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Expert knowledge for Azure SQL Database development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring serverless billing, Hyperscale, geo-replication/DR, Data Sync/sharding, or elastic pools, and other Azure SQL Database related development tasks. Not for Azure SQL Managed Instance (use azure-sql-managed-instance), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Ma

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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure SQL Database. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference conten…

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Azure SQL Database Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure SQL Database. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L62Diagnosing and fixing Azure SQL issues: performance, deadlocks, blocking, CPU/memory, capacity, import/export, connectivity, geo-replication, Data Sync, serverless, and log-full errors.
Best PracticesL63-L79Best practices for Azure SQL operations: monitoring, auditing, security, HA/DR, failover, read replicas, maintenance, elastic pool tuning, file space, Data Sync, and T-SQL adaptation.
Decision MakingL80-L107Guidance for choosing Azure SQL tiers, pricing models, DR/HA, Hyperscale options, licensing/Reservations, automation, and migration paths (on-prem, DTU↔vCore, SQL Data Sync, elastic sharding).
Architecture & Design PatternsL108-L126Architectural patterns for Azure SQL apps: geo-replication, DR/BCP, connectivity/routing, sharding & elastic scale, multi-tenant SaaS models, Hyperscale internals, and upgrade/failover designs.
Limits & QuotasL127-L142Limits, quotas, and behaviors for Azure SQL: backups immutability, free tier offers, DTU/vCore pool/single DB caps, serverless billing rules, and maintenance window constraints.
SecurityL143-L209Securing Azure SQL: authentication (Entra, MI, MFA), network/firewall, auditing, encryption (TDE, Always Encrypted), threat protection, data masking/classification, and compliance policies.
ConfigurationL210-L278Configuring Azure SQL databases: monitoring, backups, security, scaling, geo-replication/failover, elastic pools/jobs, Data Sync, serverless, maintenance windows, and CLI/PowerShell/REST setup.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL279-L309Connecting apps and tools to Azure SQL (EF Core, .NET, Node.js, Python, Go), plus PowerShell/CLI automation for auditing, scaling, geo-replication, data sync, and streaming/Spark integration.
DeploymentL310-L322Deploying and managing Azure SQL databases: CI/CD with GitHub/Terraform, scaling and tier changes (Hyperscale, zones, elastic pools), regional moves, and checking feature availability by region.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Troubleshoot Azure SQL capacity deployment and scaling errorshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/capacity-errors-troubleshoot?view=azuresql
Resolve common Azure SQL database watcher issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-faq?view=azuresql
Analyze and prevent deadlocks in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/analyze-prevent-deadlocks?view=azuresql
Fix slow database import and export in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-hang?view=azuresql
Use RecoveryManager to fix Azure SQL shard mapshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-database-recovery-manager?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-faq?view=azuresql
Diagnose and fix high CPU in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-cpu-diagnose-troubleshoot?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot performance issues in Azure SQL Hyperscalehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-performance-diagnostics?view=azuresql
Diagnose Azure SQL query performance bottleneckshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/identify-query-performance-issues?view=azuresql
Monitor and troubleshoot In-Memory OLTP storage capacityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-monitor-space?view=azuresql
Use DMVs to troubleshoot Azure SQL performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-with-dmvs?view=azuresql
Use Azure Resource Health to troubleshoot Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-health-to-troubleshoot-connectivity?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot auto-pause and resume in Azure SQL serverlesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-auto-pause-resume?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot common Azure SQL Data Sync issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-troubleshoot?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot transient connectivity errors for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-connectivity-issues?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot Azure SQL and Fabric SQL connectivity errorshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-errors-issues?view=azuresql
Troubleshoot geo-replication and redo lag in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-geo-replication-redo?view=azuresql
Investigate and fix memory issues in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-memory-errors-issues?view=azuresql
Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-db
Identify and resolve blocking in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/understand-resolve-blocking?view=azuresql
Resolve known issues in Azure SQL Managed Instancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/doc-changes-updates-known-issues?view=azuresql
Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Managed Instancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-mi

Best Practices

TopicURL
Analyze Azure SQL monitoring data with KQL and T-SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-analyze?view=azuresql
Apply auditing best practices in production Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-best-practices?view=azuresql
Run disaster recovery drills for Azure SQL workloadshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-drills?view=azuresql
Optimize resource management in dense Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-resource-management?view=azuresql
Configure and operate Azure SQL failover groups with best practiceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/failover-group-sql-db?view=azuresql
Manage Azure SQL Database file space efficientlyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/file-space-manage?view=azuresql-db
Apply HA and DR configuration checklist for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-availability-disaster-recovery-checklist?view=azuresql
Plan for Azure SQL planned maintenance eventshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/planned-maintenance?view=azuresql
Configure and use read scale-out replicas in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/read-scale-out?view=azuresql
Apply security best practices to Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/secure-database?view=azuresql
Apply security best practices for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-best-practice?view=azuresql
Apply best practices for Azure SQL Data Synchttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-best-practices?view=azuresql
Adapt SQL Server T-SQL for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server?view=azuresql

