Summary

DP-300T00 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases and who work with the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases.

Introduction

Who Should Attend
The audience for this course is data professionals managing data and databases who want to learn about administering the data platform technologies that are available on Microsoft Azure. This course is also valuable for data architects and application developers who need to understand what technologies are available for the data platform with Azure and how to work with those technologies through applications.

Course Objectives
– Plan, deploy and configure Azure SQL offerings
– Monitor database performance and tune a database and queries for optimum performance
– Plan and configure a High Availability Solution

Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who take this training should have technical knowledge equivalent to the following courses: Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals

Outline

  • 1 - Introduction to Azure Database Administration

    • Prepare to maintain SQL databases on Azure
  • 2 - Plan and Implement Data Platform Resources

    • Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
    • Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
    • Evaluate strategies for migrating to Azure SQL
    • Migrate SQL workloads to Azure SQL Databases
    • Migrate SQL workloads to Azure Managed Instances
  • 3 - Implement a Secure Environment for a Database Service

    • Configure database authentication and authorization
    • Protect data in-transit and at rest
    • Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
  • 4 - Monitor and Optimize Operational Resources

    • Describe performance monitoring
    • Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
    • Configure databases for optimal performance
  • 5 - Optimize Query Performance

    • Explore query performance optimization
    • Explore performance-based database design
    • Evaluate performance improvements
  • 6 - Automate database tasks

    • Automate deployment of database resources
    • Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
    • Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
  • 7 - Plan and Implement a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution

    • High Availability and Disaster Recovery Strategies
    • IaaS Platform and Database Tools for HADR
    • PaaS Platform and Database Tools for HADR
    • Database Backup and Recovery

Course Schedule

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**Indicates a course that is only a half day.