Azure SQL Database is a robust relational database platform for developing, deploying, and managing the data tier in a wide range of cloud-based applications. The SQL Server Cloud based solution class will show you how to take that journey to the cloud one step at a time.

Learn the features and capabilities of Microsoft cloud data platform solutions. Get a platform overview, and hear about security features, options for high availability, techniques for monitoring and managing cloud data, and more. Plus, get guidance on how to identify tradeoffs and make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions using Microsoft cloud data platform features.

Database Developers, cloud solution developers who develop data tier in the cloud, and also database administrators, who are responsible for creating and managing SQL Server Cloud solutions.

• Understand the database as a service concept
• Know the scope of cloud data platform features in the cloud.
• Work with Azure SQL Database
• Know SQL database options in Azure, including SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine, and SQL database
• Use proper way to protect data in the cloud
• Monitor and manage a database in the cloud
• Understand the Service Tier Advisor and resource manager
• Understand different scenarios for using Azure for high availability solutions.
• Design scenarios for SQL database in Azure.

Module 1: Microsoft Cloud Data Platform Overview

Module 2: SQL Server Azure VM

Module 3: Getting started with Azure SQL Database

Module 4: Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure

Module 5: Data Security in SQL Cloud solutions

Module 6: High Availability and Disaster Recovery scenarios in Azure

Module 7: Scalability in the cloud – Elastic Database Capabilities of Azure SQL Database

Module 8: Monitoring and Managing SQL Server Cloud solutions