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SQL Server Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting

Course Summary

The SQL Server Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting training course is designed to demonstrate the knowledge and skills to improve the performance of their SQL servers.

The course begins with a look at some common real-life performance problems based on customer case studies. Next, it explores techniques to scope performance issues using the top-down troubleshooting approach. The course concludes by examining many techniques for troubleshooting and improving performance.

Purpose
 Learn to address common real-life performance problems both at the server and T-SQL code level. Learn about troubleshooting approaches, techniques, features and tools with SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database.
Audience
 Developers, data analysts, and database administrators who work with the SQL Server database platform on-premises or in Azure and troubleshoot performance related problems.
Role
Data Engineer - DevOps Engineer - Software Developer - System Administrator
Skill Level
Intermediate
Style
Workshops
Duration
5 Days
Related Technologies
Back-End Development Training | SQL | Cloud Computing Training | Azure

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Utilize the top-down troubleshooting approach that includes detailed problem scoping
  • Identify troubleshooting entry points with wait statistics
  • Apply troubleshooting approaches with different scopes in on-premises SQL Server and Azure database-as-a-service environments
  • Analyze a database environment and do health checks
  • Identify configuration and sizing problems including major red flags
  • Identify and troubleshoot resource utilization (CPU, memory, and IO) problems
  • Use tools and scripts to monitor and troubleshoot the server and your T-SQL workload
  • Utilize T-SQL coding best practices to avoid common performance and scalability bottlenecks and identify coding antipatterns
  • Utilize optimal indexing and identify indexing related performance problems
  • Analyze query plans to both prevent and identify performance and scalability problems at the T-SQL code level

What You'll Learn:

In the SQL Server Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting training course, you'll learn:
  • Common real-life performance problems based on customer case studies
  • Scoping the problem and the top-down troubleshooting approach
  • Characteristics and major differences of on-premises and Azure SQL Server environments
    • (boxed product vs. SQL Server on Azure VM vs. Azure SQL Database vs. Azure SQL Managed Instance)
  • SQL Server resource utilization internals (CPU, memory, IO) and sizing
  • Installation and deployment problems, the importance of patching
  • Server configuration options and best practices
  • Database configuration options including scoped configurations and their impact on performance
  • The importance of Tempdb configuration and performance
  • Errorlog analysis to identify major server-level bottlenecks
  • Doing health-checks, well-known tools, and scripts
  • Wait types, wait statistics and troubleshooting patterns
  • Monitoring tools and common performance-related metrics
  • Extended Event tracing to identify workload related problems
  • Using the Query Store to historically analyze workload performance and identify bottlenecks
  • T-SQL coding antipatterns
    • (scalar user-defined functions, cursors, extensive use of large temporary objects) and what to use instead (set-based approach, inline table-valued functions, tempdb performance considerations)
  • Query plan analysis
  • The importance of optimal indexing
    • (index types, rowstore and columnstore indexes, index consolidation)
  • Troubleshooting blocking scenarios and deadlocks
  • SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database specific performance improvements to help you with your troubleshooting and optimization efforts
    • (tempdb improvements, Intelligent Query Processing features including Scalar UDF Inlining, automatic tuning features)
real world content

Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
expert practitioners

Expert Practitioners

Industry experts that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
experiential learning

Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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Tailored Outlines

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