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Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions
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Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions

by Craig Zacker
July 2025
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
6h 44m
English
Microsoft Press

Overview

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.

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ISBN: 9780137956548