10985 Introduction SQL Databases Training Certification — Lesson 2: Configuration and Implementation Workflow

Topics Covered

• Query design, filtering, joins, and aggregation
• Administration, security, backup, and recovery
• Performance analysis and query optimization
• Automation, reporting, and operational monitoring
• Step-by-step implementation planning
• Configuration standards and reusable documentation
• Testing checkpoints and evidence collection

Practical Activity

Build a configuration or implementation worksheet, record assumptions, and define validation checkpoints.

• Document assumptions, selected features or services, and expected outcomes.
• Record validation evidence, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Summarize the decision in a reusable implementation or operations note.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can explain and apply the lesson topics within a realistic Microsoft SQL Server scenario.