Update lab descriptions, durations, levels, and statuses for consistency across all labs

Author: JulianePadrao

Instructions/Labs/01-create-database-objects.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 1 – Design and implement database objects with SQL Server'
     module: 'Design and implement database objects with SQL Server'
-    description: This exercise will help you implement various database objects in SQL Server, including tables, constraints, temporal tables, JSON columns, and indexes.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 30 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - SQL Server
-        - Database Design
-        - T-SQL
+    description: 'This exercise will help you implement various database objects in SQL Server, including tables, constraints, temporal tables, JSON columns, and indexes.'
+    duration: 30 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Design and implement database objects with SQL

Instructions/Labs/02-implement-programmability-objects.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 2 – Implement programmability objects with SQL'
     module: 'Implement programmability objects with SQL'
-    description: This exercise will help you create and use core SQL Server programmability objects including views, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 45 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - SQL Server
-        - Stored Procedures
-        - T-SQL
+    description: 'This exercise will help you create and use core SQL Server programmability objects including views, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.'
+    duration: 45 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Implement programmability objects with SQL

Instructions/Labs/03-write-advanced-tsql-code.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 3 – Write advanced T-SQL queries'
     module: 'Write advanced T-SQL queries'
-    description: This exercise will help you practice using JSON functions, CTEs, and window functions to build and query data from the AdventureWorksLT database.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 30 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - T-SQL
-        - JSON
-        - SQL Server
+    description: 'This exercise will help you practice using JSON functions, CTEs, and window functions to build and query data from the AdventureWorksLT database.'
+    duration: 30 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Write advanced T-SQL queries

Instructions/Labs/04-design-implement-sql-solutions-ai-assisted-tools.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 4 – Implement SQL solutions by using AI-assisted tools'
     module: 'Implement SQL solutions by using AI-assisted tools'
-    description: This exercise will help you use AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot to design and implement SQL solutions with consistent standards.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 45 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - GitHub Copilot
-        - AI-Assisted Development
+    description: 'This exercise will help you use AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot to design and implement SQL solutions with consistent standards.'
+    duration: 45 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Implement SQL solutions by using AI-assisted tools

Instructions/Labs/05-implement-security-compliance.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 5 – Implement security and compliance with SQL'
     module: 'Implement security and compliance with SQL'
-    description: This exercise will help you implement security features such as Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security to protect sensitive data in a SQL database.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 30 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - Security
-        - Dynamic Data Masking
-        - Row-Level Security
+    description: 'This exercise will help you implement security features such as Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security to protect sensitive data in a SQL database.'
+    duration: 30 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Implement security and compliance with SQL

Instructions/Labs/06-optimize-database-performance.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 6 - Optimize query performance'
     module: 'Optimize database performance'
-    description: This exercise will help you investigate slow queries in Azure SQL Database using execution plans, dynamic management views (DMVs), and Query Store.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 45 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - Query Performance
-        - Query Store
+    description: 'This exercise will help you investigate slow queries in Azure SQL Database using execution plans, dynamic management views (DMVs), and Query Store.'
+    duration: 45 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Optimize query performance

Instructions/Labs/07-implement-cicd-sql-database-projects.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 7 - Implement CI/CD with SQL Database Projects'
     module: 'Implement CI/CD by using SQL Database Projects'
-    description: This exercise will help you create a SQL database project, build it locally, push it to GitHub, and configure a GitHub Actions pipeline for automated schema deployment.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 45 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - CI/CD
-        - GitHub Actions
-        - SQL Database Projects
+    description: 'This exercise will help you create a SQL database project, build it locally, push it to GitHub, and configure a GitHub Actions pipeline for automated schema deployment.'
+    duration: 45 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Implement CI/CD with SQL Database Projects

Instructions/Labs/08-integrate-sql-solutions-azure-services.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 8 – Integrate SQL solutions with Azure services'
     module: 'Integrate SQL solutions with Azure services'
-    description: This exercise will help you create a Data API Builder configuration for a product catalog database and deploy it to Azure with REST and GraphQL endpoints.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 30 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - Data API Builder
-        - REST
-        - GraphQL
+    description: 'This exercise will help you create a Data API Builder configuration for a product catalog database and deploy it to Azure with REST and GraphQL endpoints.'
+    duration: 30 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Integrate SQL solutions with Azure services

Instructions/Labs/09-generate-update-embedings-sql.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 9 – Generate and update embeddings in Azure SQL Database'
     module: 'Design and implement models and embeddings with SQL'
-    description: This exercise will help you create an external model reference, generate embeddings from text stored in Azure SQL Database, and perform basic vector search.
-    level: 300
-    duration: 30 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - Azure OpenAI
-        - Vector Embeddings
+    description: 'This exercise will help you create an external model reference, generate embeddings from text stored in Azure SQL Database, and perform basic vector search.'
+    duration: 30 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Generate and update embeddings in Azure SQL Database

Instructions/Labs/10-implement-intelligent-search.md

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 lab:
     title: 'Lab 10 – Implement intelligent search with full-text, vector, and hybrid queries'
     module: 'Design and implement models and embeddings with SQL'
-    description: This exercise will help you implement full-text, vector, and hybrid search approaches in Azure SQL Database using Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF).
-    level: 300
-    duration: 45 minutes
-    islab: true
-    primarytopics:
-        - Azure SQL Database
-        - Vector Search
-        - Full-Text Search
-        - Azure OpenAI
+    description: 'This exercise will help you implement full-text, vector, and hybrid search approaches in Azure SQL Database using Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF).'
+    duration: 45 # duration in minutes
+    level: 300 # 100 basic concepts, 200 foundations, 300 practical usage, 400 advanced scenarios, 500 expert design
+    islab: true # if this is not a lab that should be listed in the catalog, set to false
+    status: 'released' # in-development or released
+    targetDate: '2099-01-01' # Set to the future date when you expect an in-development lab to be released
 ---
 
 # Implement intelligent search with full-text, vector, and hybrid queries