SQL Server Performance Tuning Video Course (Master Track)

Have you ever been to Army-Training? When was the last time you had a brain-melting experience? Welcome to the most rigorous SQL training you ever had. This 50-hour course is designed to give you the right amount of internals and loads of practical tuning & optimization techniques that you can put into production right away. The course will be taught by Amit Bansal, Microsoft Certified Master of SQL Server.

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Instructor: Amit R S Bansal

Total Duration: 50 hours

Level: Advanced to Expert (Level 300 to 400)

Delivery Format: Video Course. Stream anywhere, anytime, any device, as many times.

Release Date: April 2022.

Pre-Requisite: You need to have at least two years of genuine SQL Server experience to gain maximum from this course

Pricing, Discounts & Bundles

Regular Price: $1499 USD (Yearly Subscription)

Discounted Price: $749USD (Yearly Subscription | Limited Period Offer)

* Seems expensive? Not really. Talk to Amit Bansal (the instructor) in a 1-to-1 call and understand the value. Drop an email to contact[at]SQLMaestros[dot]com and schedule a call. Get your questions answered. Pay only after you are convinced.

Course Outline

Module 1: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling & Waits

• SQL Server Components and SQL OS
• Waits and Queues
• Query Lifecycle
• Connections -> Sessions -> Requests -> Tasks -> Workers -> Threads
• Common Wait Types in SQL Server, identification & diagnosis

Module 2: CPU Performance Monitoring & Tuning

• Troubleshooting CPU Performance
• Identifying, troubleshooting & tuning workload patterns that cause excessive CPU

Module 3: SQL Server Tempdb Internals & Tuning

• Tempdb Internals
• Identifying, troubleshooting & tuning workload patterns that cause excessive Tempdb usage

Module 4: SQL Server I/O Internals & Tuning

• Core Concepts
• IO Setup and Testing
• SQL Server IO Patterns
• Identifying, troubleshooting & tuning workload patterns that cause excessive IO

Module 5: SQL Server Memory Internals & Troubleshooting

• Windows Memory Internals
• SQL Server Memory Internals & Troubleshooting
• Identifying, troubleshooting & tuning workload patterns that cause excessive Memory Usage

Module 6: Concurrency and Transactions

• Concurrency and Transactions
• Locking Internals
• Troubleshooting Blocking Scenarios
• Troubleshooting Deadlocks

Module 7: Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis

• Query Execution and Optimizer Internals
• Analyzing Query Plans

Module 8: Statistics and Index Internals

• Statistics Internals
• Cardinality Estimation Internals
• Index Internals

Module 9: Query Tuning

• Understanding common patterns & antipatterns
• Troubleshooting Slow Running Queries
• Identify Plan Quality Issues
• Optimizing T-SQL code/Rewriting
• Optimizing Stored Procedures
• Real-World Query Tuning Examples

Module 10: Index Tuning

• Indexing Techniques
• Indexing Strategies
• Real World Index Tuning Examples

Module 11: Plan Caching and Recompilation

• Plan Cache Internals
• Troubleshooting Plan Cache Issues

Module 12: Extended Events

• Extended Events core concepts
• Implementing Extended Events

Module 13: Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining

• Tools & Techniques
• Monitoring and Tracing
• Baselining and Benchmarking

Module 14: SQL Server New Features

• New Tuning Features in Latest Versions of SQL Server