457 questions with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines tags

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SQL Server AHUB compliance — does deallocating a VM before enabling AHUB on a new VM avoid over-allocation with a single license?

I have a scenario I can't find documented anywhere and want to confirm before I assume either way. Setup: I have one SQL Server core license with active Software Assurance. VM1: created, SQL Server AHUB enabled → later deallocated (not deleted, still…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-08-09T10:07:25.1566667+00:00
Saurabh Rana 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-12T13:37:32.01+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia 3,350 Reputation points
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very low disk transfer rates

On my vm (AlexVM)I I observe disk transfer rates during regular SQL Server insert operation between 12 and 6 MB/s which is extremely low even for standard disks. Please advise.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-08-05T16:02:04.5866667+00:00
Alex Vengerovsky 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-07T07:53:05.1433333+00:00
Peram Venkateswara Reddy 165 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Obtain the SQL Server 2025 ISO to do inplace upgrade of SQL Server 2017 on Azure SQL VM

Our Azure subscription has access to the SQL Server 2025 PAYG Marketplace image. Is there a supported way to obtain the SQL Server 2025 setup media for an in-place upgrade of an existing SQL Server 2017 Azure VM. I don't have access to Microsoft…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-07-30T13:50:01.94+00:00
Ali Saoud 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-06T06:32:14.64+00:00
Peram Venkateswara Reddy 165 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SQL Server Runtime Licensing through CSP ?

We have a customer requesting a quote for Microsoft SQL Server Runtime licensing for an Azure-based deployment. Could you please clarify: What exactly is SQL Server Runtime licensing, and when is it required? Is SQL Server Runtime licensing available…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-07-21T05:52:16.5266667+00:00
SM 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-07-24T11:29:02.2766667+00:00
SM 0 Reputation points
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Have an Azure SQL machine with Premium SSD v2 with NVME . I am unable to determine which drive is which.

I have an Azure Imaged SQL machine that has a number of drives. I need to just increase one of the Data Disks that does not have enough space for the new database. All the PowerShell I have tried are not able to determine which Azure External Lun is the…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-07-13T16:48:41.5833333+00:00
MCarr 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-18T00:11:55.86+00:00
Ganesh Chelluri 190 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Storage Spaces pool physical disk resize not reflected after Azure managed disk expansion

Environment: OS: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (21H2) VM type: SQL Server IaaS VM (Storage Spaces used for SQL Data/Log volumes) Affected pool: SQLVMStoragePool2 Affected virtual disk: SQLVMVirtualDisk2 Affected volume: G: (SQLVMLOG) Issue…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-07-15T15:39:09.9166667+00:00
Petcu, Dragos 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-17T15:55:35.8766667+00:00
TP 161.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Deployment to create a Vm with SQL server standard 2022 failed

I tried to create a VM with sql server standard 2022 on windows server 2022 using Azure Portal but failed with error: { "code": "Ext_SqlIaasExtensionError", "message": "Error: 'Healthy;DatabaseMonitorArcPlugin:…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-06-29T20:24:11.7966667+00:00
David Domínguez 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-30T23:53:11.9866667+00:00
David Domínguez 20 Reputation points
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My service has been disabled and need assistance to get it back up

One of my SQL Servers has been disabled. There was a billing issue due to an expired card, etc., but that was resolved 48 Hours ago. The other services have been running for 24 hours, but this service is still disabled. Please help.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-06-25T14:05:56.1766667+00:00
IQSR 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-30T13:42:41.23+00:00
Manoj Kumar Boyini 19,350 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How does SQL Server licensing work under the IaaS model for end-of-life SQL Server versions, whether the SQL Server VM is deployed from the Azure Marketplace image or installed manually on a non-Marketplace VM?

I would like clarification on how licensing, support, and Extended Security Updates are handled for end-of-life SQL Server versions running on Azure IaaS virtual machines. Specifically, for SQL Server 2016 and SQL Server 2019 running on Azure VMs under…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-06-15T17:48:48.4466667+00:00
$@chin 380 Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-25T19:00:35.02+00:00
$@chin 380 Reputation points
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Support Needed for RCA about SQL DB Connection Issues Caused outage

Support Needed for RCA about SQL DB Connection Issues Caused outage on 04/28

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-06-18T03:33:50.17+00:00
Raja Yashwanth Reddy Gunda 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
answered 2026-06-20T12:58:38.5433333+00:00
Ravi Kiran Pagidi 170 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to retrieve SQL Server 2022 Enterprise product keys associated with our Azure subscription / M365 tenant for VM migration

