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✓ Live monthly SQLChallenges - take the SQLChallenge with the recording if you can't make the live event
✓ All past SQLChallenge recordings
✓ Subscriber-only live technical webcasts - these are 45 minutes to an hour each. Can't make it? Annotated, edited recordings will be posted to the library after the webcast
✓ All online video courses and past recorded webcasts
✓ Immediate access to new recorded video courses as they are released
✓Quizzes and certificates
All online video courses and SQLChallenges feature captions, transcripts, variable play speed, and downloads for the PDFs and demo scripts
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Frequently Asked Questions
“Can I purchase subscriptions for a team?”
Yes! The SQL Learning League Teams and SQL Symposium Teams products are set up to allow you to purchase seats for a variety of team sizes — you get discounts for purchasing more than one seat. The larger the team, the deeper the discount.
“Do I get the scripts and slides?”
Yep! A PDF of the slides and the demo scripts are ready for download so you can play with them on your own test instance.
“Can I watch at different speeds?”
Yes, the video player in each course allows you to speed up or slow down the video.
“Do videos have captions?”
Yep! Each video has captions, plus a written transcript below the video.
“What are the courses like?”
Try the free course below to find out. You can also preview lessons in lots of different courses from the Course Catalog.
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SQL Server Management Studio Shortcuts & Secrets
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is so full of tiny buttons and options that it's hard to figure out the fastest way to get your work done. Learn tricks to simplify using SSMS and make using it more fun.
This free course has:
✓ 84 minutes of video demos
✓ Downloadable scripts for all the demos for you to practice on your own
✓ One 5-10 minute final quiz
Plus, get a desktop wallpaper and a cheat sheet to help you remember all the shortcuts and secrets.
This course is free. Registration is required to make the quiz at the end work.
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Read the Reviews
Monthly Video Crew™ ($59.00 / month)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Thank you for another great course! I've been able to immediately apply some of the strategies/monitoring/etc. to my team's internal testing servers, and it's been helpful to be able to monitor the system with a high degree of confidence as we develop new code.kwimmers
2018-01-25 14:00:59 
SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning
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I liked this course. There are not many courses focused on tuning partitioned tables along with column indexes out there and Kendra does cover this topic in a brief and concise way that does not cloud you with too much information.Fernando
2017-12-28 07:52:36 Monthly Video Crew™ ($59.00 / month)
Review for course: Query Tuning with Hints & Optimizer Hotfixes
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Your courses so far are the best among numerous courses i have attended. Your explanations and demonstrations makes it easy to apply the concept learnt in my given work situations.benson sibanda
2017-12-27 14:39:11 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Indexing for Window Functions
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Well presented , understandable and easily processed for retention. Query tuning has been difficult for me to understand , this made some of my previous experience with query tuning more adaptable to my eneviromentjoemunch1
2017-12-15 14:09:11 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Query Tuning with Hints & Optimizer Hotfixes
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Kendra always explains things and concepts very easy to understand. This is such a great curse and I really enjoy every part of it. I learned a lot.mvillegascuellar
2017-11-16 13:26:12 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Great course! Makes some very complicated issues a little less complicated so thank you very much! Looking forward to get started with some other courses.daniel.dehaan
2017-11-16 07:57:12 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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The BEST course I have ever taken! I think the explanation of Isolation Levels was the best too! Thank you so much.Isaac
2017-11-10 07:34:05 Monthly Video Crew™ ($59.00 / month)
Review for course: Query Tuning with Hints & Optimizer Hotfixes
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This has been another enjoyable & helpful course from Kendra. They are well organized and logical to follow, and I've been able to implement several ideas in testing poor performing queries but think about ways I can improve testing of new queries going into our environment. Thank you!Heather Sullivan
2017-10-20 09:25:28 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Why Creating an Index Can Slow Down a Query
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Excellent course, well-produced. Especially useful because it gives upsides and downsides to different solutions and discusses how selecting the "best" solution may depend on different factors.paul.kemner
2017-09-12 13:22:24 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Fantastic course. Doesn't assume you know too many basics and provides straight forward, hands-on approach to using this not just learning about it.George
2017-08-14 08:18:36 Monthly Video Crew™ ($59.00 / month)
Review for course: Why Creating an Index Can Slow Down a Query
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Great course, really nice optimizer training.vercelli vercelli
2017-07-05 08:13:26 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Query Tuning with Hints & Optimizer Hotfixes
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Kendra's obvious enthusiasm for her subject make it a joy to watch her videos. You can't help but learn.Ian Turner
2017-06-23 07:55:55 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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This was an excellent course! It really helped me to put more of the pieces together on deadlocks. I learned a lot and will be putting these new learned skills to good use!
I love your style of teaching. You make it easy and fun to learn!Laurie
2017-06-02 16:33:33 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning
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I highly recommend this course to everyone that think partitioning a table is a no brainer. It helps me to understand the pros and cons of this technique.Steve
2017-04-21 12:58:33 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Excellent resources to understand deadlocks, as a DBA this is really a gem. Take it if you can, you will not regret it.2017-04-20 15:02:07 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Thank you, Kendra! A well structured is always a pleasure to watch. My favorite part was giving code names (e.g. sneaky blocker) to different locking types. That really helped to organize my existing knowledge!Vladimir
2017-04-13 12:34:16 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning
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This course presented the topic really well! I have read about most of these partitioned query challenges in small chunks on various blogs, but this course does a really good job of putting all of those challenges together in a way that made it really digestible and easy to remember.Jeremy
2017-03-31 17:39:30 Monthly Video Crew™ ($59.00 / month)
Review for course: Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning
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Awesome Session (Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning), makes me want to dig into ColumnStore Indexing more. I really like the way you break up the session and have the Question at the end of each session, also the interview question at the end are really helpful.Louis
2017-03-15 12:05:25 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Great trainning !
Like the short video, it's easier to go through it even when extra busy 😉
Having the demo to reproduce is really nice too.
Thanks !Dominique
2017-03-15 11:03:13 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Great course!! Really valuable information, and useful for a memory refresh on the topics. Great demos.Bruno
2017-03-11 10:39:20 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Tuning Problem Queries in Table Partitioning
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A great course on tuning queries against partitioned tables. Kendra covers several different types of query anti-patterns when it comes to partitioning, in both a fun but thorough manner. I would recommend this course to any developer or DBA who has to deal, or will potentially deal with partitioned tables.Daniel
2017-03-08 20:14:21 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Great course. Simple explanations with great demos.Razvan
2017-03-08 09:31:12 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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This was a really fun course. I always like it when a teacher takes a topic beyond the basic definition of the problem and solution, and into the guts underneath--you learn so much more about a topic when you start to develop a sense of the topic's etymology. The interview questions section was a really nice touch; I'm trying to change jobs at the moment, and Kendra gives some great framing on how to show off understanding of the technology. Great stuff; can't wait for more.dlackovic
2017-03-03 11:50:17 SQL Learning League™ ($399.00 / year)
Review for course: Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlocks for Beginners
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Just finished up this course and it was fantastic. The presentation of the content was in small enough pieces that made it easy to do during a break or lunch. The content was very clear and well presented and the demo scripts were easy to walk through. Great job and I am looking forward to the next one.Jeff
2017-03-02 05:08:49