What You'll Learn

  • Configure authentication
  • encryption
  • auditing
  • and access control to secure data and meet compliance requirements.
  • Use tools like Query Store
  • Azure Monitor
  • and Performance Insights to track and improve the performance of SQL workloads.
  • Design and implement backup strategies
  • failover groups
  • and geo-replication to ensure business continuity.
  • Learn to provision and configure Azure SQL Database
  • SQL Managed Instance
  • and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.

Requirements

  • Learners should have experience with SQL Server
  • basic knowledge of Azure services
  • and familiarity with database administration concepts.

Description

Skills at a glance

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

  • Implement a secure environment (15–20%)

  • Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources (20–25%)

  • Configure and manage automation of tasks (15–20%)

  • Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment (20–25%)

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

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

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

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%)

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

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)

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%)

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

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

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%)

Create and manage SQL Server Agent jobs

  • Manage schedules for regular maintenance jobs

  • Configure job alerts and notifications

  • Troubleshoot SQL Server Agent jobs

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

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%)

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

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

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

Who this course is for:

  • This certification is designed for database administrators and data professionals responsible for managing
  • securing
  • and optimizing SQL solutions in Azure and hybrid environments.
DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions May-2025

Course Includes:

  • Price: FREE
  • Enrolled: 579 students
  • Language: English
  • Certificate: Yes
  • Difficulty: Beginner
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