DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

The Microsoft DP-300 course, also known as "Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure," is a certification course that teaches students how to administer and manage relational databases on the Microsoft Azure platform. This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage and maintain databases in Azure, as well as prepare for the DP-300 certification exam.

As a candidate for this exam, you should have subject matter expertise in building database solutions that are designed to support multiple workloads built with:

• SQL Server on-premises

• Azure SQL services

You’re a database administrator who manages on-premises and cloud databases built with SQL Server and Azure SQL services.

As the Azure database administrator, you implement and manage the operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions built on SQL Server and Azure SQL services. You use a variety of methods and tools to perform and automate day-to-day operations, including applying knowledge of using Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and other tools for administrative management purposes.

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan and implement data platform resources; implement a secure environment; monitor, configure, and optimize database resources; configure and manage automation of tasks; and plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment.