Practice Exams | Microsoft Azure DP-300 Database Admin

Practice Exams | Microsoft Azure DP-300 Database Admin

In order to set realistic expectations, please note: These questions are NOT official questions that you will find on the official exam. These questions DO cover all the material outlined in the knowledge sections below. Many of the questions are based on fictitious scenarios which have questions posed within them.

The official knowledge requirements for the exam are reviewed routinely to ensure that the content has the latest requirements incorporated in the practice questions. Updates to content are often made without prior notification and are subject to change at any time.

Each question has a detailed explanation and links to reference materials to support the answers which ensures accuracy of the problem solutions.

The questions will be shuffled each time you repeat the tests so you will need to know why an answer is correct, not just that the correct answer was item "B"  last time you went through the test.

Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise in building database solutions that are designed to support multiple workloads built with Azure SQL database services.

Candidates for this exam are database administrators who manage on-premises and cloud databases built with SQL Server and SQL database services.

The Azure database administrator implements and manages the operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions built on SQL Server and SQL database services. Professionals in this role use a variety of methods and tools to perform and automate day-to-day operations, including applying knowledge of using T-SQL for administrative management purposes.

These professionals are responsible for management, availability, security, and performance monitoring and optimization of database solutions. They evaluate and implement migration strategies for moving databases to Azure. Plus, they work with Azure data engineers, Azure solution architects, Azure developers, and other professionals to manage operational aspects of data platform solutions.

Candidates for this exam should have knowledge of and experience with Azure SQL Edge, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (Windows and Linux).

Skills measured on Microsoft Azure DP-300 Exam

• Plan and implement data platform resources (20–25%)

• Implement a secure environment (15–20%)

• Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources (20–25%)

• Configure and manage automation of tasks (15–20%)

• Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment (20–25%)

Functional groups

Plan and implement data platform resources (20—25%)

Plan and deploy Azure SQL Database solutions

• Deploy database offerings on selected platforms

• Understand automated deployment

• Apply patches and updates for hybrid and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployment

• Deploy hybrid SQL Server database solutions

• Recommend an appropriate database offering based on specific requirements

• Evaluate the security aspects of the possible database offering

• Recommend a table partitioning solution

• Recommend a database sharding solution

Configure resources for scale and performance

• Configure Azure SQL Database for scale and performance

• Configure Azure SQL Managed Instance for scale and performance

• Configure SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for scale and performance

• Configure table partitioning

• Configure data compression

Plan and implement a migration strategy

• Evaluate requirements for the migration

• Evaluate offline or online migration strategies

• Implement an online migration strategy

• Implement an offline migration strategy

• Perform post migration validations

• Troubleshoot a migration

• Set up SQL Data Sync for Azure

• Implement a migration to Azure

• Implement a migration between Azure SQL services

Implement a secure environment (15—20%)

Configure database authentication and authorization

• Configure authentication by using Active Directory and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra

• Create users from Azure AD identities

• Configure security principals

• Configure database and object-level permissions using graphical tools

• Apply principle of least privilege for all securables

• Troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues

• Manage authentication and authorization by using T-SQL

Implement security for data at rest and data in transit

• Implement transparent data encryption (TDE)

• Implement object-level encryption

• Configure server- and database-level firewall rules

• Implement Always Encrypted

• Configure secure access

• Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Implement compliance controls for sensitive data

• Apply a data classification strategy

• Configure server and database audits

• Implement data change tracking

• Implement dynamic data masking

• Manage database resources by using Azure Purview

• Implement Azure SQL Database ledger

• Implement row-level security

• Configure Microsoft Defender for SQL

Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources (20—25%)

Monitor resource activity and performance

• Prepare an operational performance baseline

• Determine sources for performance metrics

• Interpret performance metrics

• Configure and monitor activity and performance

• Monitor by using SQL Insights

• Monitor by using Extended Events

Monitor and optimize query performance

• Configure Query Store

• Monitor by using Query Store

• Identify sessions that cause blocking

• Identify performance issues using dynamic management views (DMVs)

• Identify and implement index changes for queries

• Recommend query construct modifications based on resource usage

• Assess the use of query hints for query performance

• Review execution plans

Configure database solutions for optimal performance

• Implement index maintenance tasks

• Implement statistics maintenance tasks

• Implement database integrity checks

• Configure database automatic tuning

• Configure server settings for performance

• Configure Resource Governor for performance

• Implement database-scoped configuration

• Configure compute and storage resources for scaling

• Configure intelligent query processing (IQP)

Configure and manage automation of tasks (15—20%)

Create and manage SQL Server Agent jobs

• Manage schedules for regular maintenance jobs

• Configure job alerts and notifications

• Troubleshoot SQL Server Agent jobs

Automate deployment of database resources

• Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates) and Bicep

• Automate deployment by using PowerShell

• Automate deployment by using Azure CLI

• Monitor and troubleshoot deployments

Create and manage database tasks in Azure

• Create and configure elastic jobs

• Create and configure database tasks by using automation

• Automate database workflows by using Azure Logic Apps

• Configure alerts and notifications on database tasks

• Troubleshoot automated database tasks

Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment (20—25%)

Recommend an HA/DR strategy for database solutions

• Recommend HA/DR strategy based on Recovery Point Objective/Recovery Time Objective (RPO/RTO) requirements

• Evaluate HA/DR for hybrid deployments

• Evaluate Azure-specific HA/DR solutions

• Recommend a testing procedure for an HA/DR solution

Plan and perform backup and restore of a database

• Recommend a database backup and restore strategy

• Perform a database backup by using database tools

• Perform a database restore by using database tools

• Perform a database restore to a point in time

• Configure long-term backup retention

• Backup and restore a database by using T-SQL

Configure HA/DR for database solutions

• Configure active geo-replication

• Configure an Always On availability group

• Configure auto-failover groups

• Configure quorum options for a Windows Server Failover Cluster

• Configure failover cluster instances on Azure Virtual Machines

• Configure log shipping

• Monitor an HA/DR solution

• Troubleshoot an HA/DR solution

The exam is available in the following languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Italian, Chinese (Traditional), Spanish, Indonesian (Indonesia)

Be prepared for the Microsoft Azure Exam DP-300: Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure

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What you will learn

• Exam DP-300: Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure
• Plan and implement data platform resources
• Deploy resources by using manual methods

Rating: 4.55

Level: All Levels

Duration: 444 questions

Instructor: Wade Henderson