{"id":4709,"date":"2017-04-20T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/paul\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2017-04-20T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:34:50","slug":"new-course-understanding-and-using-azure-sql-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-course-understanding-and-using-azure-sql-database\/","title":{"rendered":"New course: Understanding and Using Azure SQL Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And to coincide with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-class-immersion-event-on-azure-sql-database-and-azure-vms\/\" target=\"_blank\">new training class on Azure<\/a>, we&#8217;ve just published a new Pluralsight course on Azure too!<\/p>\n<p>Tim\u2019s latest\u00a0Pluralsight\u00a0course \u2013\u00a0<em>SQL Server: Understanding and Using Azure SQL Database<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 and is just under two hours\u00a0long\u00a0and is based on his very popular user group and conference session.<\/p>\n<p>The modules are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Azure SQL Database Features<\/li>\n<li>Exploring Unsupported Features<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Azure SQL Database Pricing<\/li>\n<li>Migrating Data to Azure SQL Database<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pluralsight.com\/courses\/sqlserver-understanding-using-azure-sql-database\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We now have 150\u00a0hours of SQLskills online training available (see all our 51 courses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-training\/online-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), all for as little as $29\/month through Pluralsight (including more than 5,000\u00a0other developer and IT training courses). 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