Azure Databases

SQL Server

• Azure Offers Database as Service with SQL Server
• Azure SQL creates the latest SQL as Service.
• When we create Azure SQL Database and Server get created.
• To connect to the database we will have an endpoint (public/private)
• Azure Server also has a firewall, where the ip of the connecting client will be blocked/allowed based on rules
• Azure SQL Allows three authentication mechanisms
  • SQL Authentication (Username and Password)
  • Azure AD Authentication (Active Directory Authentication)
  • Both
    
• Database Purchase Models
  • DTU Based Model
  • vcore Based Model
    • Provisioned
    • Serverless

Activity: Lets create an Azure SQL Database with public endpoint

• Lets create a DTU Based Model with Basic DTU
• Refer Here for the QuickStart from Azure
• Observe Resources in Resource Group
  
• View Server and then databases
  
  
  
• To connect to database from your system we need to allow your system in firewall
  
  
• If we want to allow communications from any ip address 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
  
  
• For Cleanup Delete Resource Group