Course Description
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer 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.
Course Outline
Module 1 : Prepare to maintain SQL databases on Azure
- Understand the role of Azure Database Administrator as it fits in with other data platform roles.
- Describe the key differences between the SQL Server-based database options in Azure.
- Describe other features for Azure SQL platforms available.
Module 2 : Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Explore the basics of SQL Server in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering
- Learn the available options for provisioning and deployment
- Deploy SQL Server into an Azure Virtual Machine
Module 3 : Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Gain an understanding SQL Server in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering
- Understand PaaS provisioning and deployment options
- Understand elastic pools
- Examine Azure SQL Managed Instances
- Explore Azure SQL Edge
- Configure a template for PaaS deployment
Module 4 : Evaluate strategies for migrating to Azure SQL
- Evaluate different Azure migration options when moving your SQL environment to the cloud.
- Understand how SQL Server compatibility level affects database behavior.
- Understand the differences between private and public preview options.
Module 5 : Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
- Explore the advantages, capabilities, and migration possibilities offered by Azure SQL Database.
- Migrate databases using Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio and tracking database migration activities.
- Use the Data Migration Assistant (DMA) tool to facilitate SQL Server migrations to Azure SQL Database.
- Use transactional replication as an online method to migrate to Azure SQL Database.
- Explore several other methods for migrating SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database.
Module 6 : Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Explore the advantages, capabilities, and migration possibilities offered by Azure SQL Managed Instance.
- Learn how Log Replay Service works to migrate to Azure SQL Managed Instance.
- Understand how Managed Instance link feature works in a migration scenario.
- Load and move data to and from Azure SQL Managed Instance.
- Explore several other methods for migrating SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database.
Module 7 : Configure database authentication and authorization
- Learn about authentication options for Azure SQL Database
- Create various security principals
- Configure permissions within a SQL database
- Identify authentication and authorization failures
Module 8 : Protect data in-transit and at rest
- Understand the data encryption options available in the various platforms
- Implement object level encryption
- Understand the difference between database and server firewall rules for Azure SQL Database
- Explore Always Encrypted with secure enclaves
Module 9 : Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
- Plan and implement data classification in Azure SQL Database
- Understand and configure row-level security and dynamic data masking
- Understand the usage of Microsoft Defender for SQL
- Explore how Azure SQL Database Ledger works
Module 10 : Describe performance monitoring
- Review potential performance issues.
- Identify critical Azure metrics.
- Learn how to collect metrics for an established baseline.
- Use extended events for performance analysis.
- Understand Azure SQL Database Intelligent Insights.
Module 11 : Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
- Understand your options for configuration of Azure storage
- Learn how to configure TempDB data files in SQL Server
- Learn how to choose the right type of VM for SQL Server workloads
- Understand the use cases and configuration of Resource Governor in SQL Server
Module 12 : Configure databases for optimal performance
- Understand database scoped configuration options
- Understand maintenance tasks related to indexing and statistics
- Understand the features of Intelligent Query Processing (IQP)
- Explore the automatic tuning feature in Azure
Module 13 : Explore query performance optimization
- Generate and save execution plans
- Compare the different types of execution plans
- Understand how and why query plans are generated
- Explain the purpose and benefits of the Query Store
- Investigate the available reports and data in the Query Store
Module 14 : Evaluate performance improvements
- Determine when changing indexes or defining new ones can affect performance
- Evaluate wait statistics as an aid in finding areas for performance improvement
- Understand how query hints work, and when to use them
Module 15 : Explore performance-based design
- Explore normal forms and how they affect database design
- Choose appropriate datatypes for your data
- Evaluate appropriate index types
Module 16 : Automate deployment of database resources
- Describe the deployment models available on Azure
- Deploy database resources using PowerShell and Azure CLI
- Deploy an Azure Resource Manager template and Bicep
- Understand the difference between multiple command-line options
Module 17 : Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
- Schedule necessary maintenance activities for your databases.
- Configure notifications and alerts on SQL Server Agent jobs, and SQL Server.
