1. Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server
Christian Bolton | Technical Director, Coeo
Graeme Malcolm | Microsoft

2. Meet Graeme Malcolm | ‏@graeme_malcolm
Senior Content Developer, Microsoft
Responsible for data platform training at Microsoft Learning Experiences (LeX)
Background
Consultant, trainer, and author on data platform and BI technologies since SQL Server 4.2

3. Meet Christian Bolton | ‏@christianbolton
Technical Director at Coeo in the UK
SQL Server Consulting and Managed Services
Responsible for service delivery and technical readiness
SQL Server Expert
First person outside Microsoft to achieve Microsoft Certified Architect for SQL Server
Written a number of popular SQL Server books and frequent speaker at industry events
6 years as a SQL Server MVP
MCM, MCSM and MCT

4. Course Topics Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server
01 | Managing a SQL Server Environment
02 | Designing Database Security
03 | Designing a Backup & Recovery Solution
04 | Designing a High-Availability Solution
05 | Troubleshooting & Maintaining a database

5. Setting Expectations Target Audience
Database professionals who need to design SQL Server solutions
Anyone pursuing MCSE: Data Platform certification
Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
Microsoft Official Curriculum
20462C: Administering Microsoft SQL Server Databases
20465C: Designing a Data Solution with Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Virtual Academy
Database Fundamentals
Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases

6. SQL Server Books Online
Product documentation and guidance
Published on both TechNet and MSDN
Downloadable local version also available

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8. Christian Bolton | Technical Director, Coeo Graeme Malcolm | Microsoft
01 | Managing a SQL Server Environment
Christian Bolton | Technical Director, Coeo
Graeme Malcolm | Microsoft

9. Module Overview SQL Server Agent Performance Alerts
Managing Resources with Resource Governor
Auditing with SQL Server Audit
Declarative Management with Policy-Based Management

10. SQL Server Agent Performance Alerts
An alert is a predefined response to an event
Alerts can be triggered by:
Logged SQL Server events
WMI events
SQL Server performance conditions
Alerts can:
Notify an operator
Start a job

11. SQL Server Agent Performance Alerts

12. Managing Resources with Resource Governor
Classifier function
Workload groups
Resource pools
User-defined pool:
25% RAM
20% CPU
50 IOPS
User-defined workload group
Database name = Reseller Sales
Internal workload group
Internal resource pool
SQL Server internal
Other
Default workload group
Default resource pool

13. Resource Governor

14. Auditing with SQL Server Audit
Audit server-level and database-level activity
Record audit data to Windows Application log, Security log, or a binary file
Components
Server Audit
Server Audit Specification
Database Audit Specification

15. SQL Server Audit

16. Declarative Management with Policy-Based Management
Define and implement policies for SQL Server
Architecture
Facets are groups of properties
A Condition is the required state of the property
A Policy is the complete package
Conditions
Facets
Targets
Evaluation Modes
Server Restrictions

17. Policy-Based Management

18. Managing a SQL Server Environment
Summary
SQL Server Agent Performance Alerts
Managing Resources with Resource Governor
Auditing with SQL Server Audit
Declarative Management with Policy-Based Management