MOC: SQL Server

This chapter is organized around the three jobs people actually do with SQL Server in production:

  1. operate and maintain the server
  2. create and shape databases, tables, and storage structures
  3. write and optimize queries

A fourth track collects the applied pipeline patterns built on top of those foundations.

Server Operations and Maintenance

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Connectivity, instance configuration, backup and restore, security, high availability, audit, incident triage, and estate-level operational review.

Database Design, Tables, and Storage

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Database creation, schema and table design, keys and constraints, change tracking, storage internals, index design, compression, partitioning, and maintenance.

Query Writing and Optimization

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Core T-SQL reference, execution plans, Query Store, waits, blocking, deadlocks, race conditions, and production query optimization workflows.

Applied SQL Server for Data Pipelines

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Loading patterns, incremental transforms, medallion implementation, pipeline anti-patterns, point-in-time integrity, and pipeline operability guidance.

SQL Server Cross-References