We recently migrated 7 Windows Server 2022 VMs in our Azure subscription to Windows Server 2025. Two of these VMs previously ran SQL Server 2022 Enterprise Edition; the remaining five ran Developer Edition. As part of the migration we snapshotted the…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-06-08T13:56:39.72+00:00
Aadarsh Mani (MAQ LLC) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
accepted 2026-06-15T08:56:27.8766667+00:00
Aadarsh Mani (MAQ LLC) 20 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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SQL Server on Azure VM with TDE via EKM and Azure Key Vault and Managed Identity Key rotation

We are using SQL Server on Azure VM with TDE via EKM and Azure Key Vault, authenticated using Managed Identity per the Microsoft documentation. Microsoft’s SQL Server EKM rotation documentation says SQL Server does not automatically rotate the asymmetric…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-05-04T19:36:41.3866667+00:00
NS 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-01T02:08:23.82+00:00
Santhosh Kumar Machukuri 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Clarification on ESU cost for SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 in Azure VMware Solution

Hi, I’m looking for clarification regarding Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for workloads running in Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Based on the documentation, ESUs are described as being free of charge in Azure environments, including AVS, when…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-05-06T09:29:09.9266667+00:00
InfraSolutions 811 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-27T10:36:02.2466667+00:00
Pilladi Padma Sai Manisha 11,700 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Verification of SQL Server Licensing on New VM

The previously running live machine was configured with Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition and SQL Server 2019. That machine experienced an issue, so a new VM was provisioned. However, the configuration does not appear to match the original…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-05-26T08:02:04.6866667+00:00
Games Gremory 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-26T13:13:29.9733333+00:00
Manoj Kumar Boyini 19,350 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Not able to see the Tempdb and configure button in SQL virtual machine under storage --> Management under drive

Not able to see TempDB under SQL virtual machine -->Storage -->Management--> under drives..See below screen shot. I think I did some stupid thing, Initial when IaaS extension setup I'm able to see the tempdb their but I mistakenly configure the…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-05-18T17:29:50.47+00:00
Sunil 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-20T17:24:03.3866667+00:00
Sunil 20 Reputation points
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Connecting POWER BI TO SQL in private azure VM

Hi Team, We are planning to develop a centralized Power BI dashboard for SQL Server configuration and environment visibility across customer environments. Current requirement is mainly focused on collecting static SQL Server configuration details from…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-05-14T10:28:08.2866667+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2026-05-18T13:03:24.12+00:00
Manoj Kumar Boyini 19,350 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Provision Azure VM with SQL Server Fails

I have tried 4 times now to provision an Azure VM (from the market place) that has SQL Server on it. I have tried different combinations of Regions and Zones (all US regions). Each time the SQL Server portion of the provisioning failed. I tried 2…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-04-23T20:33:15.77+00:00
Alan Whitehouse 45 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-02T00:23:58.2566667+00:00
Santhosh Kumar Machukuri 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure VM with alwayson AGs - expand data disk

I have a three nodes SQL Server Alwayson cluster on Azure VM. I need to expand the data disk on all three nodes. The disk is a stripe disk build during VM configuration. Based on this: …

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2022-03-11T08:55:21.247+00:00
Massimiliano Buschi 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2026-04-30T10:02:42.39+00:00
Massimiliano Buschi 1 Reputation point
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Connection Challenges with Azure Databricks and SQL Server On VM in Serverless compute.

We successfully configured VNet peering between the SQL VM's VNet and the Databricks VNet, allowing access to the SQL Server on VMs. Testing the connection from Databricks using a job cluster yielded successful results, confirming that everything…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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asked 2024-10-28T05:19:04+00:00
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answered 2026-03-24T10:41:07.21+00:00
Justin Nel 6 Reputation points
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Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine Resource Provider returning GatewayTimeout for specific VM in East US 2 — CLI and Terraform both affected

The Azure Resource Provider Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine is returning a GatewayTimeout for a specific SQL VM resource in East US 2. All API calls to read this resource fail — both via Azure CLI and Terraform — while the same configuration works fine for…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2026-03-19T08:42:34.0833333+00:00
Dharati Parmar 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-24T06:39:40.8733333+00:00
Dharati Parmar 0 Reputation points