Decision Making

TopicURL
Decide when to use Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-hybrid-benefit?view=azuresql
Use Azure SQL decision tree to choose servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-sql-decision-tree?view=azuresql
Understand Copilot in Azure SQL capabilities and usagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/copilot/copilot-azure-sql-faq?view=azuresql
Plan deployment of Always Encrypted secure enclaveshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-plan?view=azuresql
Plan and manage Azure SQL Database costshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/cost-management?view=azuresql
Choose Azure SQL disaster recovery options for regional outageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-guidance?view=azuresql
Choose migration path from elastic query shard map managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-horizontal-partitioning-migration?view=azuresql
Compare Azure SQL Database vs Managed Instance featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/features-comparison?view=azuresql
Plan and use Hyperscale elastic pools for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-elastic-pool-overview?view=azuresql
Choose job automation options for Azure SQL and Synapsehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/job-automation-overview?view=azuresql
Plan and manage Azure SQL Hyperscale databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/manage-hyperscale-database?view=azuresql
Migrate Azure SQL databases from DTU to vCore modelhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/migrate-dtu-to-vcore?view=azuresql
Choose Azure SQL Database vCore vs DTU purchasinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/purchasing-models?view=azuresql
Choose and use Azure Reservations for Azure SQL computehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/reservations-discount-overview?view=azuresql
Reverse migrate Azure SQL Hyperscale to General Purposehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/reverse-migrate-from-hyperscale?view=azuresql
Choose Azure SQL serverless vs provisioned tiershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-overview?view=azuresql
Evaluate Azure SQL Hyperscale capabilities and constraintshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-frequently-asked-questions-faq?view=azuresql
Choose and use Hyperscale secondary replica typeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-replicas?view=azuresql
Decide when to use Azure SQL Hyperscale tierhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale?view=azuresql
Use DTU-based purchasing model for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-dtu?view=azuresql
Choose Azure SQL Database vCore service tiershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-sql-database-vcore?view=azuresql
Select migration alternatives for retiring SQL Data Synchttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-retirement-migration?view=azuresql
Configure license-free standby replicas for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/standby-replica-how-to-configure?view=azuresql
Plan and decide SQL Server to Azure SQL migrationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/migration-guides/modernization?view=azuresql

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design and use active geo-replication for Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-geo-replication-overview?view=azuresql
Plan Azure SQL Database business continuity and DRhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recover-hadr-overview?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL connectivity architecture and routinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL connectivity architecture and connection policieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql
Choose geo-replication patterns for global Azure SQL appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/designing-cloud-solutions-for-disaster-recovery?view=azuresql
Disaster recovery patterns for Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-strategies-for-applications-with-elastic-pool?view=azuresql
Configure elastic queries over sharded Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-horizontal-partitioning?view=azuresql
Query vertically partitioned Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-vertical-partitioning?view=azuresql
Design elastic scale-out architectures with Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-introduction?view=azuresql
Move and rebalance data between sharded Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-overview-split-and-merge?view=azuresql
Configure geo-distributed Azure SQL applications with failoverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/geo-distributed-application-configure-tutorial?view=azuresql
Design Azure SQL local and zone redundancyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL Hyperscale distributed architecturehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-architecture?view=azuresql
Design rolling upgrade patterns with Azure SQL geo-replicationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/manage-application-rolling-upgrade?view=azuresql
Select multitenant SaaS tenancy models on Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/saas-tenancy-app-design-patterns?view=azuresql

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Understand automatic backup immutability for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/automatic-backup-immutability?view=azuresql
Track new Azure SQL Database features and free tier limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL Database free offer limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-offer-faq?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL Database free tier limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-offer?view=azuresql
Use Azure free account to deploy free Azure SQL databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-sql-db-free-account-how-to-deploy?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL Database maintenance window behaviorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window-faq?view=azuresql
Elastic pool DTU resource limits for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-dtu-elastic-pools?view=azuresql
Single database DTU resource limits for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-dtu-single-databases?view=azuresql
Review vCore resource limits for Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-vcore-elastic-pools?view=azuresql
Review vCore resource limits for single Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-vcore-single-databases?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL serverless billing limits and ruleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-billing?view=azuresql
Azure SQL serverless FAQ on limits and behaviorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-faq?view=azuresql

