Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions DP-300 Certification Training

This Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (DP-300) certification 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 helpful to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases. Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions DP-300 Certification Training Benefits In this Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (DP-300) course, you will learn how to: 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. Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (DP-300) Prerequisites Successful Azure Database Administrators start this role with professional experience in database management and technical knowledge of cloud technologies. Specifically:  Working with, maintaining, and developing with SQL Server  Experience with Azure, such as deploying and managing resources  At a minimum, you should know the information in the following courses before attending the course: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Training (AZ-900T00) Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals Training (DP-900) Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (DP-300) Exam Information This course can help you prepare for the following Microsoft role-based certification exam — Exam DP-300: Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure. DP-300 Certification Course Outline Module 1: Prepare to maintain SQL databases on Azure  Explore the role of a database administrator on Azure. Describe SQL Server-based offerings on Azure.  At the end of this module, you will be able to:  Understand the role of Azure Database Administrator as it fits in with other data platform roles.  Describe the key differences between the SQL Server-based database options in Azure.  Describe other features for Azure SQL platforms available. Module 2: Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL  Configure virtual machine sizing, storage, and networking options to ensure adequate performance for your database workloads. Choose and configure appropriate high-availability options.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Explore the basics of SQL Server in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering  Learn the available options for provisioning and deployment  Deploy SQL Server into an Azure Virtual Machine Module 3: Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL   Provision and deploy Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL managed instance. Select the appropriate options when performing a migration to the SQL PaaS platform.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Gain an understanding of SQL Server in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering  Understand PaaS provisioning and deployment options  Understand elastic pools  Examine Azure SQL Managed Instances  Explore Azure SQL Edge  Configure a template for PaaS deployment Module 4: Evaluate strategies for migrating to Azure SQL  Describe database migration options and tools on Azure. Understand how compatibility level affects database behavior. Describe Azure's private and public preview options.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Evaluate different Azure migration options when moving your SQL environment to the cloud.  Understand how SQL Server compatibility level affects database behavior.  Understand the differences between private and public preview options.  Module 5: Migrate SQL workloads to Azure SQL databases  In this module, you will learn to demonstrate the benefits and processes for moving a SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database.  By the end of this module, you'll be able to:  Describe the considerations for a SQL Server to Azure SQL Database migration.  Describe the methods and steps for offline migrating to Azure SQL Database.  Describe the methods and steps for online migration to Azure SQL Database.  Explore the post-migration steps required to ensure service continuity of your database in backup, high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability  Module 6: Migrate SQL workloads to Azure Managed Instances  Learners can demonstrate the benefits and processes for moving a SQL Server database to an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.  By the end of this module, you'll be able to:  Evaluate migration scenarios to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance  Migrate to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance  Load and move data to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance  Module 7: Configure database authentication and authorization  Contrast authentication using Microsoft Entra and SQL Server authentication. Implement various security principles and configure permissions.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Learn about authentication options for Azure SQL Database  Create various security principals  Configure permissions within a SQL database  Identify authentication and authorization failures  Module 8: Protect data in-transit and at rest  Explore encryption options available within Azure SQL, including firewall rules, Always Encrypted, and Transport Layer Security. Understand how SQL Injection works.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Understand the data encryption options available in the various platforms  Implement object-level encryption  Understand the difference between database and server firewall rules for Azure SQL Database  Explore Always Encrypted with secure enclaves  Module 9: Implement compliance controls for sensitive data  Explore data classification capabilities and degrees of confidentiality. Implement security options to maintain private data safe, including Azure SQL auditing, Microsoft Defender for SQL, row-level security, Dynamic Data Masking and Azure SQL Database Ledger.