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DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions Certification & Training

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate DP 300 Training and Certification

Emigo Networks provides comprehensive training for the DP-300 certification, designed to equip database professionals with the skills to manage and administer Azure SQL databases. The course covers deployment, security, performance tuning, and monitoring of Azure SQL solutions. Ideal for database administrators and IT specialists, this training offers practical knowledge and hands-on experience to efficiently manage cloud-based data platforms and ensure optimal database performance in Microsoft Azure environments.

Course Overview

The DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions course is designed for database administrators and data management professionals who want to manage and administer cloud-based and hybrid relational database systems built on Microsoft Azure. This course focuses on provisioning and configuring database resources, implementing security controls, performing automation tasks, monitoring and optimizing operational resources, and planning for high availability and disaster recovery. It also prepares participants for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate certification.

What You'll Learn

  • Plan & implement data platform resources: Deploy Azure SQL Database, Managed Instances, and SQL Server VMs; evaluate migrations, partitioning, and sharding strategies
  • Configure resource security: Manage authentication (Azure AD, SQL auth), role-based access, firewall, encryption (TDE, TLS), data masking, row-level security, and Microsoft Defender for SQL 
  • Monitor & optimize performance: Establish performance baselines, use Azure Monitor and Query Store, analyze DMVs, fine-tune indexes/statistics, and configure intelligent insights 
  • Automate database tasks: Deploy scripts, manage jobs, alerts, notifications, and automate PaaS operations 
  • Plan high availability & disaster recovery (HA/DR): Configure geo replication, failover groups, Always On availability groups, log shipping, backup strategies, and disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery

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Syllabus Summary

Plan and implement data platform resources (20–25%)

a. Plan and deploy Azure SQL solutions

  • Deploy database offerings on selected platforms
  • Understand automated deployment
  • Apply patches and updates for hybrid and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployment
  • Deploy hybrid SQL Server solutions
  • Recommend an appropriate database offering based on specific requirements
  • Evaluate the security aspects of the possible database offering
  • Recommend a table partitioning solution
  • Recommend a database sharding solution

b. Configure resources for scale and performance

  • Configure Azure SQL Database for scale and performance
  • Configure Azure SQL Managed Instance for scale and performance
  • Configure SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for scale and performance
  • Configure table partitioning
  • Configure data compression

c. Plan and implement a migration strategy

  • Evaluate requirements for the migration
  • Evaluate offline or online migration strategies
  • Implement an online migration strategy
  • Implement an offline migration strategy
  • Perform post migration validations
  • Troubleshoot a migration
  • Set up SQL Data Sync for Azure
  • Implement a migration to Azure
  • Implement a migration between Azure SQL services
  • Implement Azure SQL Managed Instance database copy and move
Implement a secure environment (15–20%)

a. Configure database authentication and authorization

  • Configure authentication by using Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID
  • Create users from Microsoft Entra identities
  • Configure security principals
  • Configure database and object-level permissions using graphical tools
  • Apply the principle of least privilege for all securables
  • Troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues
  • Manage authentication and authorization by using T-SQL

b. Implement security for data at rest and data in transit

  • Implement transparent data encryption (TDE)
  • Implement object-level encryption
  • Configure server- and database-level firewall rules
  • Implement Always Encrypted
  • Implement Always Encrypted with VBS enclaves
  • Configure secure access
  • Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)

c. Implement compliance controls for sensitive data

  • Apply a data classification strategy
  • Configure server and database audits
  • Implement data change tracking
  • Implement dynamic data masking
  • Manage database resources by using Microsoft Purview
  • Implement database ledger in Azure SQL
  • Implement row-level security
  • Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL
Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources (20–25%)

a. Monitor resource activity and performance

  • Prepare an operational performance baseline
  • Determine sources for performance metrics
  • Interpret performance metrics
  • Configure and monitor activity and performance
  • Monitor by using SQL Insights
  • Monitor by using database watcher
  • Monitor by using Extended Events

b. Monitor and optimize query performance

  • Configure Query Store
  • Monitor by using Query Store
  • Identify sessions that cause blocking
  • Identify performance issues using dynamic management views (DMVs)
  • Identify and implement index changes for queries
  • Recommend query construct modifications based on resource usage
  • Assess the use of query hints for query performance
  • Review execution plans
  • Monitor by using Intelligent Insights

c. Configure database solutions for optimal performance

  • Implement index maintenance tasks
  • Implement statistics maintenance tasks
  • Implement database integrity checks
  • Configure database automatic tuning
  • Configure server settings for performance
  • Configure Resource Governor for performance
  • Implement database-scoped configuration
  • Configure compute and storage resources for scaling
  • Configure intelligent query processing (IQP)
Configure and manage automation of tasks (15–20%)

a. Create and manage SQL Server Agent jobs

  • Manage schedules for regular maintenance jobs
  • Configure job alerts and notifications
  • Troubleshoot SQL Server Agent jobs

b. Automate deployment of database resources

  • Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Bicep templates
  • Automate deployment by using PowerShell
  • Automate deployment by using Azure CLI
  • Monitor and troubleshoot deployments

c. Create and manage database tasks in Azure

  • Create and configure elastic jobs
  • Create and configure database tasks by using automation
  • Configure alerts and notifications on database tasks
  • Troubleshoot automated database tasks
Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment (20–25%)

a. Recommend an HA/DR strategy for database solutions

  • Recommend HA/DR strategy based on Recovery Point Objective/Recovery Time Objective (RPO/RTO) requirements
  • Evaluate HA/DR for hybrid deployments
  • Evaluate Azure-specific HA/DR solutions
  • Recommend a testing procedure for an HA/DR solution

b. Plan and perform backup and restore of a database

  • Recommend a database backup and restore strategy
  • Perform a database backup by using database tools
  • Perform a database restore by using database tools
  • Perform a database restore to a point in time
  • Configure long-term backup retention
  • Backup and restore a database by using T-SQL
  • Backup and restore to and from cloud storage

c. Configure HA/DR for database solutions

  • Configure active geo-replication
  • Configure an Always On availability group on Azure virtual machines
  • Configure failover groups
  • Configure quorum options for a Windows Server Failover Cluster
  • Configure Always On Failover Cluster Instances on Azure virtual machines
  • Configure log shipping
  • Monitor an HA/DR solution
  • Troubleshoot an HA/DR solution

Pre-requisites

  • A fundamental understanding of database concepts including relational databases and data structures
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Azure core services and the Azure portal
  • Experience with SQL Server or other database management systems
  • Familiarity with T-SQL (Transact-SQL) for querying and managing data
  • Some exposure to PowerShell and Azure CLI is beneficial but not mandatory

Required Exams

  • Exam Codes: DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions
  • Length: 100 minutes
  • Registration fee: $165 USD (+taxes applicable)

Who Should Attend

  • Database Administrators (DBAs) managing on-premises and cloud-based SQL Server and Azure SQL environments
  • Data Management Professionals responsible for monitoring, performance tuning, backups, and security
  • Cloud Database Engineers looking to enhance their skills in hybrid and cloud-native database solutions
  • IT Professionals preparing to take the Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate certification
  • Professionals interested in automating administrative tasks, configuring high availability, and implementing disaster recovery in Azure environments.

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