Course Overview
This course will enable the students to understand Azure SQL Database, and educate the students on what is required to migrate MySQL and PostgreSQL workloads to Azure SQL Database.
This course will be retired as of 31 January 2023.
Who should attend
The primary audience for this course is database developers who plan to migrate their MySQL or Postgres DB workloads to Azure SQL DB. The secondary audience for this course is MySQL/Postgres administrators to raise awareness of the features and benefits of Azure SQL DB.
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
- Some knowledge of open source relational database management systems such as Postgres and/or MySQL, SQL administration, backup and recovery techniques i.e. dumping table data
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the students will have learned:
- Migrate on-premises MySQL to Azure SQL DB for MySQL
- Migrate on-premises PostgreSQL to Azure SQL DB for PostgreSQL
Course Content
Module 1: Migrate to Azure SQL DB for MySQL & PostgreSQL
This module describes the benefits and architecture of Azure SQL DB.
Lessons
- OSS databases overview
- Common OSS database workloads
- Customer challenges in migration
Lab: Creating source OSS databases
- Installation of Postgres migration DB server
- Installation of MySQL migration DB server
- Backups / data dumps from Postgres / MySQL
- Restore from data dumps
At the end of this module, the students will be able to:
- OSS databases overview
- Common OSS database workloads
- Customer challenges in migration
Module 2: Migrate on-premises MySQL to Azure SQL DB for MySQL
This module describes the benefits and process of migrating MySQL workloads to Azure SQL DB
Lessons
- Configure and Manage Azure SQL DB for MySQL
- Migrate on-premises MySQL to SQL DB for MySQL
- Application Migration
- Post-migration considerations
Lab: Migrating MySQL DB Workloads to Azure SQL DB
- Migrating MySQL DB Workloads to Azure SQL DB
- Define Source and Target DBs
- Perform Migration
- Verify Migration
At the end of this module, the students will be able to:
- Configure and Manage Azure SQL DB for MySQL
- Migrate on-premises MySQL to SQL DB for MySQL
- Application Migration
- Post-migration considerations
Module 3: Migrate on-premises PostgreSQL to Azure SQL DB for PostgreSQL
This module describes the benefits and process of migrating PostgreSQL DB workloads to Azure SQL DB
Lessons
- Configure and Manage Azure SQL DB for PostgreSQL
- Migrate on-premises MySQL to SQL DB for PostgreSQL
- Application Migration
- Post-migration considerations
Lab: Migrating PostgreSQL DB Workloads to Azure SQL DB
- Configure Azure SQL DB for PostgreSQL
- Define Source and Target DBs
- Perform Migration
- Verify Migration
At the end of this module, the students will be able to:
- Configure and Manage Azure SQL DB for PostgreSQL
- Migrate on-premises MySQL to SQL DB for PostgreSQL
- Application Migration
- Post-migration considerations