Security

TopicURL
Connect .NET to Azure SQL with Entra MFAhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-directory-interactive-connect-azure-sql-db?view=azuresql
Configure security for Azure SQL disaster recovery replicashttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-geo-replication-security-configure?view=azuresql
Configure Azure Attestation for Always Encrypted enclaveshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-configure-attestation?view=azuresql
Enable Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-enable?view=azuresql
Get started with Always Encrypted secure enclaves in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started?view=azuresql
Register Entra applications for Azure SQL accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/application-authentication-get-client-id-keys?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL auditing to storage behind VNethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/audit-write-storage-account-behind-vnet-firewall?view=azuresql
Configure managed identity for Azure SQL auditing to storagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-managed-identity?view=azuresql
Audit Microsoft support operations on Azure SQL servershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-microsoft-support-operations?view=azuresql
Understand server vs database-level auditing policieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-server-level-database-level?view=azuresql
Configure auditing for Azure SQL and Synapsehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-setup?view=azuresql
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-configure?view=azuresql
Understand Directory Readers role requirements for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-directory-readers-role?view=azuresql
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-overview?view=azuresql
Configure Entra service principals for Azure SQL accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-service-principal-tutorial?view=azuresql
Use Entra service principals with Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-service-principal?view=azuresql
Create and manage Entra logins in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins-tutorial?view=azuresql
Use Microsoft Entra server principals in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins?view=azuresql
Create Azure SQL server with Entra-only authenticationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-create-server?view=azuresql
Create Azure SQL logical server with user-assigned managed identityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity-create-server?view=azuresql
Configure managed identities for Azure SQL accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity?view=azuresql
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-microsoft-entra-connect-to-azure-sql?view=azuresql
Configure and use Microsoft Defender for SQL with Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-defender-for-sql?view=azuresql
Migrate Node.js apps to passwordless Azure SQL authhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration-nodejs?view=azuresql
Migrate Python apps to passwordless Azure SQL authenticationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration-python?view=azuresql
Migrate .NET apps to passwordless Azure SQL authhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration?view=azuresql
Use backup immutability for long-term retention in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability?view=azuresql
Block T-SQL CRUD for Azure SQL resource protectionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/block-crud-tsql?view=azuresql
Classify and label sensitive data in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/data-discovery-and-classification-overview?view=azuresql
Import/export Azure SQL databases with Azure services access disabledhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-azure-services-off?view=azuresql
Use managed identity for Azure SQL import and exporthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-managed-identity?view=azuresql
Import/export Azure SQL databases over Private Linkhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-private-link?view=azuresql
Set up dynamic data masking in Azure SQL portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-configure-portal?view=azuresql
Configure dynamic data masking in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-overview?view=azuresql
Configure regex-based dynamic data masking in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-regex?view=azuresql
Configure split-merge service security with certificateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-split-merge-security-configuration?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL Database IP firewall rules securelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/firewall-configure?view=azuresql
Configure isolated security for Hyperscale named replicashttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-named-replica-security-configure?view=azuresql
Configure logins and user access in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/logins-create-manage?view=azuresql
Configure network access controls for Azure SQL and Synapsehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/network-access-controls-overview?view=azuresql
Configure Network Security Perimeter for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/network-security-perimeter?view=azuresql
Configure outbound firewall rules for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/outbound-firewall-rule-overview?view=azuresql
Apply built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/policy-reference?view=azuresql
Manage Azure SQL VNet service endpoints with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/vnet-service-endpoint-rule-powershell-create?view=azuresql
Secure an Azure SQL Database using built-in featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/secure-database-tutorial?view=azuresql
Use Azure Policy regulatory controls for Azure SQL compliancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-controls-policy?view=azuresql
Use fixed server roles on Azure SQL logical servershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-server-roles?view=azuresql
Store SQL Vulnerability Assessment scans in secured storagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-database-vulnerability-assessment-storage?view=azuresql
Configure Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/threat-detection-configure?view=azuresql
Use Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/threat-detection-overview?view=azuresql
Enable TDE with Azure Key Vault for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-configure?view=azuresql
Configure cross-tenant CMK TDE with user-assigned identityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-create-server-cross-tenant?view=azuresql
Create Azure SQL server with user-assigned identity and CMK TDEhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-create-server?view=azuresql
Set up cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure SQL TDEhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-cross-tenant?view=azuresql
Manage database-level customer-managed TDE keys in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-basic-actions?view=azuresql
Configure geo-replication and restore for database-level CMK TDEhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-geo-replication-restore?view=azuresql
Configure database-level TDE with customer-managed keys in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-overview?view=azuresql
Configure TDE with user-assigned managed identity in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-identity?view=azuresql
Rotate Azure SQL TDE protector with PowerShell and CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-key-rotation?view=azuresql
Implement customer-managed TDE with Azure Key Vaulthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-overview?view=azuresql
Rotate and remove BYOK TDE protector via PowerShell/CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-remove-tde-protector?view=azuresql
Secure Azure SQL with virtual network service endpoints and ruleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/vnet-service-endpoint-rule-overview?view=azuresql
Prepare for Azure SQL TLS root certificate rotationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/updates/ssl-root-certificate-expiring?view=azuresql

