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SQL Server 2012: Prevent Recovery Amnesia - Forget the Backups
Do you suffer from Recovery Amnesia? You have a complete strategy to backup your SQL environment; but what about the recovery? Is that even part of your strategy? Through this introductory session we will review the various aspects and myths of backu...
SQL Server 2012 Security Administration
In this session we will dive into some of the features in SQL Server 2012 that relate to security. We will take a look at the encryption keys that SQL Server creates and uses, along with certificates, to protect everything from cell level data to ent...
SQL 2012 Administration: Trace Flags, Blocking, and Locking
Trace flags are curious things. They actually change the fundamental ways that SQL Server functions. Sometimes these changes are good, sometimes bad, and sometimes just down right odd.Join Chris Bell as he introduces you to some of the trace flags in...
Courses
SQL 2014 Admin, Part 5 of 5: Disaster Recovery and Backups
SQL Server offers a variety of High Availability and Disaster recovery options. The biggest change from previous versions before SQL Server 2012 is the introduction of AlwaysOn. In this course you will look at how AlwaysOn integrates high-availabilit...
SQL 2014 Admin, Part 4 of 5: Server Optimization
In this course you are going to see a few topics covering some basic optimizing and troubleshooting in SQL Server. You will see what Trace flags are and how they are used to alter the behavior of SQL Server. Sometimes this is useful, sometimes it is ...
SQL 2014 Admin, Part 3 of 5: Security and Resource Mgmt
Security is a concern of everyone. In this course you see some of the features in SQL Server that relate to security. You are going to see the encryption keys that SQL Server creates and uses, along with certificates, to protect everything from cell ...
SQL 2014 Admin, Part 2 of 5: Automating, Management, and Config
For this course you see various methods to automate processes in SQL Server. You will go through configuring Database Mail so that you, as the DBA, can receive automated alerts from the server when something goes wrong. You will see how to set up Ope...
SQL 2014 Admin, Part 1 of 5: Configuring and Testing
In this course you’ll start on configuring and testing SQL Server, you will be introduced to the SQL Server engines and learn how they process incoming requests to the database to get the results you expect in the most efficient ways possible. You wi...
Windows Server 2012 Admin, Part 8 of 8: Active Directory
The backbone of any Microsoft network is active directory domain services. All servers, clients, and most services depend heavily on to function properly. As system administrators, we need to be able to monitor and manage the active directory service...
Windows Server 2012 Admin, Part 7 of 8: System Resources
A routine part of any system administrator’s job is to be monitor our Windows servers & there are a large number of tools available to perform this task. Through this session we will learn how to evaluate event logs, monitor performance, and use data...
Windows Server 2012 Admin, Part 6 of 8: OS Updates and Images
Operating systems need regular updates to improve functionality and to remain secure. This can be accomplished in networks by using the Windows server update services role. This allows you to fully manage the distribution of updates are released thro...