458 questions with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines tags

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VM Started Automatically to Create/Update/Delete Virtual Machine Extension by SQLVMResourceProviderAuth

I noticed that 3 of my VMs were automatically started by a system process and left running. It seems to be related to creating or updating and then deleting virtual machine extensions by the SQLVMResourceProviderAuth entity. Events (both on the same…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-10-03T14:45:50.17+00:00
tonypinter 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-06T08:00:20.6366667+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

How to remove SQL Server 2017 after in-place upgrade to 2022 on Azure SQL VM?

Hi community members, I’ve completed an in-place upgrade of SQL Server from 2017 to 2022 on an Azure SQL VM using this Microsoft guide: Change SQL Server version on Azure VM. The upgrade went fine, and the VM is re-registered with the SQL IaaS Agent…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-09-17T18:58:10.8633333+00:00
Nikunj Patel 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-09-22T07:10:42.17+00:00
Anonymous
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Recovery Pending mode.

Hello, Last night we increased the CPU and RAM size of our production Windows machine running on Azure to optimize performance and manage credits more efficiently. However, after the resize operation, our SQL Server databases have gone into Recovery…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-09-12T03:49:56.52+00:00
Nasuh Akın 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-17T02:10:42.8+00:00
Pratyush Vashistha 5,135 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

With SQL Server 2019, how do you configure PMEM on an Azure VM?

As a DBA relatively new to the Azure VM environment, do you have the ability to configure SQL Server 2019 as described in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-persistent-memory?view=sql-server-ver17. I have…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-08-29T18:55:50.8333333+00:00
Hulings, David 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-08T15:48:10.8666667+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Memory issue on Azure SQL Server VM

Hi Team, Need your help to troubleshoot. high memory issue on one of the SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine. No other application installed on this VM. its dedicated to SQL only. Here is the existing setting at SQL : Total Memory in VM server: 64…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-08-19T23:56:49.74+00:00
Vijay Kumar 2,061 Reputation points
accepted 2025-08-26T17:49:37.0533333+00:00
Vijay Kumar 2,061 Reputation points
1 answer

How do I deploy an Azure SQL VM?

I am trying to start up a Windows 2022 VM with Developer's Edition SQL 2022. It's a menu option, so it seems this should be pretty straightforward. It fails with MSSQL Service failing to start -- every time. I am largely taking defaults -- main…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-08-19T11:19:28.9333333+00:00
Steven K. Mariner 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-21T05:51:08.1666667+00:00
Saraswathi Devadula 16,040 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Network security group to allow inbound 1433 connections not working as expected in SQL Virtual Machine

Hi all, I'm using the following to deploy a SQL Server virtual machine. This machine allows mixed type authentication and allows external connections. imageReference { publisher: 'microsoftsqlserver' offer: 'sql2022-ws2022' sku:…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-08-09T00:39:39.2966667+00:00
Cameron Collver 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-08-11T16:08:35.81+00:00
Cameron Collver 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Data disk space is low

Action is needed immediately to prevent data/application issues. Our SQL data drive is getting full; we have increased the VM to resize the disk but still the vm shows the same size. And the SQL is almost full.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-07-30T01:10:39.7033333+00:00
Deena Sridharan 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-31T03:09:03.2633333+00:00
TP 163.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Need SQL Server 2019 Standard Setup Support for SSRS/SSIS on Separate Azure VM (PAYG)

We have a Linux VM in Azure running SQL Server 2019 Standard (Pay-As-You-Go), provisioned via Marketplace. We're restructuring and moving SSRS/SSIS to a separate Windows Server 2019 VM (also in Azure). During SSRS setup on the new VM, it's asking for a…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-07-28T12:02:42.38+00:00
Jimin Dev 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-29T14:04:57.56+00:00
Jimin Dev 20 Reputation points
1 answer

How to provide edition upgrade for existing VM without rebuild

We have an existing Azure VM with SQL Server Express installed and customised. We need to upgrade the SQL Server instance to Web Edition without redeploying the VM. We are licensed through Azure and want to be billed for Web Edition. Can you help us…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-07-23T15:07:40.36+00:00
David Carey 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-25T17:19:47.6633333+00:00
Mahesh Kurva 10,520 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

How to allow remote connections to SQL server on an Azure VM through an Azure VPN

I have a Virtual machine on my azure network that is accessed by an Azure VPN via a virtual network gateway. I need to allow a user to connect to SQL server on that VM. I dont want to open 1433 and 1434 to the whole internet and the user does not have a…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-07-23T13:12:01.03+00:00
Kyle Sicard 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-25T04:47:33.7+00:00
Saraswathi Devadula 16,040 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

BACKUP LOG Write Fail to Azure Storage

Hello, We have a SQL VM running out of Azure with SQL Agent jobs running BACKUP LOG every x hours to Azure Blob. These jobs have been running fine for a long time until recently. We keep getting the below error and these jobs fail intermittently for…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Storage
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Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.

