MOC 10998 Updating Your Skills to SQL Server 2017

Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server 2017
Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2017
Lessons

• Overview of SQL Server 2017
• Functionality across versions

Module 2: What is new in SQL Server Performance, Scalability, and Availability.
This module introduces the performance enhancements provided by Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning, as well as the scalability and availability enhancements provided by new Availability Group architectures, including Read-Scale Availability Groups and Availability Groups with SQL Server on Linux
Lessons

• Adaptive query processing
• Automatic tuning
• Availability Scalability

Module 3: What is New in SQL Server data Access
SQL Server 2017 introduces SQL Graph which enables you to define the relationships between your data items in a table rather than calculating them during a query, reducing the query cost and simplifying your data structure.
Lessons

• SQL Graph

Module 4: What is new in SQL Server Reporting and BI
This module describes what is new in SQL Server reporting and BI.
Lessons

• Power BI report Server
• Reporting Services update

Module 5: New and Enhanced Features in SQL Server Analysis Services
This module introduces new and enhanced features in SQL Server Analysis Services, with particular emphasis on the tabular data model.
Lessons

• Tabular model updates

Module 6: New and Enhanced data Analytics Features
This module introduces new and enhanced data analytics features.
Lessons

• New and enhanced data analytics features

Module 7: What is new in SQL Server in the Cloud
Organizations want the best value from a mixture of cloud services and their existing investment in on-premises hardware and software. This module covers a comparison between the features of Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Microsoft SQL Server 2017, as well as new features that make it easier for you to migrate databases from on-premises SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database.
Lessons

• Azure SQL database features
• Managed Instances

Module 8: SQL Server on Linux
This module covers the features of SQL Server on Linux, as well as the process for deploying SQL Server on Linux and using Docker.
Lessons

• SQL Server on Linux
• Deploying SQL Server on Linux