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Overview

Duration

5 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

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Work with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
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Course details

Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Explore PostgreSQL architecture
  • Understand client-server communication in PostgreSQL
  • Understand PostgreSQL query processing
  • Secure Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Procedures and functions in PostgreSQL
  • Understand write-ahead logging
  • Use system catalogs and system views in PostgreSQL
  • Understand concurrency in PostgreSQL
  • Optimize vacuum in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Tune queries in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
More about this course
  • In this learning path you'll be introduced to the main features of PostgreSQL and how they work in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • You'll learn about the different Azure Database for PostgreSQL implementation options, and how to configure a server for your needs
  • In this course you will learn about the PostgreSQL architecture, and how to manage different aspects of Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • In this course, you will learn how PostgreSQL manages connections from clients, and look at some common PostgreSQL client tools

Work with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
 at 
Microsoft 
Curriculum

Explore PostgreSQL architecture

Introduction

Describe Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Understand PostgreSQL architecture

Understand PostgreSQL shared memory

Exercise - Explore Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Knowledge check

Summary

Understand client-server communication in PostgreSQL

Introduction

Understand connection handling

Understand the PostgreSQL client tools

Exercise: Explore pgAdmin

Knowledge check

Summary

Understand PostgreSQL query processing

Introduction

Identify the query processing components

Understand EXPLAIN

Exercise: Practice EXPLAIN

Knowledge check

Summary

Secure Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Introduction

Describe Azure Database for PostgreSQL security

Describe built-in Azure Database for PostgreSQL server roles

Grant permissions in Azure SQL Database for PostgreSQL

Understand encryption in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Configure Azure Active Directory authentication

Exercise: Configure Azure AD authentication with Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Knowledge check

Summary

Procedures and functions in PostgreSQL

Introduction

Create a stored procedure in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Call a stored procedure in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Create and use a function in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Exercise: Create a stored procedure in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Knowledge check

Summary

Understand write-ahead logging

Introduction

Describe write ahead logging

Describe replication and logical decoding

Exercise: List table changes with logical decoding

Knowledge check

Summary

Use system catalogs and system views in PostgreSQL

Introduction

An overview of system catalogs and system views

Investigate metadata with system catalogs and system views

Exercise: Investigate metadata with system catalogs and system views

Knowledge check

Summary

Understand concurrency in PostgreSQL

Introduction

Understand multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and snapshots

Describe isolation levels

Understand locking

Exercise: Understand locking

Knowledge check

Summary

Optimize vacuum in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Introduction

Explain the purpose of vacuum and autovacuum

Configure autovacuum server parameters

Exercise: Configure autovacuum server parameters

Knowledge check

Summary

Tune queries in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Introduction

Understand statistics

Assess query performance with the Query Store

Visualize performance with Query Performance Insight

Exercise: Visualize performance with Query Performance Insight

Knowledge check

Summary

Work with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
 at 
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