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Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

Administer an SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases using the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings.

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Overview

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

  • Azure SQL services
  • SQL Server on-premises

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

As the Azure database administrator, you implement and manage the operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions built on Azure SQL services and SQL Server. 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.

You’re responsible for the following concerning database solutions:

  • Management
  • Availability
  • Security
  • Performance monitoring and optimization

You evaluate and implement migration strategies for moving databases between Azure and on-premises. Plus, you work with Azure data engineers, Azure solution architects, Azure developers, data scientists, and other professionals to manage operational aspects of data platform solutions.

As a candidate for this certification, you should have knowledge of and experience with:

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (Windows and Linux)
  • SQL Server on-premises

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This exam will be proctored. You may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. To learn more about exam duration and experience, visit: Exam duration and exam experience.

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Assessed on this exam

  • 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

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