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Developer technologies | Transact-SQL
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A Microsoft extension to the ANSI SQL language that includes procedural programming, local variables, and various support functions.

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asked 2022-06-13T18:07:29.267+00:00
sidney l 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-02T21:20:53.65+00:00
Andy Soushek 0 Reputation points
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Facing Ext_StorageConfigurationSettings_ArgumentError Issue while deploying Azure SQL VM via Bicep – Storage Configuration Error and Default File Path Not Applied

Facing Ext_StorageConfigurationSettings_ArgumentError Issue while deploying Azure SQL VM via Bicep – Storage Configuration Error and Default File Path Not Applied   I am deploying an Azure SQL Virtual Machine using Bicep, but I’m encountering an error…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-06-27T08:16:13.14+00:00
nikita tiwari 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-02T21:09:10.4133333+00:00
Mahesh Kurva 10,520 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
0 answers

A critical resource (SQL) was deleted from VM. I need to restore it.

The resource related to hosting SQL on a VM was deleted. Is there a way to restore the resource and recover the lost data? It would be ok to reset the VM to a previous state if that is what needed to be done. There is currently a web site outage…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-06-12T16:20:07.6033333+00:00
Christopher Blanchard 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-12T16:51:11.0266667+00:00
Sai Raghunadh M 4,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

How to filter out Azure VM's compute, license, and underlying software cost from cost details data

What are all the line items that give info about the compute cost of VM and its license cost, and any preinstalled software cost for an Azure resource/VM? Example: We are running SQL Server on windows , and I want to separate out the cost for VM compute,…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Cost Management
Cost Management

A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.

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Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Licensing and activation
asked 2024-05-11T14:17:16.05+00:00
JagaariHemanth-6179 5 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-06-12T16:43:34.2533333+00:00
Sadiqh Ahmed 49,671 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Issue in Linked Server from Azure SQL VM to Azure SQL database

Script.txt Hi, I have created linked server on Azure sql VM (not on domain) to connect Azure SQL database. It works fine for admin users but non admin users get msg: Msg 7416, Level 16, State 2, Line 6 Access to the remote server is denied because no…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-06-09T17:51:15.0566667+00:00
Zahid Butt 966 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-10T16:56:36.62+00:00
Sai Raghunadh M 4,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Retrieve an SQL standard license for in place upgrade

We are running a SQL virtual machine SQL server under a developer license that needs to be upgraded to a standard SQL license. The payment for the SQL license is done through Azure so no license keys in our control. Now with the upgrade through the…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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asked 2023-10-26T06:57:14.84+00:00
bauke 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-08T19:10:46.36+00:00
Ben Miller-(DBADuck) 285 Reputation points MVP
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to add authentication to SSRS API call from Postman?

Hi, I am trying to use the SSRS REST API as documented here. I am posting here since this Q&A forum was listed as the support forum on a derivative link here. When I make a call in my browser, such as http://my-server/reports/api/v2.0/CatalogItems I…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-05-27T16:25:32.6833333+00:00
Jared Collier 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-05-28T17:32:15.05+00:00
Jared Collier 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to update the SqlIaasExtension on Azure VM from lightweight mode to Full mode

Hi, How to update the SqlIaasExtension on Azure VM from lightweight mode to Full mode. Also, how and where can we see the mode of SqlIaasExtension on the Azure VM? Regards, VJ

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-05-09T09:32:13.81+00:00
VJ-8370 651 Reputation points
accepted 2025-05-15T09:30:55.29+00:00
VJ-8370 651 Reputation points
0 answers

Unable to Access SQL Server Database on Azure VM After Deploying API to Azure Container Apps

Hello, I have set up an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) where I have my development environment configured, including Visual Studio Code 22 and SQL Server. Recently, I deployed my API using Azure Container Apps. However, I am encountering issues when trying…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2025-04-18T14:14:43.3+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2025-05-14T14:44:00.4833333+00:00
Anonymous