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title: "Database Engine Tutorials | Microsoft Docs"
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# Database Engine Tutorials
[!INCLUDE [SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance](../includes/applies-to-version/sql-asdb-asdbmi.md)]
This section contains tutorials for [!INCLUDE[ssDECurrent](../includes/ssdecurrent-md.md)].  
  
[Tutorial: Getting Started with the Database Engine](../relational-databases/tutorial-getting-started-with-the-database-engine.md)  
This tutorial teaches how to connect to an instance of the [!INCLUDE[ssDE](../includes/ssde-md.md)].  
  
[Tutorial: SQL Server Management Studio](../ssms/quickstarts/ssms-connect-query-sql-server.md)  
This tutorial introduces you to the integrated environment for managing your [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] infrastructure. [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] presents a graphical interface for configuring, monitoring, and administering instances of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. It also allows you to deploy, monitor, and upgrade the data-tier components used by your applications, such as databases and data warehouses. [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] also provides [!INCLUDE[tsql](../includes/tsql-md.md)], MDX, DMX, and XML language editors for editing and debugging scripts.  
  
[Tutorial: Writing Transact-SQL Statements](../t-sql/tutorial-writing-transact-sql-statements.md)  
This tutorial teaches the fundamental skills of writing the [!INCLUDE[tsql](../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements for creating and managing objects in a [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] database.  
  
[Tutorial: Database Engine Tuning Advisor](../tools/dta/tutorial-database-engine-tuning-advisor.md)  
This tutorial introduces you to using the advisor to examine how queries are processed, and then review recommendations for improving query performance.  
  
[Tutorial: Using the hierarchyid Data Type](../relational-databases/tables/tutorial-using-the-hierarchyid-data-type.md)  
This tutorial teaches how to convert a table to a hierarchical structure, and then manage the data in the table.  
  
[Tutorial: Signing Stored Procedures with a Certificate](../relational-databases/tutorial-signing-stored-procedures-with-a-certificate.md)  
This tutorial illustrates signing stored procedures using a certificate generated by [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
[Tutorial: Ownership Chains and Context Switching](../relational-databases/tutorial-ownership-chains-and-context-switching.md)  
This tutorial uses a scenario to illustrate [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] security concepts involving ownership chains and user context switching.  
  
[Tutorial: Administering Servers by Using Policy-Based Management](../relational-databases/policy-based-management/tutorial-administering-servers-by-using-policy-based-management.md)  
This tutorial teaches how to create policies that enforce site administration standards.  
  
[Tutorial: SQL Server Backup and Restore to Azure Blob Storage Service](~/relational-databases/tutorial-sql-server-backup-and-restore-to-azure-blob-storage-service.md)  
This tutorial illustrates how to do a SQL Server backup and restore to the Azure Blob Storage Service.  
  
[Tutorial: Using the Microsoft Azure Blob storage service with SQL Server 2016 databases](tutorial-use-azure-blob-storage-service-with-sql-server-2016.md)  
This tutorial helps you understand how to store SQL Server data files in the Azure Blob storage service directly.  
  
## See Also  
[Tutorials for SQL Server 2016](../sql-server/tutorials-for-sql-server-2016.md)  
[TechNet WIKI: SQL Server 2012 Samples](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=220734)