Merge pull request #49329 from JulianePadrao/update-schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent

Updates to schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent

Author: JillGrant615

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/1-introduction.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: Introduction
   description: "Introduction"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/2-create-maintenance-plan.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: Create a SQL Server maintenance plan
   description: "Create a SQL Server maintenance plan"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/3-describe-task-status-notifications.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: Describe task status notifications
   description: "Describe task status notifications"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/4-exercise-create-cpu-status-alert.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: 'Exercise: Create a CPU status alert for a SQL Server'
   description: "Exercise: Create a CPU status alert for a SQL Server"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/5-knowledge-check.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: Knowledge check
   description: "Knowledge check"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false
@@ -22,43 +22,43 @@ quiz:
     choices:
     - content: "A mail profile"
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: "That's correct. To send email to an operator, you need to enable the email profile of the SQL Server Agent."
+      explanation: "Correct. To send email to an operator, you need to enable the email profile of the SQL Server Agent."
     - content: "An agent job"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. An agent job doesn't in and of itself send mail."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. An agent job doesn't in and of itself send mail."
     - content: "An alert"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. While an alert can send an email, it isn't a requirement for mail to be sent."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. While an alert can send an email, it isn't a requirement for mail to be sent."
   - content: "Which system database stores SQL Server Agent jobs and their information?"
     choices:
     - content: "Msdb"
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: "That's correct. The msdb database acts as the data store for the SQL Server Agent."
+      explanation: "Correct. The msdb database acts as the data store for the SQL Server Agent."
     - content: "Master"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. The master database stores information about logins and databases."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. The master database stores information about logins and databases."
     - content: "Model"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. The model database is used to provide a database to copy for new database creation."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. The model database is used to provide a database to copy for new database creation."
   - content: "Which operation recalculates the statistics on an index?"
     choices:
     - content: "Rebuild"
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: "That's correct. Rebuilding an index updates the statistics on the index."
+      explanation: "Correct. Rebuilding an index updates the statistics on the index."
     - content: "Reorganize"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. Reorganize rearranges pages, but doesn't calculate statistics."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. Reorganize rearranges pages, but doesn't calculate statistics."
     - content: "Shrinking a file group"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. Shrinking a file group doesn't have an impact on stats."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. Shrinking a file group doesn't affect stats."
   - content: "What built-in option removes old files related to maintenance plans?"
     choices:
     - content: "Cleanup history task"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. The cleanup history task deletes history of backup and restore operations from the msdb database and the history of SQL Server agent jobs."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. The cleanup history task deletes history of backup and restore operations from the msdb database and the history of SQL Server agent jobs."
     - content: "Maintenance cleanup task"
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: "That's correct. The maintenance cleanup task provides the option to remove old files related to maintenance plans."
+      explanation: "Correct. The maintenance cleanup task provides the option to remove old files related to maintenance plans."
     - content: "Execute SQL Server agent job task"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "That's incorrect. The execute SQL Server agent job task doesn't remove old files related to maintenance plans."
+      explanation: "Incorrect. The execute SQL Server agent job task doesn't remove old files related to maintenance plans."

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/6-summary.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   prefetch-feature-rollout: true
   title: Summary
   description: "Summary"
-  ms.date: 05/11/2022
-  author: wwlpublish
+  ms.date: 02/26/2025
+  author: JulianePadrao
   ms.author: jupadrao
   ms.topic: unit
 azureSandbox: false

learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/schedule-tasks-using-sql-server-agent/includes/1-introduction.md

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-Database systems need regular maintenance, which includes tasks like making backups and updating statistics. Maintenance may also include regularly scheduled jobs that execute against a database. Some common examples of these jobs would be to extract, transform, and load data from a transaction processing system into a data warehouse. In SQL Server and Azure SQL managed instance, the SQL Server Agent service allows you to schedule jobs to perform these maintenance tasks.
+Database systems require regular maintenance, including tasks like backups and updating statistics. Maintenance may also involve scheduled jobs that run against a database. Common examples include extracting, transforming, and loading data from a transaction processing system into a data warehouse. In SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance, the SQL Server Agent service allows you to schedule these maintenance tasks.
 
-One of the ways you can benefit from Azure is using the built-in resource monitoring that the platform provides. You can also take advantage of the options that the Azure platform offers for handling and responding to events.
+Azure offers built-in resource monitoring, and you can also use the platform's options for handling and responding to events, enhancing your ability to maintain and manage your database systems effectively.
+
+Most SQL Server Agent features are supported in Azure SQL Managed Instance, but there are some minor T-SQL differences between SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance that might affect job scripts.
 
 ## Learning objectives
 
-At the end of this module, you will understand:
+At the end of this module, you'll understand:
 
 - What maintenance activities you should perform on your databases
 - How to configure notifications and alerts on SQL Server Agent jobs and SQL Server