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure Azure Monitor alerts for database watcher datahttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-alerts?view=azuresql
Understand Azure SQL database watcher datasets and schemahttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-data?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL Database watcher settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-manage?view=azuresql
Create a database watcher with Entra auth and private connectivityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-quickstart?view=azuresql
Configure active geo-replication and failover for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-geo-replication-configure-portal?view=azuresql
Configure ADO.NET direct routing ports for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/adonet-v12-develop-direct-route-ports?view=azuresql
Configure advance maintenance notifications for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/advance-notifications?view=azuresql
Configure Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started-sgx?view=azuresql
Configure Always Encrypted with VBS enclaves in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started-vbs?view=azuresql
Define and deploy Azure SQL resources with ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/arm-templates-content-guide?view=azuresql
Interpret Azure SQL Database audit log formathttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/audit-log-format?view=azuresql
Change automated backup retention and redundancy in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/automated-backups-change-settings?view=azuresql
Configure legal hold immutability for Azure SQL LTR backupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability-legal-hold?view=azuresql
Configure time-based immutability for Azure SQL LTR backupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability-time-based?view=azuresql
Configure MAXDOP for Azure SQL and Fabric databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/configure-max-degree-of-parallelism?view=azuresql
Configure TLS and connection policy for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-settings?view=azuresql
Configure and execute Azure SQL database copyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-copy?view=azuresql
Configure and use soft delete for Azure SQL logical servershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/deleted-logical-server-restore?view=azuresql
Understand DTU benchmark characteristics for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dtu-benchmark?view=azuresql
Use performance counters for Azure SQL shard mapshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-database-perf-counters?view=azuresql
Understand and configure Azure SQL elastic jobshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-overview?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL elastic jobs with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-powershell-create?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL elastic jobs with T-SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-tsql-create-manage?view=azuresql
Create and manage Azure SQL elastic jobshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-tutorial?view=azuresql
Create and manage Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-manage?view=azuresql
Configure scaling for Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-scale?view=azuresql
Configure elastic queries for vertically partitioned databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-getting-started-vertical?view=azuresql
Enable availability zone redundancy for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/enable-zone-redundancy?view=azuresql
Configure failover groups for Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/failover-group-configure-sql-db?view=azuresql
Configure automated backups for Hyperscale databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-automated-backups-overview?view=azuresql
Configure and manage Azure SQL Hyperscale named replicashttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-named-replica-configure?view=azuresql
Configure In-Memory OLTP for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-configure?view=azuresql
Configure Intelligent Insights monitoring for Azure SQL performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/intelligent-insights-overview?view=azuresql
Configure dev container templates for Azure SQL developmenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/local-dev-experience-dev-containers?view=azuresql
Configure long-term backup retention for Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/long-term-backup-retention-configure?view=azuresql
Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL databases and poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window-configure?view=azuresql
Understand and use maintenance windows for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window?view=azuresql
Identify modifiable settings in Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/modifiable-configuration-reference?view=azuresql
Reference for Azure SQL Database monitoring metrics and logshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-sql-database-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql
Configure monitoring for Azure SQL with Azure Monitorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-sql-database-azure-monitor?view=azuresql
Restore Azure SQL databases from automatic backupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/recovery-using-backups?view=azuresql
Query Azure SQL resources with Azure Resource Graphhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-graph-samples?view=azuresql
Add Azure SQL databases to failover groups via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-database-to-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql
Configure failover groups for Azure SQL elastic poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-elastic-pool-to-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql
Back up Azure SQL databases to storage with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/backup-database-cli?view=azuresql
Copy Azure SQL databases to new servers via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/copy-database-to-new-server-cli?view=azuresql
Create and configure an Azure SQL database with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/create-and-configure-database-cli?view=azuresql
Create and configure an Azure SQL database with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/create-and-configure-database-powershell?view=azuresql
Import BACPAC files into Azure SQL using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/import-from-bacpac-cli?view=azuresql
Monitor and scale an Azure SQL database with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-database-cli?view=azuresql
Move Azure SQL databases between elastic pools via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/move-database-between-elastic-pools-cli?view=azuresql
