What you'll learn

There are many important considerations when creating and deploying an application that uses SQL Server for data storage, whether you work for a large or small ISV, and are creating a complex or simple application. It's critical that your application performs well under load, keeps the user data secure, and is able to be installed and upgraded easily. This course explains all these considerations using a layered approach that ties into stages in the development lifecycle. The course begins by examining database design and schema considerations, plus general best practices around security using roles, logins, and users. It then explains and demonstrates numerous aspects of T-SQL coding where choices can be made to make the code and application more efficient, and avoid common performance pitfalls. Application and code testing is then addressed, along with figuring out the hardware, software, and SQL Server requirements that must be communicated to the users. The course ends by walking through the deployment phase, including common SQL Server and database configuration options that must be changed or left as the default value, and explaining how to ensure that application and database upgrades run smoothly. This course is perfect for developers who are involved in the development lifecycle of applications that use SQL Server for data storage. The information in the course applies to all versions from SQL Server 2005 onward.