SQL Server on Azure VM documentation

Find concepts, quickstarts, tutorials, and samples for SQL Server installed to Azure virtual machines, both Windows and Linux.

SQL Server on Azure VM

Quickstart

• Create Windows SQL VM (portal)
• Create Windows SQL VM (PowerShell)
• Create Linux SQL VM (portal)

video

• SQL Server on Azure VM overview

Overview

• What's new?
• What is SQL Server on Windows VMs?
• What is SQL Server on Linux VMs?
• Security considerations
• Performance guidelines
• Pricing guidance

Manage

Concept

• SQL Server IaaS Agent extension
• Manage with Azure portal
• Register with SQL VM resource provider
• Automated patching
• Change license type
• Change edition of SQL Server
• Move to new region
• Integrate with Azure Key Vault

Business continuity

Overview

• High availability & disaster recovery
• Backup and restore
• Availability groups

How-To Guide

• Availability group (Azure CLI)
• Clusterless availability group
• FCI (Storage Spaces Direct)
• FCI (Premium File Share)

Tutorial

• Availability group (manual)
• Fencing availability group (RHEL)
• Fencing availability group (SLES)
• Fencing availability group (Ubuntu)
• Availability group listener

Learn Azure SQL

Training

• Azure SQL for beginners
• Azure SQL fundamentals
• Azure SQL hands-on labs
• Azure SQL bootcamp
• Educational SQL resources

Reference

Deploy

• Azure portal
• Azure CLI
• PowerShell samples
• ARM template samples

Download

• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
• Azure Data Studio
• SQL Server Data Tools
• Visual Studio 2019

Reference

• Migration guide
• Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
• Azure CLI
• PowerShell
• REST API