Professional Azure SQL Managed Database Administration is a comprehensive guide to mastering data management with Azure's managed database services. Packed with real-world exercises and updated to cover the latest Azure features, this book provides actionable insights into migration, performance tuning, scaling, and securing Azure SQL databases. What this Book will help me do Master the configuration and pricing options for Azure SQL databases to make cost-effective choices. Learn the processes to provision new SQL databases or migrate existing on-premises SQL databases to Azure. Acquire skills in implementing high availability and disaster recovery for ensuring data resilience. Understand the strategies for monitoring, tuning, and optimizing the performance of Azure SQL databases. Discover techniques for scaling uses through elastic pools and securing databases comprehensively. Author(s) Ahmad Osama and Shashikant Shakya are experienced professionals in SQL Server and Azure SQL technologies. With decades of combined experience in database administration and cloud computing, they bring a depth of understanding to the content of this book. Their hands-on teaching approach is evident in the practical exercises and real-world scenarios included. Who is it for? This book is specifically tailored for database administrators, developers, and application developers looking to leverage Azure SQL databases. If you are tasked with migrating applications to the cloud or ensuring top performance and resilience for cloud databases, you will find this book highly valuable. Prior experience with on-premises SQL services will help contextualize the content, making it suitable for professionals with intermediate SQL experience. Readers aiming to deepen their Azure SQL expertise will also greatly benefit.