In this video, you will learn more about what is SQL Server and what it can do.
- [Narrator] In this section we're going to talk about some core concepts of Microsoft SQL Server 2016. What exactly is Microsoft SQL Server? Many people say it's a database and that's partially correct however it would be more correct to say it is a relational database management system, sometimes abbreviated RDBMS. So let's talk about each one of these words, relational database management system. When we say relational we mean that SQL Server has the ability to create connections between pieces of data.
These connections are called keys. We use the concept of a primary key and and a foreign key to make connections between different tables in the database and these connections can be very powerful. The next word, database, is certainly what most people think of with SQL Server. And by database we mean SQL Server has the ability to store data, retrieve data, and manipulate data. And these are the core functions, the most common functions, of what we expect from a relational database management system. The next word management means SQL Server provides tools to secure, monitor, and automate some administrative task.
So going beyond a database that would just store data SQL Server also provides tools to work with that database, to secure it, monitor it, automate it. And the last word, system. And system roughly means a complete solution. SO SQL Server provides a wide variety of tools, almost all of the tools you could ever need to work with a database. There are some third party solutions that do exist but many of those are for very specialized functions that most people won't get into. So the SQL Server product really provides everything we need to manage a database.
SQL Server includes a number of different components. In this course we'll be focused on the database engine which is the primary way to store and retrieve data, and we'll also spend some time on the different tools that come with SQL Server.
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11/16/2016- Installing SQL Management Studio
- Using SQL Server Configuration Monitor
- Creating a database
- Creating tables with SMS and T-SQL
- Creating relationships between tables
- Creating views
- Writing queries to return XML
- Working with XML and JSON
- Backing up and restoring SQL Server
- Monitoring and management
- Security
- Performance
- Integrating SQL Server with cloud services like Azure
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m
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1. Overview of SQL Server 2016
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SQL Server editions2m 22s
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2. Installing SQL Server 2016
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Basic installation6m 22s
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3. Working with Tools
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Activity Monitor3m 31s
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Profiler4m 20s
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4. Creating and Configuring Databases
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Create a database3m 16s
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Install a sample database3m 12s
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5. Creating Tables in a Database
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Create a table using T-SQL1m 41s
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In-memory tables3m 34s
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Temporal tables5m 19s
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6. Creating Views in Databases
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Create a view3m 17s
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7. Understanding Programmability
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Stored procedures3m 23s
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Built-in functions1m 50s
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Scalar functions2m 10s
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8. Working with XML
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Introduction to XML1m 29s
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Write queries to return XML2m 38s
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Shred XML2m 23s
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Working with XML schemas1m 48s
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Storing XML3m 38s
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9. Working with JSON
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Working with JSON2m 29s
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Storing JSON2m 19s
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10. Backup and Restore
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Basic backups2m 32s
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Basic restore2m 48s
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11. Monitoring and Management
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Audit logins2m 35s
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12. Security
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Instance-level logins2m 47s
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Database-level users2m 24s
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Encrypt data5m 24s
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13. Performance
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Basics of indexes3m 4s
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Create an index6m 18s
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Columnstore index3m 12s
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Explore execution plans5m 1s
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Overview of Query Store3m 18s
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14. Cloud
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Back up to Azure3m 9s
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Set up Stretch Database4m 46s
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Monitor Stretch Database1m 24s
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Conclusion
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Next steps33s
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