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Advanced Performance and Data Engineering in SQL Server 2025

2 Courses
3 Hours
Skill IQ

This learning path is actively in production. More content will be added to this page as it gets published and becomes available in the library. Planned content includes:

**Advanced Performance in SQL Server 2025** - Advanced Query Performance Management in SQL Server 2025 (video course) - Fix Concurrency Issues with SQL Server 2025 Performance Tools (video course)

**Advanced Data Engineering in SQL Server 2025** - Optimize Vector Search with Indexes in SQL Server 2025 (video course) - Build Embedding Workflows with SQL Server 2025 AI Functions (video course) - Build Hybrid Analytics with SQL Server 2025 and Microsoft Fabric (video course) - Stream Data Changes with SQL Server 2025 Change Event Streaming (video course)

Advanced performance and data engineering in SQL Server 2025 focuses on optimizing query behavior, scaling modern workloads, and integrating SQL Server into real-world analytics and streaming architectures. In this learning path, you’ll go beyond fundamentals to stabilize performance with Query Store, troubleshoot concurrency issues, and tune vector search and embedding workflows for AI-ready applications. You’ll also build hybrid analytics solutions with Microsoft Fabric and stream data changes using Change Event Streaming for reliable downstream processing.

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What You'll Learn
  • How to perform advanced query performance tuning in SQL Server 2025
  • How to fix concurrency issues with SQL Server 2025 performance tools
  • How to optimize vector searches with indexes in SQL Server 2025
  • How to build embedding workflows in SQL Server 2025
  • How to build hybrid analytics with SQL Server 2025
  • How to stream data changes with SQL Server 2025 change event streaming
Prerequisites
  • Learners interested in this path should have hands-on experience administering and developing with SQL Server. Learners should also be familiar with new SQL Server 2025 functionality and concepts like Query Store, JSON enhancements, and AI/vector capabilities.
Related topics
  • Performance optimization
  • Query tuning
  • Data engineering
  • T-SQL
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Streaming data
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