Authorized SQL Server Training in Grand Rapids

About This Course

This three-day, instructor-led course is designed for individuals transitioning into a database professional role or whose job responsibilities are expanding to include database elements. The course covers essential database concepts, including database types, languages, and design principles, tailored specifically for government.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course includes personnel who are moving into a database role or whose roles have expanded to encompass database technologies within the public sector.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
• Describe key database concepts in the context of SQL Server 2016
• Explain the database languages utilized in SQL Server 2016
• Apply data modeling techniques
• Implement normalization and denormalization strategies
• Identify relationship types and their impacts on database design
• Evaluate the effects of database design on performance
• Utilize commonly employed database objects

About This Course

This course will cover the various methods and best practices aligned with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data using Power BI. It will also demonstrate how to access and process data from a wide range of sources, including both relational and non-relational databases. Additionally, the course will delve into implementing appropriate security standards and policies across the Power BI environment, encompassing datasets and groups. Furthermore, it will explore the management and deployment of reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution, ensuring alignment with public sector workflows and governance.

Audience Profile

The target audience for this course includes data professionals and business intelligence specialists who wish to master accurate data analysis using Power BI. This course is also designed for individuals responsible for developing reports that effectively visualize data from both cloud-based and on-premises platforms, enhancing decision-making processes for government.

Skills Gained

• Ingest, clean, and transform data
• Model data to optimize performance and scalability
• Design and create reports for comprehensive data analysis
• Apply advanced report analytics techniques
• Manage and share report assets effectively

This three-day instructor-led course is designed to provide students transitioning from earlier versions of SQL Server with an introduction to the new features in SQL Server 2016 for government.

Skills Gained

• Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016
• Explain new and enhanced performance features in SQL Server
• Detail new and improved security features in SQL Server
• Outline what’s new in SQL Server Availability and Scalability
• Discuss new and enhanced reporting and PowerBI capabilities in SQL Server 2016
• Identify new and enhanced data access features
• Explain new and enhanced features in SQL Server OLAP
• Describe new cloud functionality in SQL Server for government use

This five-day instructor-led course equips participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 database. The curriculum emphasizes the use of SQL Server 2014 product features and tools essential for effective database maintenance, tailored specifically for government professionals.

Note: This course is designed for individuals who are interested in learning about both SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014. It covers the new features introduced in SQL Server 2014, as well as the critical capabilities across the SQL Server data platform, ensuring alignment with public sector workflows and governance requirements.

This five-day instructor-led course equips students responsible for administering and maintaining SQL Server databases with the essential knowledge and skills needed to manage an SQL Server database infrastructure effectively. It is also beneficial for individuals who develop applications that retrieve and present data from SQL Server databases, ensuring alignment with public sector workflows and governance standards for government.