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DP-300T00 Implement scalable database solutions using Azure SQL

Did you know that over 95% of Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure to manage their cloud infrastructure? Are you equipped to administer critical SQL workloads in the cloud? In this course, you’ll learn to administer SQL Server databases across IaaS, Azure SQL Database in PaaS, and hybrid environments. You’ll configure high availability, secure sensitive data, migrate workloads, and fine-tune performance, skills that directly support>real-world database administration success. This course also gets you ready for the DP-300 exam, a key step toward earning your Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate credential, which proves you have the skills to manage modern database solutions on the Microsoft data platform.
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Did you know that over 95% of Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure to manage their cloud infrastructure? Are you equipped to administer critical SQL workloads in the cloud? In this course, you’ll learn to administer SQL Server databases across IaaS, Azure SQL Database in PaaS, and hybrid environments. You’ll configure high availability, secure sensitive data, migrate workloads, and fine-tune performance, skills that directly support>real-world database administration success. This course also gets you ready for the DP-300 exam, a key step toward earning your Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate credential, which proves you have the skills to manage modern database solutions on the Microsoft data platform.
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This course provides practical training for database administrators and data professionals responsible for administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions across on-premises and cloud environments. It supports preparation for exam DP-300 and helps build real-world skills in managing SQL Server database infrastructure and Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. Administer SQL Server and Azure SQL Database Deploy and manage Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Managed solutions Secure and monitor database solutions across hybrid environments Automate routine database administration tasks Support high availability and recovery for server database infrastructure for cloud

In addition to their professional experience, students who take this training should have technical knowledge equivalent to the following courses: AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals DP-900T00 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals

1 – Prepare to maintain SQL Server-based databases on Azure

  • Describe Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform roles
  • Understand SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine
  • Design Azure SQL Database for cloud-native applications
  • Explore Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Module assessment

2 – Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL

  • Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure
  • Understand hybrid scenarios
  • Explore performance and security
  • Explain high availability and disaster recovery options
  • Module assessment

3 – Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL

  • Explain PaaS options for deploying SQL Server in Azure
  • Explore single SQL database
  • Deploy SQL database elastic pool
  • Understand SQL database hyperscale
  • Examine SQL managed instance
  • Module assessment

4 – Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database

  • Choose the right Azure SQL Database feature
  • Use Azure SQL migration extension to migrate to Azure SQL Database
  • Migrate to Azure SQL Database using BACPAC
  • Use an online method to migrate to Azure SQL Database
  • Move data to Azure SQL Database
  • Module assessment

5 – Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance

  • Evaluate migration scenarios
  • Use Log Replay Service (LRS) to migrate
  • Migrate using Managed Instance link
  • Move data to SQL Managed Instance
  • Module assessment

6 – Configure database authentication and authorization

  • Describe authentication and identities
  • Describe Security Principals
  • Describe database and object permissions
  • Identify authentication and authorization failures
  • Module assessment

7 – Protect data in-transit and at rest

  • Explore Transparent Data Encryption
  • Configure server and database firewall rules
  • Explain object encryption and secure enclaves
  • Enable encrypted connections
  • Describe SQL injection
  • Understand Azure Key Vault
  • Module assessment

8 – Implement compliance controls for sensitive data

  • Explore data classification
  • Explore server and database audit
  • Implement Dynamic Data Masking
  • Implement Row Level security
  • Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL
  • Explore Ledger
  • Implement Microsoft Purview
  • Module assessment

9 – Describe performance monitoring

  • Describe performance monitoring tools
  • Describe critical performance metrics
  • Establish baseline metrics
  • Explore extended events
  • Describe database watcher (preview)
  • Explore Query Performance Insight
  • Module assessment

10 – Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance

  • Explain how to optimize Azure storage for SQL Server virtual machines
  • Describe virtual machine resizing
  • Optimize database storage
  • Control SQL Server resources
  • Module assessment

11 – Configure databases for optimal performance

  • Explore database maintenance checks
  • Describe database scoped configuration options
  • Describe automatic tuning
  • Describe intelligent query processing
  • Module assessment

12 – Explore query performance optimization

  • Understand query plans
  • Explain estimated and actual query plans
  • Describe dynamic management views and functions
  • Explore Query Store
  • Identify problematic query plans
  • Describe blocking and locking
  • Module assessment

13 – Explore performance-based database design

  • Describe normalization
  • Choose appropriate data types
  • Design indexes
  • Module assessment

14 – Evaluate performance improvements

  • Describe wait statistics
  • Tune and maintain indexes
  • Understand query hints
  • Explore performance scenarios
  • Module assessment

15 – Automate database deployment

  • Describe deployment models in Azure
  • Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager templates and Bicep
  • Automate deployment by using PowerShell
  • Automate deployment by using Azure CLI
  • Module assessment

16 – Create and manage SQL Agent jobs

  • Create a SQL Server maintenance plan
  • Describe task status notifications

17 – Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation

  • Explore Elastic jobs
  • Understand Azure Automation
  • Build an automation runbook
  • Automate database workflows by using Logic Apps
  • Monitor automated tasks
  • Module assessment

18 – Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies

  • Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective
  • Explore high availability and disaster recovery options
  • Describe Azure high availability and disaster recovery features for Azure Virtual Machines
  • Describe high availability and disaster recovery for PaaS deployments
  • Explore high availability and disaster recovery solution for IaaS
  • Describe hybrid solutions
  • Module assessment

19 – Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery

  • Describe failover clusters in Windows Server
  • Configure Always-on availability groups
  • Describe active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database
  • Explore auto-failover groups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Monitor availability
  • Module assessment

20 – Back up and restore databases

  • Back up and restore SQL Server running on Azure virtual machines
  • Back up a SQL Server virtual machine
  • Back up and restore a database for SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance
  • Module assessment
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