Summary
Congratulations, you have completed the final module in the learning path about Azure SQL fundamentals. You've taken your SQL Server expertise, and with some dedication, worked through translating those skills to Azure SQL. Hopefully, you understand the possibilities and benefits associated with moving to Azure SQL and the broader Azure ecosystem.
For continuing your learning and going beyond Azure SQL, the following section lists a few useful resources. Additionally, after you complete all the exercises in the learning path, you might consider picking a workload that you have and running a proof of concept. You can start small and work through the tasks and considerations for deploying and configuring secure, performant, and highly available Azure SQL solutions.
Learn more
There are a few ways to continue your learning:
- Follow along with the accompanying video series, Azure SQL for beginners.
- Go deeper with more code samples on GitHub.
- Build more with an Azure free trial account.
- Connect with the Azure SQL and SQL Server product group to learn about the latest innovations on its show, Data Exposed, and on Twitter, @AzureSQL.
Build solutions with Azure SQL
In this module, you considered several business scenarios and how to build a solution. The following resources might be useful as you go through the process with your workloads:
- How to Write a Problem Statement: Article on writing effective problem statements.
- Decision Matrix Analysis: Article on creating a decision matrix.
- Azure pricing calculator: Tool for creating a cost analysis of your solution.
- Azure data architecture guide: Structured approach for designing data-centric solutions on Microsoft Azure. It's based on proven practices derived from customer engagements.
- Azure reference architectures: Recommended practices, along with considerations for scalability, availability, manageability, and security.
- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure: Guidance for accelerating your cloud adoption journey.
- Microsoft Azure Trust Center: Full reference site for Azure security, privacy, and compliance.
- Azure SQL security playbook: Best practices for securing your Azure SQL deployment.