About Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
Exam Questions | Case study, short answer, repeated answer, MCQs |
Number of Questions | 140-160 |
Time to Complete | 120 minutes |
Exam Fee | 165 USD |
The Microsoft Certified: Database administrators and data management specialists who handle on-premises and cloud relational databases developed with SQL Server and Azure Data Services are candidates for this test.
The Azure Database Administrator is responsible for implementing and managing cloud native and hybrid data platform solutions based on Azure Data Services and SQL Server. To accomplish day-to-day operations, and Azure Database Administrator employs a range of methodologies and technologies, including the usage of T-SQL for administrative management.
This position is in charge of managing, securing, and optimizing modern relational database solutions in terms of availability, security, and performance. This role collaborates with the Azure Data Engineer role to manage operational elements of data platform solutions.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks:
- Plan and implement data platform resources (15-20%)
- Implement a secure environment (15-20%)
- Monitor and optimize operational resources (15-20%)
- Optimize query performance (5-10%)
- Perform automation of tasks (10-15%)
- Plan and implement a High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) environment (15-20%)
- Perform administration by using T-SQL (10-15%)
Recommended Knowledge
- Deploy resources by using manual methods
- Recommend an appropriate database offering based on specific requirements
- Configure resources for scale and performance
- Evaluate a strategy for moving to Azure
- Implement a migration or upgrade strategy for moving to Azure
- Configure database authentication by using platform and database tools
- Configure database authorization by using platform and database tools
- Implement security for data at rest
- Implement security for data in transit
- Implement compliance controls for sensitive data
- Monitor activity and performance
- Implement performance-related maintenance tasks
- Identify performance-related issues
- Configure resources for optimal performance
- Configure a user database for optimal performance
- Review query plans
- Evaluate performance improvements
- Review database table and index design
- Create scheduled tasks
- Evaluate and implement an alert and notification strategy
- Manage and automate tasks in Azure
- Recommend an HADR strategy for a data platform solution
- Test an HADR strategy by using platform, OS, and database tools
- Perform backup and restore a database by using database tools
- Configure HA/DR by using OS, platform, and database tools
- Examine system health
- Monitor database configuration by using T-SQL
- Perform backup and restore a database by using T-SQL
- Manage authentication by using T-SQL
- Manage authorization by using T-SQL
All the required information is included in this certification course.
Domain | Percentage | |
Domain 1 | Plan and implement data platform resources | 15-20% |
Domain 2 | Implement a secure environment | 15-20% |
Domain 3 | Monitor and optimize operational resources | 15-20% |
Domain 4 | Optimize query performance | 5-10% |
Domain 5 | Perform automation of tasks | 10-15% |
Domain 6 | Plan and implement a High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) environment | 15-20% |
Domain 7 | Perform administration by using T-SQL | 10-15% |
Microsoft Certified:
DP-300: Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure
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