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Plan and implement data classification in Azure SQL Database  Understand and configure row-level security and dynamic data masking  Understand the usage of Microsoft Defender for SQL  Explore how Azure SQL Database Ledger works  Module 10: Describe performance monitoring  Compare Azure and on-premises tools for monitoring and measuring performance. Determine critical metrics. Understand the purpose of a baseline for comparative analysis. Configure extended event sessions for tracing activities.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Review potential performance issues.  Identify critical Azure metrics.  Learn how to collect metrics for an established baseline.  Use extended events for performance analysis.  Understand Azure SQL Database Intelligent Insights  Module 11: Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance  Choose the appropriate size and storage options for your Azure SQL databases. Configure server resources such as tempdb. Understand the usage of Resource Governor.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Understand your options for the configuration of Azure storage  Learn how to configure TempDB data files in SQL Server  Learn how to choose the right type of VM for SQL Server workloads  Understand the use cases and configuration of Resource Governor in SQL Server  Module 12: Configure databases for optimal performance  Implement tasks for both IaaS and PaaS to maintain indexes and statistics. Explore the automatic tuning features of Azure SQL Database. Control database-level configuration options. Explore Intelligent Query Processing.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Understand database-scoped configuration options  Understand maintenance tasks related to indexing and statistics  Understand the features of Intelligent Query Processing (IQP)  Explore the automatic tuning feature in Azure  Module 13: Explore query performance optimization  Read and understand various forms of execution plans. Compare estimated vs actual plans. Learn how and why plans are generated. Understand the purpose and benefits of the Query Store.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Generate and save execution plans  Compare the different types of execution plans  Understand how and why query plans are generated  Explain the purpose and benefits of the Query Store  Investigate the available reports and data in the Query Store Module 14: Evaluate performance improvements  Evaluate possible changes to indexes. Determine the impact of changes to queries and indexes. Explore Query Store hints.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Determine when changing indexes or defining new ones can affect performance  Evaluate wait statistics as an aid in finding areas for performance improvement  Understand how query hints work and when to use them  Module 15: Explore performance-based design  Explore normalization for relational databases. Investigate the impact of proper datatype usage. Compare types of indexes.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Explore normal forms and how they affect database design  Choose appropriate datatypes for your data  Evaluate appropriate index types  Module 16: Automate deployment of database resources  Explore multiple deployment models available on Azure. Use Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Bicep files for deploying Azure SQL resources. Understand how to use PowerShell and Azure CLI for automation purposes.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Describe the deployment models available on Azure  Deploy database resources using PowerShell and Azure CLI  Deploy an Azure Resource Manager template and Bicep  Understand the difference between multiple command-line options  Module 17: Create and manage SQL Agent jobs  Explore SQL automation for scheduled tasks and automatic alerts for SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Schedule necessary maintenance activities for your databases.  Configure notifications and alerts on SQL Server Agent jobs and SQL Server.  Configure alerts based on performance monitor values. Module 18: Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation  Explore automation for the Azure SQL platform. Configure elastic jobs, explore Azure Automation, and evaluate different strategies for monitoring automation tasks.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Understand the benefits of Azure policy  Explore the capabilities of Azure Automation  Configure elastic jobs  Use Logic Apps for database workflow  Module 19: Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies  Plan an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy based on recovery time objective and recovery point objective. Choose the best solution for IaaS or PaaS deployments, or hybrid workloads.  Deploy Windows Server Failover Cluster and availability groups in Azure and hybrid environments. Configure temporal tables, geo-replication, and auto-failover groups.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Explore options for deploying a WSFC in Azure  Explore options for deploying an AG in Azure  Implement Temporal Tables  Plan active geo-replication and auto-failover groups  Module 20: Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery  Plan an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy based on recovery-time objective and recovery-point objective. Choose the best solution for IaaS or PaaS deployments, or hybrid workloads.  After completing this module, you will be able to:  Define recovery time objective and recovery point objective  Explore the available high availability and disaster recovery options for both IaaS and PaaS  Devise an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy  Module 21: Back up and restore databases  Plan and implement policy for recovering data if user errors occur or the technology fails. Explore various options for how and where to back up and restore databases.  In this module, you will:  Explore backup and restore options for IaaS  Implement backup and restore for PaaS