Masterclass: Building and Managing High Availability Solutions with SQL Server

In this course you will learn the basics on how to create a high available solution with SQL Server, along with the potential threats the platform may face. The course will also briefly cover the HA features in Windows Server 2019, which are relevant for SQL Server solutions.

You will learn how to:

• Build a reliable High Availability solution with Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019
• Manage a High Availability solution with Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019
• Build Disaster Recovery Solutions
• Troubleshoot problems with High Availability in SQL Server

Target Audience and Prerequisites

This course is intended for those responsible for building and managing high availability solutions for SQL Server.

To attend this training, you should have good hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure and experience administering Windows Server.

About Herbert Albert

Herbert Albert is a Mentor with Lucient (former SolidQ). Since version 6.0 he works with SQL Server as developer and trainer. He helped developing official Microsoft courses about Administering and Developing SQL Server as well as the Lucient training “Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning for SQL Server.” Furthermore, he coo-authored the “Upgrade Technical Reference Guide” and was technical editor of a couple of Microsoft Press books. As a trainer, consultant and speaker he is focused on T-SQL Programming, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Integration Servers- In these areas he delivers projects successfully Europe-wide. 

Course details

Module 01: Introduction to High Availability

• Basic aspects of High Availability

Module 02: Windows Server 2019 High Availability

• Overview of HA features in Windows Server 2019

Module 03: SQL Server 2019 High Availability Features Overview

• Failover Cluster Instances
• Availability Group
• Log Shipping

Module 04: Windows Server 2019 Failover Clustering

• Installation
• Storage configuration
• Quorum configuration
• Maintenance
• Patching/Upgrading
• Adding/Removing nodes to/from cluster
• Monitoring
• Troubleshooting

Module 05: SQL Server 2019 Failover Clustering Instance

• SQL Server FCI configuration
• Active/Active
• Active/Passive
• MS DTC
• Maintenance
• Patching/Upgrading
• Adding/Removing SQL Server to/from cluster

Module 06: SQL Server 2019 Availability Groups

• SQL Server AG configuration
• Sync/Async
• Read Only Routing and Load Balancing
• Direct seeding
• Distributed AG
• Maintenance
  • Adding/Removing files to/from database in AG
  • Adding/Removing database to/from AG
• Patching/Upgrading
• Monitoring
• Troubleshooting

Module 07: SQL Server Interoperability

• Interoperability
• with Integration Services
• with Analysis Services
• with Reporting Services