Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (DP-300 Exam Prep/DP-300T00)

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Duration
4 Days

 

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Course Overview

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to create 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.

What Is Included

  • Expert-led training with real-world Azure SQL scenarios
  • Preparation for exam DP-300
  • Official Microsoft courseware and supplemental materials
  • Certificate of completion
  • Hands-on labs and interactive exercises
  • Access to class recordings for 90 days
  • Guaranteed-to-run dates available
  • Flexible rescheduling options

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.

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What is DP-300T00 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions training?

This official Microsoft course teaches you to manage SQL Server workloads in Azure, including infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) deployments. You’ll gain hands-on experience with security, migration, performance tuning, and automation, while also preparing for the Microsoft DP-300 certification exam.

What will I gain from this training, and is it worth it?

You’ll gain job-ready skills for administering hybrid and cloud-based SQL environments and be fully prepared for the DP-300 certification exam, a core requirement for the Azure Database Administrator Associate credential. Certified Azure database administrators earn between $95,000 and $130,000 USD, and demand for cloud data expertise continues to grow.

Will this course help me migrate on-prem SQL databases to Azure?

Yes. You'll learn to evaluate migration strategies and use tools like the Azure SQL Migration extension, Data Migration Assistant, and BACPAC to migrate on-prem workloads into Azure SQL Database and Managed Instances.

Will this course help me optimize SQL performance in Azure environments?

Definitely. You’ll explore execution plans, configure intelligent query processing, tune queries, and apply indexing strategies to improve performance across cloud-hosted SQL databases.

Does this course prepare me for the DP-300 certification exam?

Yes. It directly prepares you for the DP-300 Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure exam, the required step toward earning the Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate credential.

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Course Prerequisites

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

Agenda

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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May 19,20,21,22
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