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Exam DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions (Video)

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  • Copyright 2026
  • Edition: 1st
  • Online Video
  • ISBN-10: 0-13-543725-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-13-543725-4

Over 9 hours of video content

This video course will provide appropriate instruction and walk-throughs to allow job seekers to demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Azure next-gen, cloud-based database technologies.

Overview:

Cloud-based IT services, such as those provided by Microsoft Azure, are one of the fastest growing segments of the computing industry, and database management products are one of the major categories of services that Azure and other cloud services provide. One of the fundamental elements of Azure from its inception was Microsoft SQL Services, which ported the database management capabilities of Microsoft's SQL Server product to the cloud. In the time since the introduction of Microsoft Azure, the cloud-based SQL implementation has been enhanced to include a range of deployment options that provide subscribers with varying levels of administrative independence. Virtual machine-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) installations provide the cloud equivalent of the in-house SQL server; SQL managed instances eliminate the need for administration of the operating system; and SQL Database is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) product that takes both the OS and the SQL instance administration chores out of the consumers' hands. All of these database management solutions have their own administration and maintenance requirements, and the DP-300 exam is designed to test a student's familiarity with these requirements.

This video series will provide proper instruction on how to implement and manage the operational aspects of solutions built on SQL Server and Azure SQL services. It will illustrate how to use the many different methods and tools to perform and automate day-to-day operations along with other tools for management and administrative tasks.

Additionally, this video series will showcase how to implement the core tenants related to the role of an Azure database administrator, including management, availability, security, performance, and high availability and disaster recovery.

Skill Level:

  • Beginner/Intermediate

Learn How To:

  • Plan and implement data platform resources
  • Implement a secure environment
  • Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources
  • Configure and manage automation tasks
  • Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment (HA/DR)

Course Requirement:

Individuals should have subject matter expertise in:

  • On-premises SQL Server
  • Azure SQL services

Additionally, individuals should have knowledge and experience with:

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Who Should Take This Course:

Database administrators, data management specialists, IT professionals who are working with Azure database services, Azure solutions architects, developers, and individuals aiming to transition into cloud-based database administration role.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Module 1: Plan and implement data platform resources

Lesson 1: Plan and deploy Azure SQL solutions

1.1 Deploy database offerings on selected platforms

1.2 Understand automated deployment

1.3 Apply patches and updates for hybrid and IaaS deployment

1.4 Deploy hybrid SQL Server solutions

1.5 Recommend an appropriate database offering based on specific requirements

1.6 Evaluate the security aspects of the possible database offering

1.7 Recommend a table partitioning solution

1.8 Recommend a database sharding solution

Lesson 2: Configure resources for scale and performance

2.1 Configure Azure SQL Database for scale and performance

2.2 Configure Azure SQL Managed Instance for scale and performance

2.3 Configure SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for scale and performance

2.4 Configure table partitioning

2.5 Configure data compression

Lesson 3: Plan and implement a migration strategy

3.1 Evaluate requirements for the migration

3.2 Evaluate offline or online migration strategies

3.3 Implement an online migration strategy

3.4 Implement an offline migration strategy

3.5 Perform post migration validations

3.6 Troubleshoot a migration

3.7 Set up SQL Data Sync for Azure

3.8 Implement a migration to Azure

3.9 Implement a migration between Azure SQL services

3.10 Implement Azure SQL Managed Instance database copy and move

Module 2: Implement a secure environment

Lesson 4: Configure database authentication and authorization

4.1 Configure authentication by using Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID

4.2 Create users from Microsoft Entra identities

4.3 Configure security principals

4.4 Configure database and object-level permissions using graphical tools

4.5 Apply the principle of least privilege for all securables

4.6 Troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues

4.7 Manage authentication and authorization by using T-SQL

Lesson 5: Implement security for data at rest and data in transit

5.1 Implement transparent data encryption (TDE)

5.2 Implement object-level encryption

5.3 Configure server- and database-level firewall rules

5.4 Implement Always Encrypted

5.5 Implement Always Encrypted with VBS enclaves

5.6 Configure secure access

5.7 Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Lesson 6: Implement compliance controls for sensitive data

6.1 Apply a data classification strategy

6.2 Configure server and database audits

6.3 Implement data change tracking

6.4 Implement dynamic data masking

6.5 Manage database resources by using Microsoft Purview

6.6 Implement database ledger in Azure SQL

6.7 Implement row-level security

6.8 Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL

Module 3: Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources

Lesson 7: Monitor resource activity and performance

7.1 Prepare an operational performance baseline

7.2 Determine sources for performance metrics

7.3 Interpret performance metrics

7.4 Configure and monitor activity and performance

7.5 Monitor by using database watcher

7.6 Monitor by using Extended Events

Lesson 8: Monitor and optimize query performance

8.1 Configure Query Store

8.2 Monitor by using Query Store

8.3 Identify sessions that cause blocking

8.4 Identify performance issues using dynamic management views (DMVs)

8.5 Identify and implement index changes for queries

8.6 Recommend query construct modifications based on resource usage

8.7 Assess the use of query hints for query performance

8.8 Review execution plans

8.9 Monitor by using Intelligent Insights

Lesson 9: Configure database solutions for optimal performance

9.1 Implement index maintenance tasks

9.2 Implement statistics maintenance tasks

9.3 Implement database integrity checks

9.4 Configure database automatic tuning

9.5 Configure server settings for performance

9.6 Configure Resource Governor for performance

9.7 Implement database-scoped configuration

9.8 Configure compute and storage resources for scaling

9.9 Configure intelligent query processing (IQP)

Module 4: Configure and manage automation of tasks

Lesson 10: Create and manage SQL Server Agent jobs

10.1 Manage schedules for regular maintenance jobs

10.2 Configure job alerts and notifications

10.3 Troubleshoot SQL Server Agent jobs

Lesson 11: Automate deployment of database resources

11.1 Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Bicep templates

11.2 Automate deployment by using PowerShell

11.3 Automate deployment by using Azure CLI

11.4 Monitor and troubleshoot deployments

Lesson 12: Create and manage database tasks in Azure

12.1 Create and configure elastic jobs

12.2 Create and configure database tasks by using automation

12.3 Configure alerts and notifications on database tasks

12.4 Troubleshoot automated database tasks

Module 5: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment

Lesson 13: Recommend an HA/DR strategy for database solutions

13.1 Recommend HA/DR strategy based on Recovery Point Objective/Recovery Time Objective (RPO/RTO) requirements

13.2 Evaluate HA/DR for hybrid deployments

13.3 Evaluate Azure-specific HA/DR solutions

13.4 Recommend a testing procedure for an HA/DR solution

Lesson 14: Plan and perform backup and restore of a database

14.1 Recommend a database backup and restore strategy

14.2 Perform a database backup by using database tools

14.3 Perform a database restore by using database tools

14.4 Perform a database restore to a point in time

14.5 Configure long-term backup retention

14.6 Backup and restore a database by using T-SQL

14.7 Backup and restore to and from cloud storage

Lesson 15: Configure HA/DR for database solutions

15.1 Configure active geo-replication

15.2 Configure an Always On availability group on Azure virtual machines

15.3 Configure failover groups

15.4 Configure quorum options for a Windows Server Failover Cluster

15.5 Configure Always On Failover Cluster Instances on Azure virtual machines

15.6 Configure log shipping

15.7 Monitor an HA/DR solution

15.8 Troubleshoot an HA/DR solution

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