Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2016

Elevate your database expertise with our SQL Server 2016 upgrade course, perfect for seasoned SQL Server 2014 professionals aiming to master the latest enhancements and achieve certification readiness.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016

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Implement new and enhanced SQL Server performance features

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Enhance security with updated SQL Server security features

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Leverage new SQL Server reporting and cloud functionalities

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 3 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Database Administrators
  • SQL Server 2014 Professionals
  • Business Intelligence Analysts
  • IT Professionals seeking certification

Description

This three-day instructor-led course provides students moving from earlier releases of SQL Server with an introduction to the new features in SQL Server 2016.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2016

  1. Overview of SQL Server 2016

  2. SQL Server 2016 Editions and Components

  3. Installing SQL Server 2016

  4. SQL Server Management Studio Enhancements

Module 2: What’s New in SQL Server Performance

  1. Columnstore Indexes for Operational Analytics

  2. In-memory OLTP Enhancements

  3. The Query Data Store

  4. Native JSON

  5. Temporal Tables

Module 3: What’s New in SQL Server Security?

  1. Using Always Encrypted

  2. Row-level Security

  3. Dynamic Data Masking

Module 4: What’s New in SQL Server Availability and Scalability?

  1. Enhanced AlwaysOn Availability Groups

  2. What’s New in Database Caching?

  3. Using Windows Server 2016

Module 5: What’s New in SQL Server Reporting and BI

  1. Reporting Services Enhancements

  2. PowerBI Enhancements

Module 6: What’s New in SQL Server Data Access?

  1. PolyBase

  2. Enhancements to Integration Services

Module 7: New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP

  1. New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP

  2. What’s New in SQL Server Analysis Services

Module 8: What’s New for SQL Server in the Cloud?

  1. Stretch Database

  2. Enhanced Backups to Azure

  3. Introduction to SQL Server 2016 Hybrid Cloud

  4. What’s New in SQL Server Azure Database

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