Intro to Azure SQL Databases

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Agenda What is Azure SQL Database? Pieces and Parts Using the Database 3

What is it? 4

Why? …patching …hardware pain …worrying about backups …running out of space (sort of) 5

What do you get? 6 Severname – xxx.database.windows.net SQL Version – 11 or 12 Logins – SQL Only and Azure AD Severname – xxx.database.windows.net SQL Version – 11 or 12 Logins – SQL Only and Azure AD SERVER FIREWALL DATABASE FIREWALL Database Name Service Level Edition Database Name Service Level Edition

Service Levels 7

Demo – Creating an Azure SQL Database 8

Using 9 SOMESQLSERVER01 YOURDB.DATABASE.WINDOWS.NET Windows Auth + SQL Auth Azure AD Auth + SQL Auth

Version 12 - Supported Current Version: 12 Many 2016 features –Row Level Security –Data Masking –Always Encrypted Other SQL Features –In Memory OLTP –In Memory columnstore –Table Partitioning 10 Cloud only features –Geo Restore –Standard Geo-Replication –Active Geo-Replication

Not available Unsupported Cross database stuff Server configuration Linked Servers Resource Governor Service Broker CLR And so on… 11 us/documentation/articles/sql-database-transact- sql-information/

Demo - Working With an Azure SQL Database 12

Agenda What is Azure SQL Database? Pieces and Parts Using the Database 13

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