MOC 10986 - Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2016 (MOC10986)
Course Length: 3 days
Delivery Methods:
Available as private class only
Course Overview
This three-day Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2016 training class provides students moving from earlier releases of SQL Server with an introduction to the new features in SQL Server 2016.
Course Benefits
- Learn to describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016.
- Learn to describe new and enhanced features in SQL Server performance.
- Learn to describes new and enhanced features in SQL Server security.
- Learn to describe what’s new in SQL Server Availability and Scalability.
- Learn to describe new and enhanced features in reporting and PowerBI in SQL Server 2016.
- Learn to describe new and enhanced data access features.
- Learn to describe new and enhanced features in SQL Server OLAP.
- Learn to describe new SQL Server cloud functionality.
Microsoft Certified Partner
Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). This class uses official Microsoft courseware and will be delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
Course Outline
- Introduction to SQL Server 2016
- Overview of SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server 2016 Editions and Components
- Installing SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server Management Studio Enhancements
- Lab: Installing SQL Server 2016
- What’s New in SQL Server Performance
- Columnstore Indexes for Operational Analytics
- In-memory OLTP Enhancements
- The Query Data Store
- Native JSON
- Temporal Tables
- Lab: Implementing SQL Server 2016 Performance Improvements
- What’s New in SQL Server Security?
- Using Always Encrypted
- Row-level Security
- Dynamic Data Masking
- Lab: Implementing SQL Server 2016 Security Improvements
- What’s New in SQL Server Availability and Scalability?
- Enhanced AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- What’s New in Database Caching?
- Using Windows Server 2016
- Lab: Availability and Scalability with SQL Server 2016
- What’s New in SQL Server Reporting and BI
- Reporting Services Enhancements
- PowerBI Enhancements
- Lab: Implementing PowerBI
- What’s New in SQL Server Data Access?
- PolyBase
- Enhancements to Integration Services
- Lab: Using PolyBase
- New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP
- New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP
- What’s New in SQL Server Analysis Services
- Lab: OLAP with SQL Server
- What’s New for SQL Server in the Cloud?
- Stretch Database
- Enhanced Backups to Azure
- Introduction to SQL Server 2016 Hybrid Cloud
- What’s New in SQL Server Azure Database
- Lab: Using SQL Server in a Hybrid Cloud
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Class Prerequisites
Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft SQL Server class:
- Experience of building and managing database, data warehouse, and business intelligence (BI) solutions with SQL Server 2014.
- Familiarity with the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system and networking.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013.