Database Engine Tutorials

This tutorial teaches how to connect to an instance of the Database Engine.

This tutorial introduces you to the integrated environment for managing your SQL Server infrastructure. SQL Server Management Studio presents a graphical interface for configuring, monitoring, and administering instances of SQL Server. It also allows you to deploy, monitor, and upgrade the data-tier components used by your applications, such as databases and data warehouses. SQL Server Management Studio also provides Transact-SQL, MDX, DMX, and XML language editors for editing and debugging scripts.

This tutorial teaches the fundamental skills of writing the Transact-SQL statements for creating and managing objects in a SQL Server database.

This tutorial introduces you to using the advisor to examine how queries are processed, and then review recommendations for improving query performance.

This tutorial teaches how to convert a table to a hierarchical structure, and then manage the data in the table.

This tutorial illustrates signing stored procedures using a certificate generated by SQL Server.

This tutorial uses a scenario to illustrate SQL Server security concepts involving ownership chains and user context switching.

This tutorial teaches how to create policies that enforce site administration standards.

This tutorial teaches how to create policies that can be used to analyze instances of the Database Engine for known issues.

This tutorial illustrates how to do a SQL Server backup and restore to the Windows Azure Blob Storage Service.