Microsoft SQL Server: Performance Tuning Essentials
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Microsoft SQL Server: Performance Tuning Essentials
This course is part of Building Smarter Data Pipelines: SQL, Spark, Kafka & GenAI Specialization
Instructors: Luca Berton
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Analyze and tune SQL queries to enhance SQL performance and reduce application latency.
Evaluate effective database index and maintenance task strategies to improve efficiency.
Monitor the performance of troubleshooting techniques used for resolving common SQL server issues.
Apply best practices for SQL Server performance to ensure consistent and reliable operations.
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Do you want your applications to run smoothly and efficiently, with lightning-fast database responses and minimal downtime? Well! You are in the right place to achieve this. Welcome to our comprehensive course on optimizing SQL Server performance, where you will discover the techniques to maintain efficiency and ensure smooth back-end operation for your applications. You will also learn to maximize database performance techniques and strategies to enhance query tuning, indexing strategies, and overall database optimization.
This course is perfect for Database Administrators, IT Professionals, Data Analysts, and Technical Managers involved in SQL Server management and performance optimization. If you're responsible for ensuring the efficiency of database operations and looking to enhance your SQL Server performance skills, this course will provide you with essential tools and techniques. Having a basic understanding of SQL query language, SQL Server, and database management concepts is beneficial. This foundational knowledge will help you better understand the performance optimization strategies covered throughout the course. By the end of this course, you will be able to analyze and tune SQL queries, evaluate database indexing strategies, monitor SQL Server performance, troubleshoot common issues, and apply best practices for consistent and reliable database operations. These skills will enable you to enhance database efficiency, minimize downtime, and optimize system performance effectively.
This course is designed to empower you with practical strategies and techniques to maximize SQL Server performance, ensuring faster database responses, minimal downtime, and enhanced overall system efficiency. Through interactive videos, quizzes, and hands-on exercises, youβll learn how to tackle real-world SQL Server performance challenges and apply best practices to optimize your database management.
What's included
11 videos5 readings3 assignments1 peer review
11 videosβ’Total 69 minutes
- Introduction and Welcomeβ’3 minutes
- Exploring Query Tuning Basicsβ’6 minutes
- Planning Query Executionβ’6 minutes
- Identifying Indexing Strategiesβ’9 minutes
- Database Maintenanceβ’7 minutes
- Monitoring Performance of Troubleshooting Techniquesβ’9 minutes
- Troubleshooting Performance Problemsβ’6 minutes
- Database Maintenance and Optimizationβ’6 minutes
- Examining Strategies for Backup and Restorationβ’9 minutes
- Database Security Best Practicesβ’6 minutes
- Congratulations and Continuous Learning Journeyβ’2 minutes
5 readingsβ’Total 25 minutes
- Welcome to the Course: Course Overviewβ’5 minutes
- SQL Server Performance Tuning Case Study: Poor Indexing Strategyβ’5 minutes
- Optimizing SQL Server Performance: A Comprehensive Guideβ’5 minutes
- Stored Procedure Case Studyβ’5 minutes
- SQL Query Tuning Case Study in SQL Serverβ’5 minutes
3 assignmentsβ’Total 80 minutes
- Advanced SQL Server Performance Implementationβ’30 minutes
- Advanced SQL Server Optimization Tools and Techniquesβ’30 minutes
- Microsoft SQL Server: Performance Tuning Essentialsβ’20 minutes
1 peer reviewβ’Total 20 minutes
- Optimizing SQL Server: A Hands-On Database Performance Projectβ’20 minutes
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SQL Server performance tuning in this course means identifying what is slowing database work down and improving how SQL Server handles it. The focus is on analyzing queries, reviewing indexing choices, monitoring behavior, and resolving common performance issues.
You would use SQL Server performance tuning when queries are slow, application response times increase, or database operations become unreliable. The course also treats it as an ongoing practice for reducing repeat issues through better indexing, monitoring, and maintenance.
It fits between writing database logic that works and keeping database operations reliable over time. In this course, tuning connects query analysis, indexing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance into a repeatable improvement process.
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