SQL Server Internals, Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning

Have you ever been to Army-Training? When was the last time you had a brain-melting experience? Welcome to the most comprehensive SQL training you ever had. This 40-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. This video course is based on the popular master class by the same title: SQL Server Internals, Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning.

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Instructor: Amit R S Bansal

Total Duration: Tentative: 40 hours

Total Lecture Time: Tentative 10 hours

Total Demo Time: Tentative 30 hours (Yeah, demos are the real value)

Level: Intermediate to Advanced (Level 200 to 300)

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

Pre-Requisite: Just basic experience with SQL Server.

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Course Outline (Tentative)

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