Master SQL Server : Complete Guide to Database Design, T-SQL & Advanced Features

 

🌟 Introduction

Microsoft SQL Server is one of the world’s most powerful database management systems, supporting enterprise-grade applications, analytics, and cloud integration. With SQL Server 2022 and 2025, new features like Azure integration, improved performance tuning, Ledger for blockchain security, Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) enhancements, and AI-powered query optimization are transforming database development.

This course takes you from absolute basics to advanced mastery, focusing on real-world database design, T-SQL programming, optimization, and cutting-edge SQL Server features.

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🏗️ Module 1: Introduction to Databases & SQL Server

• What is a Database? Relational vs. Non-Relational

• SQL Server Editions & Installation (Developer, Express, Standard, Enterprise)

• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) & Azure Data Studio basics

• SQL Server 2022/2025 compatibility with Azure and hybrid data scenarios

• Introduction to SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

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🧱 Module 2: SQL Server Database Design Fundamentals

• Principles of Database Design

• Normalization (1NF → 5NF) and Denormalization

• Primary Keys, Foreign Keys, Unique Constraints

• Indexes: Clustered vs. Non-Clustered

• SQL Server 2025: New Index enhancements (e.g., Resumable Index Creation & Maintenance)

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✍️ Module 3: Basic T-SQL Programming

• SELECT, FROM, WHERE, ORDER BY

• INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements

• Aggregate Functions (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)

• Joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL, CROSS)

• Subqueries and Common Table Expressions (CTEs)

• SQL Server 2025: Approximate Count Distinct improvements

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⚙️ Module 4: Intermediate T-SQL & Query Development

• Views, Stored Procedures, and Functions

• Transactions and Error Handling (TRY/CATCH)

• Triggers: AFTER, INSTEAD OF

• Window Functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, LEAD, LAG)

• Temp Tables vs. Table Variables

• Dynamic SQL

• SQL Server 2025: JSON enhancements and other most advanced features

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🚀 Module 5: Advanced T-SQL & Performance

• Query Optimization & Execution Plans

• Query Hints and Index Hints

• Table Partitioning

• Full-Text Search

• Cross Apply & Outer Apply

• SQL Server 2022,2025: Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) enhancements

• SQL Server 2025: AI-powered Query Optimizer & Adaptive Joins improvements

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🔒 Module 6: Security & Compliance

• Authentication: SQL vs. Windows Authentication

• Roles and Permissions

• Row-Level Security (RLS)

• Always Encrypted with Secure Enclaves

• Dynamic Data Masking (DDM)

• SQL Server 2022,2025: Ledger (Blockchain-based security for tamper-evidence)

• SQL Server 2025 : Enhanced Ledger with cross-database support

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🌐 Module 7: SQL Server & Cloud / Big Data

• SQL Server on Azure (Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database)

• PolyBase & External Tables (querying Hadoop, Oracle, CosmosDB, etc.)

• Big Data Clusters (BDC) Overview

• Data Virtualization and Federated Queries

• SQL Server 2022,2025: Seamless Azure Synapse Link & Azure Purview Integration

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📊 Module 8: Business Intelligence & Reporting

• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

• SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

• SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

• Data Warehousing concepts & OLAP Cubes

• Real-time Analytics with Azure Synapse + Power BI integration

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🛠️ Module 9: Administration & Maintenance

• Backup & Restore strategies (Full, Differential, Transaction Log)

• SQL Server Agent & Job Scheduling

• Database Snapshots

• Log Shipping, Mirroring, and Replication

• Always On Availability Groups (HA/DR)

• SQL Server 2022,2025: Improved failover performance

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📈 Module 10: Latest SQL Server 2022 & 2025 Features (Dedicated Deep Dive)

• SQL Server 2022

  • Azure Synapse Link

  • Ledger for blockchain security

  • Intelligent Query Processing Enhancements

  • Resumable Online Index Operations

  • Azure Active Directory Authentication

  • Contained Availability Groups

• SQL Server 2025 (Upcoming/Preview)

• AI-Powered Query Optimizer

• Enhanced Intelligent Query Processing

• Improved Ledger with Cross-Database Security

• Native JSON/Graph enhancements

• Adaptive Memory Management for workloads

🎓 Conclusion

By completing this course, learners will gain end-to-end mastery of SQL Server development and administration—from database design and T-SQL programming to cutting-edge features in SQL Server 2022 and SQL Server 2025. Whether you are building enterprise ERP systems, cloud-integrated apps, or real-time analytics dashboards, this course equips you with the skills to excel in modern database engineering.

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