You’re a database administrator at Magic Wand Services Corporation. Your CTO has mandated the migration of all on-premises resources to the cloud in an effort to save money on resources. As a database administrator, it’s your job to make the necessary preparations for this migration.

Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and SQL Server Auditing, you’ll determine usage of your on-premises databases to help decide what should (and shouldn’t) be moved to the cloud. Using SSMS, you’ll remove all objects that aren’t supported in Azure, any unused or unnecessary agent jobs and server objects, as well as any unused database objects. Then, to ensure you migrate everything you need to Azure, you’ll make a checklist in the text editor of your choice. When you’re finished, you’ll be prepared to smoothly migrate your SQL Server database to Azure SQL Managed Instance.

The CTO of Magic Wand Services Corporation has mandated the migration of all on-premises resources to the cloud in order to save money. As a database administrator, your job is to set up your cloud database, an Azure SQL Managed Instance, for optimal performance.

You’ll create a performance and configuration baseline using SQL Server Management Studio to ensure that you configure your Azure SQL Managed Instance properly to support your workload. With your baseline as a guide, you’ll use the Azure portal to build a SQL Managed Instance Database. Using dbatools and SQL scripts, you’ll migrate server-level objects from your on-premises SQL Server to the cloud, verifying that your Azure SQL Managed Instance is properly configured. When you’re done, you’ll have a managed instance with maximized performance to which you can confidently migrate your databases.

As a database administrator for Magic Wand Services Corporation, your task is to migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to an Azure SQL Managed Instance, a task mandated by the company’s CTO in an effort to save money on resources.

You’ll use the Azure portal and Azure Data Studio to configure your database migration service for a smooth migration with no data loss and minimal downtime, then you'll perform the migration. Using the Azure portal, Azure Data Studio, and SQL Server Management Studio, you’ll verify that your database settings were implemented—and that your migration was successful.

You’re a database administrator at Magic Wand Services Corporation, where the on-premises SQL Server database has recently been migrated to an Azure SQL Managed Instance. Your task is to audit, monitor, and configure your Azure SQL Managed Instance to help troubleshoot issues and maximize security.

Using SQL Server Audit and Azure Blob storage with SQL Server Management Studio and the Azure portal, you’ll configure and perform auditing to monitor changes made by other applications or users. Next, using the Azure portal, you’ll configure alerting to monitor for issues related to storage and CPU usage. Lastly, you’ll run dbachecks against your managed instance to ensure it’s compliant with Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks. When you’re done, your Azure SQL Managed Instance will be properly configured for troubleshooting and as secure as it can be.