This class introduces how the challenges of keeping up with transformational trends that exist in the technology industry today can be mitigated using Windows Server 2012 R2. A detailed review of…

This recording of our 90-minute MVA Live Q&A session features David Tesar and David Aiken answering technical questions about Windows Azure for IT Professionals. Before watching this course, it…

Bing It! View this Jump Start to learn how to maximize traffic to your websites by understanding how SEO and SEM can enhance your traffic. This two hour session goes into details on the basics of…

Bing It! View this Jump Start to learn how to maximize traffic to your websites by understanding how SEO and SEM can enhance your traffic. This two hour session goes into details on the basics of…

In this session Doug and Dave take you through the details on tips and tricks of how to make OneNote the tool to use during meetings and how you can seamlessly leverage it across multiple products.…

This module provides an overview to OneNote and demonstrates why you should consider using OneNote to keep organized, take notes, lay out your workspace and much more. [04:22] - Why OneNote [08:45] -…

Enjoy this fun-filled two hour Q&A session where Senior Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Senior Program Manager Justin Incarnato answer questions from the audience on Microsoft System…

Legendary and renowned author Charles Petzold together with Principal Technical Evangelist Jaime Rodriguez led this fast-paced live Q&A session on Microsoft Windows programing. They fielded one…

Enjoy this fun filled 90 minutes where Senior Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey answer questions from the audience on Microsoft's approach to…

Senior Technical Evangelists Joey Snow and Rick Claus led this fast-paced live Q&A session on 1/15/2013. Enjoy engaging dialog, debate and demos focused on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 shaped…

Module 15 shows the mechanisms by which the database can be monitored for availability, errors, and performance. Statistics that can be captured for both proactive and reactive administration of the…

Module 14 provides a high-level overview of the scalability and high availability features available in each RDBMS. Oracle and SQL Server are both enterprise class RDBMS, therefore the topics of…

Module 13 is divided into two sections: tuning an instance and tuning an application. Tuning the instance involves taking steps to ensure that system resources such as memory, CPU and I/O are used…

Module 12 lists the types of errors encountered in a database and the various mechanisms that are available to safeguard against these errors. This module discusses various types of backups and…

Module 11 examines the non-transactional mechanisms for moving data into and out of a database. The functionality varies based on homogeneous and heterogeneous databases. One key feature in SQL Server…

Module 10 continues the discussion of data protection initiated in Module 6. This module examines the various features available for providing security such as logins, roles, profiles, and privileges.…

Module 9 provides the administrative aspect of schema objects described in Module 4. The discussion covers planning, creation and maintenance of many key schema objects. Choices in terms of table and…

Module 8 discusses the administration of various types of resources such as system resources (such as memory, processes, storage, and so on) as well as low-level database resources (such as lock,…

Module 7 contains discussion on planning and installation of SQL Server. While basic duties such a creating, starting and shutting down a database are common to all databases, the options available…

Module 6 fulfills the twin tasks of protecting data against unauthorized access (database security) and also from the destructive interaction between authorized users working concurrently (concurrency…

Module 5 focuses on how data is accessed and manipulated by the clients. Important concepts such as transaction, session, and so on are discussed here. This module describes the various commands…

Module 4 examines in greater detail the schema objects introduced in Module 2. While all schema objects are mentioned, of particular interest are tables, the type of data they can hold, and their…

Module 3 discusses the memory and process architectures that are key to a database's performance. The module goes into the details of the hierarchy of memory areas of an instance and its…

Module 3 discusses the memory and process architectures that are key to a database's performance. The module goes into the details of the hierarchy of memory areas of an instance and its…

Module 2 goes in-depth into structure, components and contents of the files that constitute the database. To be able to manage hundreds of gigabytes, terabytes, or even petabytes of data, it is…

Module 1 provides an understanding of the two major components of a database system. The database constitutes the files that store data, and the instance is the collection of server resources that…