Implement scalable database solutions using Azure SQL

Implement scalable database solutions using Azure SQL (DP-300T00)

Course Length: 4 days
Delivery Methods: Multiple delivery options
Course Overview

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer SQL Server database infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, as well as Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. It is beneficial for individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases. The target audience includes data professionals managing data and databases who wish to learn about administering the data platform technologies available on Microsoft Azure. This course is also valuable for data architects and application developers who need to understand the available technologies for the data platform on Azure and how to interact with these technologies through applications.

Course Benefits
  • Maintain and manage SQL Server databases in Azure, including Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, for cloud-native applications.
  • Deploy and configure data platform resources in Azure SQL, including virtual machines, elastic pools, and hyperscale databases.
  • Plan and execute database migrations to Azure SQL using appropriate tools, methods, and services.
  • Estimate resource requirements and use templates to standardize deployments.
  • Configure VM sizing, storage, and networking to ensure performance and scalability of SQL workloads.
  • Implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies for IaaS and PaaS solutions in Azure.
  • Provision and deploy Azure SQL solutions using automated methods like ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
  • Secure databases and data by configuring authentication, encryption, firewalls, auditing, and compliance controls.
  • Monitor and tune performance using built-in Azure SQL monitoring tools, baselines, and query optimization techniques.
  • Automate ongoing maintenance tasks using SQL Agent, Logic Apps, and Azure Automation.
Available Delivery Methods
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Microsoft Certified Partner

Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner. This class uses official Microsoft courseware and will be delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

Course Outline
  1. Prepare to maintain SQL Server-based databases on Azure
    1. Describe Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform roles
    2. Understand SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine
    3. Design Azure SQL Database for cloud-native applications
    4. Explore Azure SQL Managed Instance
  2. Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
    1. Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure
    2. Understand hybrid scenarios
    3. Explore performance and security
  3. Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
    1. Explain PaaS options for deploying SQL Server in Azure
    2. Explore single SQL database
    3. Deploy SQL database elastic pool
    4. Understand SQL database hyperscale
    5. Examine SQL managed instance
  4. Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
    1. Choose the right Azure SQL Database feature
    2. Use Azure SQL migration extension to migrate to Azure SQL Database
    3. Migrate to Azure SQL Database using BACPAC
    4. Use an online method to migrate to Azure SQL Database
    5. Move data to Azure SQL Database
  5. Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
    1. Evaluate migration scenarios
    2. Use Log Replay Service (LRS) to migrate
    3. Migrate using Managed Instance link
    4. Move data to SQL Managed Instance
  6. Configure database authentication and authorization
    1. Describe authentication and identities
    2. Describe Security Principals
    3. Describe database and object permissions
    4. Identify authentication and authorization failures
  7. Protect data in-transit and at rest
    1. Explore Transparent Data Encryption
    2. Configure server and database firewall rules
    3. Explain object encryption and secure enclaves
    4. Enable encrypted connections
    5. Describe SQL injection
    6. Understand Azure Key Vault
  8. Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
    1. Explore data classification
    2. Explore server and database audit
    3. Implement Dynamic Data Masking
    4. Implement Row Level security
    5. Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL
    6. Explore Ledger
    7. Implement Microsoft Purview
  9. Describe performance monitoring
    1. Describe performance monitoring tools
    2. Describe critical performance metrics
    3. Establish baseline metrics
    4. Explore extended events
    5. Describe database watcher (preview)
    6. Explore Query Performance Insight
  10. Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
    1. Explain how to optimize Azure storage for SQL Server virtual machines
    2. Describe virtual machine resizing
    3. Optimize database storage
    4. Control SQL Server resources
  11. Configure databases for optimal performance
    1. Explore database maintenance checks
    2. Describe database scoped configuration options
    3. Describe automatic tuning
    4. Describe intelligent query processing
  12. Explore query performance optimization
    1. Understand query plans
    2. Explain estimated and actual query plans
    3. Describe dynamic management views and functions
    4. Explore Query Store
    5. Identify problematic query plans
    6. Describe blocking and locking
  13. Explore performance-based database design
    1. Describe normalization
    2. Choose appropriate data types
    3. Design indexes
  14. Evaluate performance improvements
    1. Describe wait statistics
    2. Tune and maintain indexes
    3. Understand query hints
    4. Explore performance scenarios
  15. Automate database deployment
    1. Describe deployment models in Azure
    2. Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager templates and Bicep
    3. Automate deployment by using PowerShell
    4. Automate deployment by using Azure CLI
  16. Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
    1. Create a SQL Server maintenance plan
    2. Describe task status notifications
    3. Knowledge check
  17. Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
    1. Explore Elastic jobs
    2. Understand Azure Automation
    3. Build an automation runbook
    4. Automate database workflows by using Logic Apps
    5. Monitor automated tasks
  18. Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies
    1. Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective
    2. Describe hybrid solutions
  19. Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
    1. Describe failover clusters in Windows Server
    2. Describe active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database
    3. Explore auto-failover groups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
  20. Back up and restore databases
    1. Back up and restore SQL Server running on Azure virtual machines
    2. Back up a SQL Server virtual machine
    3. Back up and restore a database for SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance
Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Azure class:

  • Experience maintaining and developing SQL Server databases.
  • Experience with Azure, such as deploying and managing resources.
Prerequisite Courses

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

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