Complete Real time and Practical Oriented Training

|Azure SQL DBA and Migrate SQL workloads to Azure SQL in IaaS & PaaS|

Duration: 10 half days

Introducing Data Platform Modernization (Day-1)

In this module, the students will learn the purpose of Data Platform Modernization and they will outline
the benefits that data platform modernization can bring to an organization. The students will then learn
the various stages of a data platform migration projects to understand what is involve in each stage to
maximize the chances of a successful Data Platform Modernization Projects. Finally, students will explore
the various data migration paths to understand how each approach is different and why you would
choose one migration approach over another.

Lessons
• Understand Data Platform Modernization
• Understanding the stages of migration
• Data Migration Paths
• Cost optimization target migration landscape
• Scaling Performance with a Higher Service Tier.
• Azure DTU Calculator.
• Using the Azure DTU Calculator estimate on prim workloads for Azure SQL DB migration.
• Elastic Capabilities.
• Creating a Database Elastic Pool.

Lab + Internal Assessment: Introducing Data Platform Modernization

• Understand Data Platform Modernization
• Understand the Stages of Migration
• Data Migration Paths

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Understand Data Platform Modernization
• Understand the Stages of Migration
• Data Migration Paths

Choose the right tools for Data Migration (Day-2)

In this module, the student will be introduced to the Data Migration Guide as a starting point for the source
of information that your organization should use for step by step guidance for modernizing your existing
data platform. They will then learn the value of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit to help
discover the data assets that currently exist in their environments. The students will then learn the tools
that can be used to help them to asses for compatibility or workload issues using both the Data Migration
and Data Experimentation Assistant. The students will then see how the Azure Database Migration Service
can be used to aid online migration of databases to reduce the amount of downtime. Finally, an overview
of the SQL Migration assistant is provided to show student how to migrate no-SQL Server workloads.

Lessons
• Discover the Database Migration Guide
• Build your data estate inventory using Map Toolkit
• Identify Migration candidates using Data Migration Assistant
• Evaluate a Data workload using Database Experimentation Assistant
• Data Migration using Azure Database Migration Service
• Migrate non-SQL Server workloads to Azure using SQL Migration Assistant.
• Migration busing Native backup and Restore with Automation
Lab + Internal Assessment: Choose the right Tools for Data Migration
• Identify Migration candidates using Data Migration Assistant
• Evaluate a Data workload using Database Experimentation Assistant

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Identify Migration candidates using Data Migration Assistant
• Evaluate a Data workload using Database
• Experimentation Assistant

Migrating SQL Workloads to Azure Virtual Machines (Day-3)

In this module, the student will learn how to migrate on-premises SQL workloads to Azure Virtual Machines
that are running SQL Server. Students will first explore the migration consideration when migrating from
on-premises SQL Server to Azure Virtual Machines and the benefits they can gain by performing the
migration. They will then learn the different migration options that can be performed when migrating to
Azure Virtual Machines. This will include a look at the benefits and limitations of each approach. The
students will finally look at SQL Server workloads that include High Availability and Disaster Recovery to
ensure service continuity.

Lessons
• Considerations of SQL Server to Azure VM Migrations
• SQL Workloads to Azure VM Migration Options
• Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
• Backup Capabilities and Performing Restores in azure PaaS and IaaS.
• Restoring Backups from Azure Blob storage to Azure SQL Database.
• High Availability and Disaster recovery by Configuring Geo-Replication
• Setting up Active Geo-Replication with Failover & Fail back activity

Lab + Internal Assessment: Migrating SQL Workloads to Azure Virtual Machines (Day-4)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Considerations of SQL Server to Azure VM Migrations
• SQL Workloads to Azure VM Migration Options
• Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery Scenarios

Migrate SQL Workloads to Azure SQL Databases (Day-5)

In this module, the students will explore what is Azure SQL Database and why it is a suitable target for SQL
based workloads. It teaches students how to choose the appropriate SQL Server instance option and why
it can fulfil business requirements for data platform modernization. The modules will also show students
how they can perform both offline and online migrations to Azure SQL Database. By doing so, they can
assess which method maybe appropriate to their scenarios at work. It will also show the tools that can be
used to enable the data migration process. Finally,
they will explore the methods that can be used to load data into Azure SQL Database from an on-
premises instance.

Lessons
• Choose the right SQL Server Instance option in Azure
• Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL DB offline
• Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL DB online
 • Load and Move data to Azure SQL Database

Lab + Assessment: Migrate SQL Workloads to Azure SQL Databases (Day-6)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Choose the right SQL Server Instance option in Azure

• Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL DB offline
• Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL DB online
• Load and Move data to Azure SQL Database

Migrate SQL Workloads to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance (Day-7)

This module will explore what is an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance and why it is a suitable target
for SQL based workloads. They also learn how Azure SQL Database Managed Instance can fulfil the business
requirements for data platform modernization. The students will then explore the tools that can be used
to enable the data migration process to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. They will then explore the
methods and tools that can be used to load data into Azure SQL Database Managed Instance from an on-
premises instance. Finally, they will learn some of the changes that may need to be made to existing SQL
based applications so that they can use Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

Lessons
• Evaluate migration scenarios to SQL Database Managed Instance
• Migrate to SQL Database Managed instance
• Load and Move data to SQL Database Managed instance
• High Availability and Disaster recovery by Configuring Geo-Replication
• Application Configuration and Optimization

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Migrate and Manage Database Managed instance
• High Availability and Disaster recovery by Configuring Geo-Replication
• Backup Capabilities and Performing Restores in SQL Managed Instance

Lab + Assessment : Migrate SQL Workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance (Day-8)

Pre, Post Migration steps, Lading zone Architecture & Best Practices (Theory & LAB) Day -9

This module will explore what is an Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance and SQL Server in
Azure VM Pre, Post migration check list and also post migration Microsoft recommended best practices
implementation. For Azure SQL VM Backup, Log-team retention, Backup’s file DR validation test for point
in time restore Test, Focusing Cloud Lessons Learned based on successful migration and challenges during
the Azure SQL migration. Taking Reference architecture and discussing brief extract.

• Database migration pre-checklist—steps and resources for moving to the cloud

• Post-migration Validation and Optimization
• Check the SQL Server Error Log for login failures and other errors
• Cloud Lessons Learned:
✔ Reduce operational, licensing and infrastructure costs.
✔ Improve data security, availability, and disaster recovery.
✔ Seamlessly transition diverse workloads to the cloud and manage them there.
• Reference architecture
Final Assessment -Each Module: Day -10

This module will do one to one candidate assessment based on Mid & Final assessment, We will spend 30 –
40 minutes for each candidate mock interview scenario based which we covered above modules with 2
interview panel [ 1- internal + 1 External – Mind tree]

Accordingly Providing induvial feedback and comments each candidate post Final assessment.