Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

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Information

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.

Audience Profile

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.

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 online training before attending the course:

AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals

Course Modules

Prepare to maintain SQL databases on Azure
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
Configure database authentication and authorization
Protect data in-transit and at rest
Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
Describe performance monitoring
Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
Configure databases for optimal performance
Explore query performance optimization
Evaluate performance improvements
Explore performance-based design
Automate deployment of database resources
Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies
Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
Back up and restore databases