Restore Azure SQL databases from backups using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/restore-database-cli?view=azuresql
Scale Azure SQL elastic pools using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/scale-pool-cli?view=azuresql
Configure active geo-replication for Azure SQL via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-database-cli?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL failover groups with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql
Set up geo-replication for pooled databases with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-pool-cli?view=azuresql
Configure SQL Data Sync between Azure SQL databases via RESThttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-sql-databases-rest-api?view=azuresql
Configure autoscaling for Azure SQL serverless computehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-auto-scaling?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL Database serverless settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-create-configure?view=azuresql
Configure scaling for single Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/single-database-scale?view=azuresql
Install and configure Data Sync Agent for Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-agent-overview?view=azuresql
Set up Azure SQL Data Sync groups and scheduleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-sql-server-configure?view=azuresql
Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/maintenance-window-azure-sql?view=azuresql
Identify modifiable settings in Azure SQL Managed Instancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/modifiable-configuration-reference?view=azuresql
Reference monitoring metrics for Azure SQL Managed Instancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Manage Azure SQL auditing using APIs and automationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-manage-using-api?view=azuresql
Use Entity Framework Core with Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-dotnet-entity-framework-core-quickstart?view=azuresql
Connect and query Azure SQL using .NET SqlClienthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-dotnet-quickstart?view=azuresql
Query Azure SQL from Node.js using mssql packagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-javascript-mssql-quickstart?view=azuresql
Connect to Azure SQL using Python mssql-python driverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-python-quickstart?view=azuresql
Connect to Azure SQL using Go and go-mssqldbhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-go?view=azuresql
Connect and query Azure SQL using Pythonhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-python?view=azuresql
Manage Azure SQL DNS aliases with PowerShell and CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dns-alias-powershell-create?view=azuresql
Manage shard maps with Elastic Database client libraryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-shard-map-management?view=azuresql
Integrate Elastic Database tools with Entity Frameworkhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-use-entity-framework-applications-visual-studio?view=azuresql
Integrate Elastic Database tools with Dapperhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-working-with-dapper?view=azuresql
Use in-memory OLTP and columnstore samples in Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-sample?view=azuresql
Configure transactional replication to Azure SQL Databasehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/replication-to-sql-database?view=azuresql
Create Azure SQL failover group and add database via PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-database-to-failover-group-powershell?view=azuresql
Add Azure SQL elastic pool to failover group with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-elastic-pool-to-failover-group-powershell?view=azuresql
Copy Azure SQL database to new logical server via PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/copy-database-to-new-server-powershell?view=azuresql
Import BACPAC into Azure SQL database using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/import-from-bacpac-powershell?view=azuresql
Monitor and scale single Azure SQL database using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-database-powershell?view=azuresql
Monitor and scale Azure SQL elastic pool with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-pool-powershell?view=azuresql
Move Azure SQL databases between elastic pools with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/move-database-between-elastic-pools-powershell?view=azuresql
Restore Azure SQL database from automatic backups with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/restore-database-powershell?view=azuresql
Configure Azure SQL active geo-replication with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-and-failover-database-powershell?view=azuresql
Set up elastic pool geo-replication with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-and-failover-elastic-pool-powershell?view=azuresql
Sync data between Azure SQL Database and SQL Server with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-azure-onprem?view=azuresql
Configure SQL Data Sync between Azure SQL databases via PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-sql-databases?view=azuresql
Configure and use Spark connector with Azure SQLhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/spark-connector?view=azuresql
Stream real-time data into Azure SQL using Stream Analyticshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/stream-data-stream-analytics-integration?view=azuresql

Deployment

TopicURL
Deploy Azure SQL database changes with GitHub Actionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-github-actions-sql-db?view=azuresql
Convert Azure SQL Database to Hyperscale tierhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/convert-to-hyperscale?view=azuresql
Create zone-redundant Azure SQL Hyperscale databaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-create-zone-redundant-database?view=azuresql
Manage Hyperscale elastic pools with CLI and PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-elastic-pool-command-line?view=azuresql
Set up Azure SQL dev environment using dev containershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/local-dev-experience-dev-containers-quickstart?view=azuresql
Move Azure SQL databases and pools across regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/move-resources-across-regions?view=azuresql
Check Azure SQL Database feature availability by regionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/region-availability?view=azuresql
Scale Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scale-resources?view=azuresql
Provision Azure SQL server and database using Terraformhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/single-database-create-terraform-quickstart?view=azuresql
Check Azure SQL Managed Instance feature availability by regionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/region-availability?view=azuresql

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