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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)
16-17 May	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
04-05 Jun	09:30-16:30	Manchester	£995	Book
20-21 Jun	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
18-19 Jul	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
15-16 Aug	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.

Here's the sort of thing you'll learn how to write on this course:

It'll be well into day two by the time you know how to write this!

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
581 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:

"A very patient, articulate and inspiring trainer who is clearly passionate about his subject. Power BI was new to me and I found the course overwhelming and tiring at times but the trainer kept me going with his good natured enthusiasm! "

Lindsey Strickland (Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA))

"A great trainer who made everyone feel at ease & was extremely knowledgeable. Even though the subject was something that I thought I would struggled with, the training was broken down into small enough sections that we could all follow easily."

Stephen Catlow (LifeArc)

"The course was great and I like the set up - where we are taught an example and we practice, with the teacher guiding us and correcting us. We had a wonderful instructor!"

Bianca Delgado (ICE Futures Europe)

"I thought the course was excellent as was the trainer. I really can't speak highly enough of both. I learnt a lot and it has helped me update some very old practices. Thank you very much for a very enjoyable and informative 2 days."

Justin Robinson (Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC))

"Very professional, well delivered course. There is clearly a great deal of information to digest and the manuals are a great tool to assist when using the information given, to put into practice. Would definitely choose to further my excel capabilities when I have had the opportunity to use the skills I have been afforded. "

Marc Corfield-Halliwell (BBS Law)

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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