Module 1: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
This module covers high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components. It dives deep into SQL Server execution model, waits and queues.
Lessons
SQL Server Components and SQL OS
Windows Scheduling vs SQL Scheduling
Waits and Queues
Lab : SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
Module 2: SQL Server I/O
This module covers core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing. It focuses on SQL Server I/O operations and how to test storage performance.
Lessons
Core Concepts
Storage Solutions
I/O Setup and Testing
Lab : Testing Storage Performance
Module 3: Database Structures
This module covers Database Structures, Data File and TempDB Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB.
Lessons
Database Structure Internals
Data File Internals
TempDB Internals
Lab : Database Structures
Module 4: SQL Server Memory
This module covers Windows and SQL Server Memory internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to SQL Server Memory Configuration.
Lessons
Windows Memory
SQL Server Memory
In-Memory OLTP
Lab : SQL Server Memory
Module 5: Concurrency and Transactions
This module covers Transactions and Locking Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.
Lessons
Concurrency and Transactions
Locking Internals
Lab : Concurrency and Transactions
Module 6: Statistics and Index Internals
This module covers Statistics and Index Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Statistics and Indexes.
Lessons
Statistics Internals and Cardinality Estimation
Index Internals
Columnstore Indexes
Lab : Statistics and index Internals
Module 7: Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis
This module covers Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis. It focuses on architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues.
Lessons
Query execution and optimizer internals
Analyzing query plans
Lab : Query execution and query plan analysis
Module 8: Plan Caching and Recompilation
This module covers Plan Caching and Recompilation. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache.
Lessons
Plan cache internals
Troubleshooting plan cache issues
Query store
Lab : Plan caching and recompilation
Module 9: Extended Events
This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
Lessons
Extended events core concepts
Implementing extended events
Lab : Extended events
Module 10: Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining
This module covers tools and techniques to monitor, trace and baseline SQL Server performance data. It focuses on data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data.
Lessons
Monitoring and tracing
Baselining and benchmarking
Lab : Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining
Module 11: Troubleshooting Common Performance Issues
This module covers common performance bottlenecks related to CPU, Memory, IO, TempDB and Concurrency. It focuses on techniques to identify and diagnose bottlenecks to improve overall performance.
Lessons
Troubleshoot CPU performance
Troubleshoot memory performance
Troubleshoot I/O performance
Troubleshoot Concurrency performance
Troubleshoot TempDB performance
Lab : Troubleshooting common performance issues
