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Introduction to SQL in Azure Data Studio

Two days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,350

Classroom (Manchester)
£995

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£825

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

There are no pre-requisites for this course, although if you've never seen a relational database before (consisting of linked tables) you may get less out of the training.

Note that this is a new course, which means our usual no-cancel guarantee does not apply to all bookings.

Course schedule

Here are our next few SQL in Azure Data Studio course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
25-26 Feb	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
26-27 Mar	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
24-25 Apr	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
27-28 May	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
26-27 Jun	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

SQL in Azure Data Studio training course contents

Our two-day introduction to SQL using Azure Data Studio course will show you how to write SQL queries within Azure Data Studio. In addition to learning about the syntax of SQL queries you'll learn how to create notebooks, create simple visuals and export data easily to other formats.

Most people create SQL queries in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), but Azure Data Studio provides a more modern coding environment based on Visual Studio Code. You can see the differences between Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Management Studio here.

On this course you'll also learn about how to use non-SQL features of Azure Data Studio (such as creating notebooks and visuals).

The contents of this course are as follows:

Using Azure Data Studio

Connecting to databases
Table and column navigation
Typing and running SQL

Creating notebooks

Adding text and cells
Formatting and layout
Saving and re-using notebooks

Creating queries

The SELECT statement
Comments and indentation
Table and column aliases
Imposing sort order

Criteria using WHERE

Simple and combined criteria
Using wildcards
Dealing with nulls

Creating expressions

Adding calculated columns
The CASE statement
Useful SQL functions

Expressions using dates

Getting the current date
Formatting dates
Useful date functions

Joins

The importance of table aliases
Inner joins
Left and right outer joins

Grouping queries

Aggregating single columns
Grouping by columns
Issues with counting and averaging

Creating visuals

Creating charts
Configuration options

Other ADS tools if time

Using extensions
Dashboard widgets

Please see further up this page for what you should know beforehand (if anything) in order to attend this course.

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
537 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"The course was excellent and at just the right level. An excellent tutor and she really helped us to fully understand the course content, taking her time to go through things if we didn't quite grasp it. Thank you, much appreciated! Would definitely recommend Wise Owl to anyone. I chose the course as my work colleague had used the free YouTube videos and advised me of them. I have done a Microsoft course before and Wise Owl are much better in my opinion."

Lindsey Reed (Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service)

"The course was excellent and easy to follow. A great trainer and a really nice down to earth man which made the course enjoyable and fun. I would highly recommend Wise Owl training to anyone as this is now my 3rd completed course and everything about it has been great from start to finish. We were tying to learn SQL on YouTube using Wise Owl tutorials. We thought that they looked good so decided to give you a go. Glad we did!"

Lindsey Reed (Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service)

"A great instructor and the course content was perfect for the skills I was wanting to learn. Wise Owl came recommended by a few people, so definitely has a great reputation for quality courses and instructors."

Alexandra Thacker (FIS Global (WorldPay))

"The course itself was great, and the content was very useful. The trainer was very nice and friendly. I've learned a lot and would definitely recommend it to a friend."

Coralie Bish (MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes))

"I was really impressed with the trainer who was knowlegable, articulate and engaging."

Chris Webb (UK Research & Innovation (UKRI))

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

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