Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions, 1st edition

Published by Microsoft Press (August 6, 2025) © 2026

  • Craig Zacker
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The official study guide for the new Microsoft DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions certification exam.

Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions offers professional-level preparation to maximise your exam performance and sharpen your skills on the job. It focuses on helping modern IT professionals demonstrate real-world mastery of implementing and managing cloud-native and hybrid data platform solutions with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure Data Services. 

Learn how to:

  • Plan and implement data platform resources
  • Implement a secure environment
  • Monitor, configure, and optimise database resources
  • Configure and manage automation of tasks
  • Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment

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  • Provide guidance from Microsoft, the creator of Microsoft certification exams
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Table of contents

  • 1. Plan and Implement Data Platform Resources
  • 2. Implement a Secure Environment
  • 3. Monitor and Optimize Operational Resources
  • 4. Optimize Query Performance
  • 5. Perform Automation of Tasks
  • 6. Plan and Implement a High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) Environment
  • 7. Perform Administration by Using T-SQL

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