubleshoot and Resolve a Job Execution  Issue  
                     Troubleshoot and Resolve a Performance  Issue  
            After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe a troubleshooting  methodology for SQL Server.  
                     Resolve service-related issues.  
                     Resolve login and connectivity issues.  
Module 15: Importing and Exporting DataWhile a great deal of data residing in a  
            Microsoft SQL Server system is entered directly by users who are running application  
            programs, there is often a need to move data in other locations, to and from SQL Server.  
            SQL Server provides a set of tools you can use to transfer data in and out. Some of these  
            tools, such as the bcp (Bulk Copy Program) utility and SQL Server  Integration Services, are  
            external to the database engine. Other tools, such as the BULK  INSERT statement and the  
            OPENROWSET function, are implemented in the database engine. With SQL Server, you  
            can also create data-tier applications that package all the tables, views, and instance  
            objects associated with a user database into a single unit of deployment.  In this module,  
            you will explore these tools and techniques so that you can import and export data to and  
            from SQL Server.Lessons  
                     Transferring Data to and from SQL Server  
                    Importing and Exporting Table Data  
                    Using bcp and BULK  INSERT to Import Data  
                    Deploying and Upgrading Data-Tier Application  
            Lab  : Importing and Exporting Data  
                    Import and Excel Data  Using the  Import Wizard  
                    Import a Delimited Text File Using bcp  
                    Import a Delimited Text File using BULK  INSERT  
                    Create and Test an SSIS Package to Extract Data  
                    Deploy a Data-Tier Application  
            After completing this  module, you will  be able to:  
                    Describe tools and techniques for transferring data.  
                     Import and export table data.  
                     Use bcp and BULK INSERT to import data.  
                     Use data-tier applications to import and export database applications.

The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. These individuals perform database administration and maintenance as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job.

The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

Prerequisites: