10987 Performance Tuning and Optimizing SQL Databases

Module 1: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
This module covers high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components. It dives deep into SQL Server execution model, waits and queues
.Lessons

SQL Server Components and SQL OS
Windows Scheduling vs SQL Scheduling
Waits and Queues

Lab : SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the SQL Server components and SQL OS
Describe the differences between Windows Scheduling and SQL scheduling
Describe waits and queues

Module 2: SQL Server I/O
This module covers core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing. It focuses on SQL Server I/O operations and how to test storage performance.
Lessons

Core Concepts
Storage Solutions
I/O Setup and Testing

Lab : Testing Storage Performance
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the core concepts of SQL I/O
Describe storage solutions
Setup and test I/O

Module 3: Database Structures
This module covers Database Structures, Data File and TempDB Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB.
Lessons

Database Structure Internals
Data File Internals
TempDB Internals

Lab : Database Structures
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the internal setup of database structures
Describe the internal setup of data files.
Describe the internal setup of TempDB

Module 4: SQL Server Memory
This module covers Windows and SQL Server Memory internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to SQL Server Memory Configuration.
Lessons

Windows Memory
SQL Server Memory
In-Memory OLTP

Lab : SQL Server Memory
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the components of Windows memory
Describe the components of SQL Server memory
Describe In-Memory OLTP

Module 5: SQL Server Concurrency
This module covers Transactions and Locking Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.
Lessons

Concurrency and Transactions
Locking Internals

Lab : SQL Server Concurrency
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Explain concurrency and transactions
Describe locking

Module 6: Statistics and Index Internals
This module covers Statistics and Index Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Statistics and Indexes.
Lessons

Statistics Internals and Cardinality Estimation
Index Internals
Columnstore Indexes

Lab : Statistics and index Internals
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe statistics internals
Explain cardinality estimation
Describe why you would use Columnstore indexes and be able to implement one

Module 7: Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis
This module covers Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis. It focuses on architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues.
Lessons

Query execution and optimizer internals
Query execution plans
Analyzing query execution plans
Adaptive query processing

Lab : Query execution and query plan analysis
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe query execution and optimizer
Analyze query plans and resolve common issues

Module 8: Plan Caching and Recompilation
This module covers Plan Caching and Recompilation. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache.
Lessons

Plan cache internals
Troubleshooting plan cache issues
Automatic tuning
Query store

Lab : Plan caching and recompilation
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe plan cache
Troubleshoot plan cache issues
Describe query store and why you would use it

Module 9: Extended Events
This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
Lessons

Extended events core concepts
Working with extended events

Lab : Extended events
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the core concepts of extended events
Implement extended events

Module 10: Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining
This module covers tools and techniques to monitor, trace and baseline SQL Server performance data. It focuses on data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data.
Lessons

Monitoring and tracing
Baselining and benchmarking

Lab : Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe various options for monitoring and tracing
Describe various options for benchmarking and baselining