Course Description
Course Objectives
Plan, deploy and configure Azure SQL offerings
Monitor database performance and tune a database and queries for optimum performance
Plan and configure a High Availability Solution
Agenda
Agenda
1 - THE ROLE OF THE AZURE DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Azure Data Platform Roles
Azure Database Platforms and Options
SQL Server Compatibility Levels
Azure Preview Features
2 - PLAN AND IMPLEMENT DATA PLATFORM RESOURCES
Deploying SQL Server using IaaS
Deploying SQL Server using PaaS
Deploying Open Source Database Solutions on Azure
3 - IMPLEMENT A SECURE ENVIRONMENT
Configure Database Authentication
Configure Database Authorization
Implement Security for Data at Rest
Implement Security for Data in Transit
Implement Compliance Controls for Sensitive Data
4 - MONITOR AND OPTIMIZE OPERATIONAL RESOURCES
Baselines and Performance Monitoring
Major Causes of Performance Issues
Configuring Resources for Optimal Performance
User Database Configuration
Performance-related Maintenance Tasks
5 - OPTIMIZE QUERY PERFORMANCE
Understanding SQL Server Query Plans
Explore Performance-based Database Design
Evaluate Performance Improvements
6 - AUTOMATION OF TASKS
Setting up Automatic Deployment
Defining Scheduled Tasks
Configuring Extended Events
Managing Azure PaaS resources Using Automated Methods
7 - PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A HIGH AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY ENVIRONMENT
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Strategies
IaaS Platform and Database Tools for HADR
PaaS Platform and Database Tools for HADR
Database Backup and Recovery
Audience
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.