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SQL Server Production DBA

The document discusses how a SQL Server production DBA's job responsibilities are being replaced by Azure cloud technology. It lists some typical tasks of a SQL production DBA like installing SQL servers, patching, backups/restores, jobs, and disaster recovery. It states that all of these tasks can now be handled by Azure. It warns that without knowledge of Azure, SQL DBAs risk becoming obsolete. It encourages learning Azure to stay competitive and have hope for the future as a production DBA working with SQL Server in the Azure environment.

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SQL Server Production DBA

The document discusses how a SQL Server production DBA's job responsibilities are being replaced by Azure cloud technology. It lists some typical tasks of a SQL production DBA like installing SQL servers, patching, backups/restores, jobs, and disaster recovery. It states that all of these tasks can now be handled by Azure. It warns that without knowledge of Azure, SQL DBAs risk becoming obsolete. It encourages learning Azure to stay competitive and have hope for the future as a production DBA working with SQL Server in the Azure environment.

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SQL Server Production DBA

You are, or want to be, a SQL server production DBA. So you took my following courses below; and
what you have learned from the courses below has been a wealth of knowledge that you can apply
to the real world and get yourself ready for a successful future as a SQL production dba.
But there is another technology looming that can challenge your experience and question your
duties as a production dba: Azure Cloud!
While what you have learned thus far will open doors and make you desirable to companies, a lack
of knowledge in Azure cloud can make you obsolete.
Lets look at some of your daily, weekly, monthly duties that you as a production dba complete and
see how Azure can manage it also.

• Learn T-SQL
• SQL Administration part 1
• SQL Administration part 2
• SQL Administration part 2
• SQL server migration
SQL Server Production DBA

You are a SQL server Production DBA


And you had many tasks and jobs to do
Here are some of the tasks you had to do
SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


install SQL servers on Windows OS servers

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


patch SQL servers with service packs

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


backup and restore databases on SQL servers

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


create jobs on SQL servers

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


create backup disaster recovery plans

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


configure always on for database redundancy

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

You had a job as a SQL server production dba to


configure always on for database redundancy

That job is gone to Azure!


SQL Server Production DBA

Are you getting a hint?

You are being replaced by Azure


You are becoming obsolete!
SQL Server Production DBA

Like the ‘Six Million Dollar Man’, Azure can make


SQL server administration better, faster, cheaper,
with less time, less management, less hardware
infrastructure and less stress
SQL Server Production DBA

So what is the hope and future for the production


SQL server dba?

Learn Azure cloud technology


SQL Server Production DBA

So what about everything I learned about SQL


server administration? Has that become obsolete
too?

Good news! No
Everything you learned about SQL server
administration is still applicable to Azure; but you
now have to apply it to the Azure cloud
environment.
SQL Server Production DBA

The next two separate courses “SQL server


administration on Azure part 1 and part 2” will
get you caught up with the latest Azure
technology and give you a solid introductory
foundation that will make you completive again

Let us together take this exciting and rewarding


journey in becoming a ‘Pillar’ in the SQL server
environment

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