SQL Server 2017 Administration

This hands-on SQL Server 2017 Administration course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL Server 2017 database infrastructure. You will learn how to install, configure, manage, secure, automate, monitor, and optimize SQL Server 2017. You will also learn how to create, manage, back up, and restore individual databases, transfer and replicate data, configure for high availability, and plan disaster recovery.

Comprehensive hands on exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce learning and develop real competency, including a final exercise where students perform an actual failover between two SQL Server machines.

Students Will Learn:

• Installing and configuring SQL Server 2017
• Authenticating and authorizing users
• Assigning server and database roles
• Authorizing users to access resources
• Protecting data with encryption and auditing
• Recovery models and backup strategies
• Backing up SQL Server databases
• Restoring SQL Server databases
• Automating database management
• Configuring security for the SQL Server agent
• Managing alerts and notifications
• Tracing access to SQL Server
• Monitoring a SQL Server infrastructure
• Troubleshooting a SQL Server infrastructure
• Importing and exporting data
• Creating a high availability solution