SQL Database Internals and Query Optimization
Even the best logical model can’t help when the physical implementation is bad. Therefore, it is important to know how SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and partially also Azure Synapse Analytics, store data in row and columnar format and how the engines access this data. You will learn about heaps, balanced trees, and columnar indexes. In addition, this course introduces query optimization for both, transactional and analytical queries.
Basic familiarity with SQL Server is recommended for this course. If you are a complete beginner in this area, then we recommend that you watch the Starting with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database course first.