Free Microsoft DP-300 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 5

Scenario: Authenticate database users by using Active Directory credentials.

The configuration steps include the following procedures to configure and use Azure Active Directory authentication.

Create and populate Azure AD.

Optional: Associate or change the active directory that is currently associated with your Azure Subscription.

Create an Azure Active Directory administrator. (Step 1)

Configure your client computers.

Create contained database users in your database mapped to Azure AD identities. (Step 2)

Connect to your database by using Azure AD identities. (Step 3)

Azure Database Migration service

Box 1: Premium 4-VCore

Scenario: Migrate the SERVER1 databases to the Azure SQL Database platform.

Minimize downtime during the migration of the SERVER1 databases.

Premimum 4-vCore is for large or business critical workloads. It supports online migrations, offline migrations, and faster migration speeds.

To configure your user account as the Azure AD admin for the server named sql3700689S, you can use the Azure portal or the Azure CLI. Here are the steps for both methods:

Using the Azure portal:

Go to the Azure portal and select SQL Server – Azure Arc.

Select the server named sql3700689S and click on Active Directory admin.

Click on Set admin and choose your user account from the list of Azure AD users.

Click on Select and then Save to confirm the change.

You can verify the Azure AD admin by clicking on Active Directory admin again and checking the current admin.

Using the Azure CLI:

Install the Azure CLI and log in with your Azure account.

Run the following command to get the object ID of your user account: az ad user show --id --query objectId -o tsv

Run the following command to set your user account as the Azure AD admin for the server: az sql server ad-admin create --server sql3700689S --object-id --display-name

You can verify the Azure AD admin by running the following command: az sql server ad-admin show --server sql3700689S

These are the steps to configure your user account as the Azure AD admin for the server named sql3700689S.

To ensure that all queries executed against dbl are captured in the Query Store, you need to enable the Query Store feature for the database and set the query capture mode to ALL. The Query Store feature provides you with insight on query plan choice and performance for Azure SQL Database1. The query capture mode controls whether all queries or only a subset of queries are tracked2.

Here are the steps to enable the Query Store and set the query capture mode to ALL for the database dbl:

Using the Azure portal:

Go to the Azure portal and select your Azure SQL Database server.

Select the database dbl and click on Query Performance Insight in the left menu.

Click on Configure Query Store and turn on the Query Store switch.

In the Query Capture Mode dropdown, select All and click on Save.

Using Transact-SQL statements:

Connect to the Azure SQL Database server and the database dbl using SQL Server Management Studio or Azure Data Studio.

Run the following command to enable the Query Store for the database: ALTER DATABASE dbl SET QUERY_STORE = ON;

Run the following command to set the query capture mode to ALL for the database: ALTER DATABASE dbl SET QUERY_STORE (QUERY_CAPTURE_MODE = ALL);

These are the steps to ensure that all queries executed against dbl are captured in the Query Store.

To enable page compression on the PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderlD clustered index of the SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader table in db1, you can use the following Transact-SQL script:

-- Connect to the Azure SQL database named db1

USE db1;

GO

-- Enable page compression on the clustered index

ALTER INDEX PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderlD ON SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader

REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = PAGE);

GO

This script will rebuild the clustered index with page compression, which can reduce the storage space and improve the query performance

The script solution consists of three parts:

The first part is USE db1; GO. This part connects to the Azure SQL database named db1, where the SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader table is located. The GO command separates the batches of Transact-SQL statements and sends them to the server.

The second part is ALTER INDEX PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderlD ON SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = PAGE); GO. This part enables page compression on the clustered index named PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderlD, which is defined on the SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader table. The ALTER INDEX statement modifies the properties of an existing index. The REBUILD option rebuilds the index from scratch, which is required to change the compression setting. The DATA_COMPRESSION = PAGE option specifies that page compression is applied to the index, which means that both row and prefix compression are used. Page compression can reduce the storage space and improve the query performance by compressing the data at the page level. The GO command ends the batch of statements.

The third part is optional, but it can be useful to verify the compression status of the index. It is SELECT name, index_id, data_compression_desc FROM sys.indexes WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader');. This part queries the sys.indexes catalog view, which contains information about the indexes in the database. The SELECT statement returns the name, index_id, and data_compression_desc columns for the indexes that belong to the SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader table. The OBJECT_ID function returns the object identification number for the table name. The data_compression_desc column shows the compression type of the index, which should be PAGE for the clustered index after the script is executed.

These are the steps of the script solution for enabling page compression on the clustered index of the SalesLT.SalesOrderHeader table in db1.

