Microsoft 070-764 Exam : Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure

Microsoft 070-764 exam
  • Exam Code: 070-764
  • Exam Name: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure
  • Updated: Oct 19, 2026
  • Q & A: 452 Questions and Answers
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Microsoft 070-764 Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionWeightObjectives
Manage backup and restore of databases20–25%- Restore databases
  • 1. Piecemeal and page restores
  • 2. Point-in-time restore
- Manage database integrity
  • 1. Database consistency checks
  • 2. Corruption recovery
- Develop backup strategy
  • 1. Backup planning and automation
  • 2. Transaction log backups and differential strategy
Manage high availability and disaster recovery20–25%- Implement disaster recovery
  • 1. Log shipping
  • 2. Design disaster recovery solutions
- Implement high availability
  • 1. Always On Availability Groups
  • 2. Failover clustering
Configure data access and auditing20–25%- Configure data access and permissions
  • 1. Manage database object permissions
  • 2. Manage logins, users, and roles
  • 3. Configure row-level security and dynamic data masking
- Configure encryption
  • 1. Configure encrypted connections
  • 2. Implement column and backup encryption
  • 3. Configure transparent data encryption
- Configure auditing
  • 1. Configure SQL Server audit
  • 2. Query and analyze audit logs
Manage and monitor SQL Server instances35–40%- Monitor queries and performance
  • 1. Identify problematic execution plans
  • 2. Query Store and Extended Events
- Monitor database activity
  • 1. Identify blocking sessions and tempdb resource usage
  • 2. Configure data collector
- Manage indexes and statistics
  • 1. Index fragmentation and missing indexes
  • 2. Statistics updates and maintenance
- General monitoring
  • 1. Policy-based management
  • 2. SQL Agent alerts and operators

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Microsoft Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure is an official Microsoft certification exam, identified by exam code 070-764. Passing earns you the MCSA SQL 2016 certification, classified at the Associate level. It also connects with MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration, MCSE: Data Management and Analytics, so it can serve as a stepping stone in a wider certification plan. In hiring, certificates work as a quick, quantitative standard, and this one tells employers your skills passed the vendor's own measurement.

Microsoft Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure candidates answer 40–60 (approx.) questions within 120–150. Efficiency under the clock is a trainable skill, not a talent: decide your per-question budget in advance, flag anything that threatens it, and keep moving. Running timed simulations in the VerifiedDumps test engine until you finish with time to spare is the most reliable way to make exam day feel controlled rather than rushed.

The Microsoft Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure exam requires 700 (scaled score) to pass, and official registration costs USD 165 (approx.). Since retakes bill the full USD 165 (approx.) again, the economic argument for thorough preparation writes itself. Let the VerifiedDumps practice tests be your measuring stick: when your scores hold above the passing line across several consecutive sessions, the exam stops being a financial risk.

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The Microsoft Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure syllabus is organized into 4 domains, with the largest being Manage and monitor SQL Server instances (35–40%), Configure data access and auditing (20–25%), and Manage backup and restore of databases (20–25%). The complete breakdown appears in the topics section above; a clear classification of what the exam tests is the first step toward efficient preparation.

Microsoft Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure Sample Questions:

Question #1

General Overview
You are the Senior Database Administrator (DBA) for a software development company named Leafield Solutions. The company develops software applications custom designed to meet customer requirements.
Requirements Leafield Solutions has been asked by a customer to develop a web-based Enterprise Resource Planning and Management application. The new application will eventually replace a desktop application that the customer is currently using. The current application will remain in use while the users are trained to use the new webbased application.
You need to design the SQL Server and database infrastructure for the web-based application.
Databases
You plan to implement databases named Customers, Sales, Products, Current_Inventory, and TempReporting.
The Sales database contains a table named OrderTotals and a table named SalesInfo.
A stored procedure named SPUpdateSalesInfo reads data in the OrderTotals table and modifies data in the SalesInfo table.
The stored procedure then reads data in the OrderTotals table a second time and makes further changes to the information in the SalesInfo table.
The Current_Inventory database contains a large table named Inv_Current. The Inv_Current table has a clustered index for the primary key and a nonclustered index. The primary key column uses the identity property.
The data in the Inv_Current table is over 120GB in size. The tables in the Current_Inventory database are accessed by multiple queries in the Sales database.
Another table in the Current_Inventory database contains a self-join with an unlimited number of hierarchies.
This table is modified by a stored procedure named SPUpdate2.
An external application named ExternalApp1 will periodically query the Current_Inventory database to generate statistical information. The TempReporting database contains a single table named GenInfo.
A stored procedure named SPUPdateGenInfo combines data from multiple databases and generates millions of rows of data in the GenInfo table.
The GenInfo table is used for reports.
When the information in GenInfo is generated, a reporting process reads data from the Inv_Current table and queries information in the GenInfo table based on that data.
The GenInfo table is deleted after the reporting process completes. The Products database contains tables named ProductNames and ProductTypes.
Current System
The current desktop application uses data stored in a SQL Server 2005 database named DesABCopAppDB.
This database will remain online and data from the Current_Inventory database will be copied to it as soon as data is changed in the Current_Inventory database.
SQL Servers
A new SQL Server 2012 instance will be deployed to host the databases for the new system. The databases will be hosted on a Storage Area Network (SAN) that provides highly available storage.
Design Requirements
Your SQL Server infrastructure and database design must meet the following requirements:
* Confidential information in the Current_ Inventory database that is accessed by ExternalApp1 must be securely stored.
* Direct access to database tables by developers or applications must be denied.
* The account used to generate reports must have restrictions on the hours when it is allowed to make a connection.
* Deadlocks must be analyzed with the use of Deadlock Graphs.
* In the event of a SQL Server failure, the databases must remain available.
* Software licensing and database storage costs must be minimized.
* Development effort must be minimized.
* The Tempdb databases must be monitored for insufficient free space.
* Failed authentication requests must be logged.
* Every time a new row is added to the ProductTypes table in the Products database, a user defined function that validates the row must be called before the row is added to the table.
* When SPUpdateSalesInfo queries data in the OrderTotals table the first time, the same rows must be returned along with any newly added rows when SPUpdateSalesInfo queries data in the OrderTotals table the second time.
You need to configure a synchronization solution to copy data from the Current_Inventory database the DesABCopAppDB database.
What should you configure?

  • A. Database Mirroring.
  • B. Incremental Backups
  • C. Transactional Replication.
  • D. Snapshot Replication.
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Correct Answer: C  🗳️

Question #2

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server database named Sales.
The database is 3 terabytes in size.
The Sales database is configured as shown in the following table.
You discover that all files except Sales_2.ndf are corrupt.
You need to recover the corrupted data in the minimum amount of time.
What should you do?

  • A. Perform a file restore.
  • B. Perform a transaction log restore.
  • C. Perform a filegroup restore.
  • D. Perform a restore from a full backup.
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Correct Answer: D  🗳️

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Question #3

Which task should you perform before you can create a utility control point by using the service account option?

  • A. Start all Data Collector Sets (DCSs) in a Microsoft SQL Server instance
  • B. Enable named pipes on a Microsoft SQL Server instance
  • C. Configure the Microsoft SQL Server Agent service account to use an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) user account
  • D. Disable the Microsoft SQL Server browser service
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Correct Answer: C  🗳️

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Question #4

You need to validate rows before they are added to a table every time a row is added using a user-defined function.
What should you use? More than one answer may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

  • A. DML Trigger
  • B. Foreign key
  • C. Default constraint
  • D. CHECK constraint
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Correct Answer: D  🗳️

Question #5

Note: This question is a part of a series of questions that use the same or similar answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question in the series. Each question is independent of the other questions in this series. Information and details provided in a question apply only to that question.
You are designing a new disaster recovery (DR) solution for a heavily-utilized application database. The DR site is in a remote datacenter. You should minimize network traffic to the DR site during business hours.
You need to deploy a solution that allows near-real time queries to be run on the secondary instance and minimizes the effect on performance for the main production database.
Which should you implement?

  • A. log shipping
  • B. a file share witness
  • C. a Windows Cluster with a shared-nothing architecture
  • D. an Always On Availability Group with secondary replicas in asynchronous-commit mode
  • E. an Always On Availability Group with all replicas in synchronous-commit mode
  • F. a Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster instance (FCI)
  • G. A Microsoft Azure Stretch Database
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Correct Answer: E  🗳️

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