Quick Tip : Create & Deploy Azure SQL Server Instance | Step by Step

Pre-requisites Steps:

• Azure account with an active subscription.  Create an account for free
• Create Resource Group

Step 1: Click on “All services”

Step 2: Select “SQL servers” from the market place

Step 3: Click on “Add” link

Step 4: Fill out Server details such as name & its credentials, then click “Next”

Step 5: Select “Yes” to allow the services & resources to access this server, then click “Next”

Step 6: Keep “Additional settings” as default

Step 7: Add relevant “Tags”

Step 8: Review the summary details, then click on “Create”

Step 9: Once the deployment completed, then click on “Go to resource”

Step 10: Now the SQL Server instance created & running

Step 11: Now you can connect SQL Server instance via SQL Server Management Studio & also via Azure portal Query Editor by picking the server details from the previous step

Next Steps

• Quick Tip – Connecting to SQL Azure Server with SQL Management Studio

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