Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2016 Training in Belgium

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

• 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.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016
• Describe new and enhanced features in SQL Server performance
• Describes new and enhanced features in SQL Server security
• Describe what's new in SQL Server Availability and Scalability
• Describe new and enhanced features in reporting and PowerBI in SQL Server 2016
• Describe new and enhanced data access features
• Describe new and enhanced features in SQL Server OLAP
• Describe new SQL Server cloud functionality

Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2016

Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016

Lessons

• 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

Module 2: What’s New in SQL Server Performance

This module describes new and enhanced features in SQL Server performance.

Lessons

• Operational Analytics
• In-memory OLTP Enhancements
• Query Store
• Live Query Statistics
• Native JSON
• Temporal Tables

Lab : Implementing SQL Server 2016 Performance Improvements

Module 3: What's New in SQL Server Security?

This module describes new and enhanced features in SQL Server security.

Lessons

• Using Always Encrypted
• Row-level Security
• Dynamic Data Masking

Lab : Implementing SQL Server 2016 Security Improvements

Module 4: What’s New in SQL Server Availability and Scalability?

This module introduces what’s new in SQL Server Availability and Scalability.

Lessons

• Enhanced AlwaysOn Availability Groups
• What’s New with tempdb?
• Use Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2016
• PowerShell 5.0

Lab : Monitoring tempdb

Module 5: What’s New in SQL Server Reporting and BI

This module introduces reporting and BI enhancements and new features in SQL Server 2016.

Lessons

• Reporting Services Enhancements
• PowerBI Enhancements
• Mobile Report Publisher

Lab : Implementing PowerBI

Module 6: What’s New in SQL Server Data Access?

At the end of this module you will be able to describe data access enhancements in SQL Server 2016.

Lessons

• PolyBase
• What’s new in Integration Services
• Working with SSIS and Azure

Lab : Exploring the new features of SQL Server Integrated services (SSIS)

Module 7: New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP

This module describes enhancements in SQL Server OLAP.

Lessons

• New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server OLAP
• What's New in SQL Server Analysis Services

Lab : OLAP with SQL Server

Module 8: What's New for SQL Server in the Cloud?

This module describes new SQL Server cloud functionality.

Lessons

• 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