- Configure alerts based on performance monitor values.
Module 18 : Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
- Understand the benefits of Azure policy
- Explore the capabilities of Azure Automation
- Configure elastic jobs
- Use Logic Apps for database workflow
Module 19 : Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies
- Define recovery time objective and recovery point objective
- Explore the available high availability and disaster recovery options for both IaaS and PaaS
- Devise an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy
Module 20 : Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
- Explore options for deploying a WSFC in Azure
- Explore options for deploying an AG in Azure
- Implement Temporal Tables
- Plan active geo-replication and auto-failover groups
Module 21 : Back up and restore databases
- Explore backup and restore options for IaaS
- Implement backup and restore for PaaS
Course Objectives
Students will learn to:
- Prepare to maintain SQL databases on Azure
- Deploy IaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Deploy PaaS solutions with Azure SQL
- Evaluate strategies for migrating to Azure SQL
- Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database
- Migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Configure database authentication and authorization
- Protect data in-transit and at rest
- Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
- Describe performance monitoring
- Configure SQL Server resources for optimal performance
- Configure databases for optimal performance
- Explore query performance optimization
- Evaluate performance improvements
- Explore performance-based design
- Automate deployment of database resources
- Create and manage SQL Agent jobs
- Manage Azure PaaS tasks using automation
- Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies
- Explore IaaS and PaaS solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
- Back up and restore databases
Course Prerequisites
Successful Azure Database Administrators start this role with professional experience in database management and technical knowledge of cloud technologies.
Specifically:
- Working with, maintaining, and developing with SQL Server
- Experience with Azure, such as deploying and managing resources
At a minimum, you should know the information in the following online training before attending the course:
- AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
- DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals
Course Information
Length: 4 day
Format: Lecture and Lab
Delivery Method: n/a
Max. Capacity: 16
Schedule
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Labs
Lab : Provision SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
- Explore the Azure Portal
- Deploy a SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
- Connect to SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
Lab : Provision an Azure SQL Database
- Create a Virtual Network
- Deploy an Azure SQL Database
- Connect to an Azure SQL Database using Azure Data Studio
- Query an Azure SQL Database using SQL Notebook
Lab : Configure a server-based firewall rule using the Azure portal
- Configure Azure SQL Database firewall rules
- Validate access
Lab : Authorize Access to Azure SQL Database with Azure Active Directory
- Create users
- Manage access to database objects
- Validate access
Lab : Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL and Data Classification
- Enable Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Database
- Configure Data Classification for Azure SQL Database
Lab : Isolate performance problems through monitoring
- Review CPU utilization in Azure portal
- Identify high CPU queries
Lab : Detect and correct fragmentation issues
- Investigate index fragmentation
- Rebuild fragmented indexes
- Validate performance improvements
Lab : Identify database design issues
- Examine the query and identify the problem
- Identify ways to fix the warning message
- Improve the code
Lab : Identify and resolve blocking issues
- Run blocked queries report
- Enable Read Commit Snapshot isolation level
- Evaluate performance improvements
Lab : Isolate problem areas in poorly performing queries in a SQL Database
- Generate actual execution plan
- Resolve a suboptimal query plan
- Use Query Store to detect and handle regression
- Examine Top Resource Consuming Queries report
- Force a better execution plan
- Use query hints to impact performance
Lab : Deploy an automation runbook to automatically rebuild indexes
- Create an Automation Account
- Connect to an existing Azure SQL Database
- Configure Automation Account assets
- Create a PowerShell runbook
- Create a schedule for a runbook
Lab : Deploy Azure SQL Database using an Azure Resource Manager template
- Explore Azure Resource Manager template
Lab : Create a CPU status alert for a SQL Server
- Create an alert when a CPU exceeds an average of 80 percent
Lab : Backup to URL and Restore from URL
- Create a credential
- Backup to URL
- Validate backup through Azure CLI and Storage Explorer
- Restore from URL
Lab : Configure geo-replication for Azure SQL Database
- Enable geo-replication
- Failover to a secondary region
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.
