Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

· Microsoft Press
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This book will become available on September 15, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

Prepare for Microsoft Exam DP-300 and demonstrate your real-world foundational knowledge of Azure database administration using a variety of methods and tools to perform and automate day-to-day operations, including use of Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and other tools for administrative management purposes. Designed for database administrators, solution architects, data scientists, and other data professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
  • Plan and implement data platform resources
  • Implement a secure environment
  • Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources
  • Configure and manage automation of tasks
  • Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organizes its coverage by the Skills Measured list published for the exam
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
  • Assumes you have subject matter expertise in building database solutions that are designed to support multiple workloads built with SQL Server on-premises and Azure SQL

About the Exam

Exam PD-300 focuses on core knowledge for implementing and managing the operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions built on SQL Server and Azure SQL services, using 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. About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate certification, demonstrating your ability to administer a SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid relational databases using the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

About the author

Craig Zacker is the author or coauthor of dozens of books, manuals, articles, and websites on computer and networking topics. He has also been an English professor, a technical and copy editor, a network administrator, a webmaster, a corporate trainer, a technical support engineer, a minicomputer operator, a literature and philosophy student, a library clerk, a photographic darkroom technician, a shipping clerk, and a newspaper boy.

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