Section 1: Prepare to maintain SQL Server-based databases on Azure
- Introduction
- 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
- Summary
Section 2: Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Introduction
- Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure
- Understand hybrid scenarios
- Explore performance and security
- Explain high availability and disaster recovery options
- Exercise: Provision a SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 3: Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Introduction
- Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure
- Understand hybrid scenarios
- Explore performance and security
- Explain high availability and disaster recovery options
- Exercise: Provision a SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 4: Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
- Introduction
- Choose the right Azure SQL Database feature
- Use Azure SQL migration extension to migrate to Azure SQL Database
- Explore Data Migration Assistant 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
- Exercise - Migrate a SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 5: Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Introduction
- Evaluate migration scenarios
- Use Log Replay Service (LRS) to migrate
- Migrate using Managed Instance link
- Move data to SQL Managed Instance
- Exercise - Migrate a SQL Server database to Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 1: Configure database authentication and authorization
- Introduction
- Describe authentication and identities
- Describe Security Principals
- Describe database and object permissions
- Identify authentication and authorization failures
- Exercise: Authorize Access to Azure SQL Database with Microsoft Entra ID
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 2: Protect data in-transit and at rest
- Introduction
- 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
- Exercise: Configure a server-based firewall rule using the Azure portal
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 3: Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
- Introduction
- Explore data classification
- Explore server and database audit
- Implement Dynamic Data Masking
- Implement Row Level security
- Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL
- Explore Ledger
- Implement Azure Purview
- Exercise: Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL and Data Classification
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 1: Describe performance monitoring
- Introduction
- Describe performance monitoring tools
- Describe critical performance metrics
- Establish baseline metrics
- Explore extended events
- Describe database watcher (preview)
- Explore Query Performance Insight
- Exercise: Isolate problems with monitoring
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 2: Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
- Introduction
- Explain how to optimize Azure storage for SQL Server virtual machines
- Describe virtual machine resizing
- Optimize database storage
- Control SQL Server resources
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 3: Configure databases for optimal performance
- Introduction
- Explore database maintenance checks
- Describe database scoped configuration options
- Describe automatic tuning
- Describe intelligent query processing
- Exercise: Detect and correct fragmentation issues
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 1: Explore query performance optimization
- Introduction
- 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
- Exercise: Identify and resolve blocking issues
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 2: Explore performance-based database design
- Introduction
- Describe normalization
- Choose appropriate data types
- Design indexes
- Exercise: Identify database design issues
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 3: Evaluate performance improvement
- Introduction
- Describe wait statistics
- Tune and maintain indexes
- Understand query hints
- Explore performance scenarios
- Exercise: Isolate problem areas in poorly performing queries
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 1: Automate database deployment
- Introduction
- 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
- Exercise: Deploy an Azure SQL Database using an Azure Resource Manager template
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 2: Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
- Introduction
- Create a SQL Server maintenance plan
- Describe task status notifications
- Knowledge check
- Exercise: Create a CPU status alert for a SQL Server
- Summary
Section 3: Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
- Introduction
- Explore Elastic jobs
- Understand Azure Automation
- Build an automation runbook
- Automate database workflows by using Logic Apps
- Monitor automated tasks
- Exercise: Deploy an automation runbook to automatically rebuild indexes
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 1: Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies
- Introduction
- 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
- Summary
Section 2: Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
- Introduction
- 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
- Exercise: Configure geo replication for Azure SQL Database
- Module assessment
- Summary
Section 3: Back up and restore databases
- Introduction
- 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
- Exercise: Backup to URL
- Module assessment
- Summary
- CategoryAzure
- LevelIntermediate
- Duration3 Months
- Available SeatsUnlimited
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