Administering Microsoft SQL Server — Lesson 1: Foundations, Architecture, and Use Cases

Topics Covered

• Relational database concepts and SQL architecture
• Database objects, schemas, tables, and relationships
• Query design, filtering, joins, and aggregation
• Administration, security, backup, and recovery
• Roles, prerequisites, terminology, and success criteria
• Business and technical requirement mapping
• Solution boundaries, dependencies, and assumptions

Practical Activity

Analyze a representative use case, document requirements, and create a solution or platform map.

• 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.