To ensure that db1 is compatible with all the features and syntax of SQL Server 2012, you need to set the compatibility level of the database to 110, which is the compatibility level for SQL Server 20121. The compatibility level affects the behavior of certain Transact-SQL statements and features, and determines how the database engine interprets the SQL code2.

You can set the compatibility level of db1 by using the Azure portal or Transact-SQL statements. Here are the steps for both methods:

Using the Azure portal:

Go to the Azure portal and select your Azure SQL Database server that hosts db1.

Select the database db1 and click on Query Performance Insight in the left menu.

Click on Configure Query Store and select 110 from the Compatibility level dropdown list.

Click on Save to apply the change.

Using Transact-SQL statements:

Connect to db1 using SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, or any other tool that supports Transact-SQL statements.

Open a new query window and run the following command: ALTER DATABASE db1 SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 110; GO

This command will set the compatibility level of db1 to 110, which is equivalent to SQL Server 2012.

These are the steps to set the compatibility level of db1 to 110. 

To configure a disaster recovery solution for db1, you can use the failover groups feature of Azure SQL Database. Failover groups allow you to manage the replication and failover of a group of databases across different regions with the same connection strings1. You can also use active geo-replication as an alternative, but you will need to update the connection strings manually after a failover2.

Here are the steps to create a failover group for db1 with the secondary server in the West US 3 region:

Using the Azure portal:

Go to the Azure portal and select your Azure SQL Database server that hosts db1.

Select Failover groups in the left menu and click on Add group.

Enter a name for the failover group and select West US 3 as the secondary region.

Click on Create a new server and enter the details for the secondary server, such as server name, admin login, password, and subscription.

Click on Select existing database(s) and choose db1 from the list of databases on the primary server.

Click on Configure failover policy and select the failover mode, grace period, and read-write failover endpoint mode according to your preferences.

Click on Create to create the failover group and start the replication of db1 to the secondary server.

Using PowerShell commands:

Install the Azure PowerShell module and log in with your Azure account.

Run the following command to create a new server in the West US 3 region: New-AzSqlServer -ResourceGroupName -ServerName -Location "West US 3" -SqlAdministratorCredentials $(New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "", $(ConvertTo-SecureString -String "" -AsPlainText -Force))

Run the following command to create a new failover group with db1: New-AzSqlDatabaseFailoverGroup -ResourceGroupName -ServerName -PartnerResourceGroupName -PartnerServerName -FailoverGroupName -Database db1 -FailoverPolicy Manual -GracePeriodWithDataLossHours 1 -ReadWriteFailoverEndpoint "Enabled"

You can modify the parameters of the command according to your preferences, such as the failover policy, grace period, and read-write failover endpoint mode.

These are the steps to create a failover group for db1 with the secondary server in the West US 3 region.

To configure sq1370O6895 to support the creation of new database users from Azure AD identities, you need to do the following steps:

Set up a Microsoft Entra tenant and associate it with your Azure subscription. You can use the Microsoft Entra portal or the Azure portal to create and manage your Microsoft Entra users and groups12.

Configure a Microsoft Entra admin for sq1370O6895. You can use the Azure portal or the Azure CLI to set a Microsoft Entra user as the admin for the server34. The Microsoft Entra admin can create other database users from Microsoft Entra identities5.

Connect to db1 using the Microsoft Entra admin account and run the following Transact-SQL statement to create a new database user from a Microsoft Entra identity: CREATE USER [Microsoft Entra user name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;6 You can replace the Microsoft Entra user name with the name of the user or group that you want to create in the database.

Grant the appropriate permissions to the new database user by adding them to a database role or granting them specific privileges. For example, you can run the following Transact-SQL statement to add the new user to the db_datareader role: ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [Microsoft Entra user name];

These are the steps to configure sq1370O6895 to support the creation of new database users from Azure AD identities.

To prevent db1 from reverting to the last known good query plan, you need to disable the automatic plan correction feature for the database. This feature is enabled by default and allows the Query Store to detect and fix plan performance regressions by forcing the last good plan1. However, if you want to test the performance of different plans without interference from the Query Store, you can turn off this feature by using the ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION statement2.

Here are the steps to disable the automatic plan correction feature for db1:

Connect to db1 using SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, or any other tool that supports Transact-SQL statements.

Open a new query window and run the following command: ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION SET AUTOMATIC_TUNING (FORCE_LAST_GOOD_PLAN = OFF); GO

This command will disable the automatic plan correction feature for db1 and allow the Query Optimizer to choose the best plan based on the current statistics and parameters3.

To verify that the automatic plan correction feature is disabled for db1, you can query the sys.database_scoped_configurations catalog view. The value of the force_last_good_plan column should be 0 for db1.

These are the steps to disable the automatic plan correction feature for db1.