Creating Azure SQL Database Guide

The following guide, will directly go through the steps in creating a SQL Server database in Microsoft Azure Cloud.

In Microsoft Azure Portal choose “Create a resource”:

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Choose “SQL Database”

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The following is a snapshot sample:

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Choose “create” , I have chosen the pricing tier “Standard S0: 10 DTUs, 250 GB”

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Deployment will be in progress….until you see the following successful message

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Take note of your fully qualified server name !

To test your database connection to your created database:

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The login account is the server admin account name you have choose before.

After successfully connecting successfully I have executed the select@@version query as shown below

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I was able to access the database in Azure using SQL Server Management Studio, of course you need configure the firewall in azure portal to add your current client IP address:

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