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.
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.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Familiarity with on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
- Familiarity with network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
- Ability to create an on-premises SQL Server database, including the configuration of data files and log files.
- Ability to write code in the SQL language, particularly the Microsoft T-SQL dialect, at a basic level.
- Experience creating and configuring resources using the Azure portal.
1. Plan and implement data platform resources
- Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
- Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
2. Implement a secure environment for a database service
- Configure database authentication and authorization
- Protect data in-transit and at rest
- Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
3. Monitor and optimize operational resources in Azure SQL
- Describe performance monitoring
- Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
- Configure databases for optimal performance
4. Optimize query performance in Azure SQL
- Explore query performance optimization
- Explore performance-based database design
- Evaluate performance improvements
5. Automate database tasks for Azure SQL
- Automate database deployment
- Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
- Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation