azure-sql-database

Name: azure-sql-database
Author: MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure SQL Database. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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name: azure-sql-database
description: Expert knowledge for Azure SQL Database development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when choosing DTU/vCore/serverless tiers, configuring Hyperscale, geo-replication, Data Sync, backups, or CI/CD, and other Azure SQL Database related development tasks. Not for Azure SQL Managed Instance (use azure-sql-managed-instance), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines), Azure Cosmos DB (use azure-cosmos-db), Azure Database for PostgreSQL (use azure-database-postgresql).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-11-01"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
---
# Azure SQL Database Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure SQL Database. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

## How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

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This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:
- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
- **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

## Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L61 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure SQL issues: performance (CPU, memory, deadlocks, blocking), connectivity, scaling, import/export, geo-replication, Data Sync, and transaction log/full errors. |
| Best Practices | L62-L78 | Operational best practices for Azure SQL: monitoring, HA/DR, maintenance, security, auditing, scaling, file management, Data Sync, and adapting on-prem SQL workloads to Azure SQL. |
| Decision Making | L79-L105 | Guidance on choosing Azure SQL tiers, pricing models, migration paths, DR options, automation, and cost/benefit decisions (DTU vs vCore, serverless, Hyperscale, reservations, Hybrid Benefit). |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L106-L123 | Architectural patterns for Azure SQL apps: geo-replication, DR/BCP, connectivity/routing, sharding & elastic scale, multi-tenant SaaS models, Hyperscale internals, and upgrade/failover designs. |
| Limits & Quotas | L124-L139 | Limits, quotas, and billing rules for Azure SQL: free tier usage, DTU/vCore and serverless resource caps, maintenance windows, backup retention, and backup immutability. |
| Security | L140-L208 | Securing Azure SQL: authentication (Entra, MI, MFA), networking, auditing, TDE/CMK, threat protection, DR replicas, and policy/compliance configurations and best practices. |
| Configuration | L209-L280 | Configuring Azure SQL databases: monitoring, alerts, backups, replication/failover, scaling (single, pools, serverless), security (encryption, audit), maintenance windows, and CLI/PowerShell automation. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L281-L310 | Connecting to Azure SQL from various languages/tools, managing auditing, sharding, geo-replication, scaling, and automating operations via PowerShell, CLI, REST, Spark, and Stream Analytics. |
| Deployment | L311-L323 | Deploying and scaling Azure SQL databases/Managed Instances: CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Hyperscale setup and upgrades, zone redundancy, regional moves, feature availability, and Terraform provisioning. |

### Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Troubleshoot Azure SQL capacity deployment and scaling errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/capacity-errors-troubleshoot?view=azuresql |
| Resolve common Azure SQL database watcher issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-faq?view=azuresql |
| Analyze and prevent deadlocks in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/analyze-prevent-deadlocks?view=azuresql |
| Fix slow database import and export in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-hang?view=azuresql |
| Use RecoveryManager to fix Azure SQL shard maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-database-recovery-manager?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-faq?view=azuresql |
| Diagnose and fix high CPU in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-cpu-diagnose-troubleshoot?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot performance issues in Azure SQL Hyperscale | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-performance-diagnostics?view=azuresql |
| Diagnose Azure SQL query performance bottlenecks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/identify-query-performance-issues?view=azuresql |
| Monitor and troubleshoot In-Memory OLTP storage capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-monitor-space?view=azuresql |
| Diagnose Azure SQL performance using DMVs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-with-dmvs?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Resource Health to troubleshoot Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-health-to-troubleshoot-connectivity?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot common Azure SQL Data Sync issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-troubleshoot?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot transient connectivity errors for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-connectivity-issues?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot Azure SQL and Fabric SQL connectivity errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-errors-issues?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot geo-replication and redo lag in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-geo-replication-redo?view=azuresql |
| Investigate and fix memory issues in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-memory-errors-issues?view=azuresql |
| Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-db |
| Identify and resolve blocking in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/understand-resolve-blocking?view=azuresql |
| Resolve known issues in Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/doc-changes-updates-known-issues?view=azuresql |
| Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-mi |

### Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Analyze Azure SQL monitoring data with KQL and T-SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-analyze?view=azuresql |
| Apply Azure SQL auditing best practices in production | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-best-practices?view=azuresql |
| Run disaster recovery drills for Azure SQL workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-drills?view=azuresql |
| Optimize resource management in dense Azure SQL elastic pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-resource-management?view=azuresql |
| Configure and operate Azure SQL failover groups with best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/failover-group-sql-db?view=azuresql |
| Manage and shrink Azure SQL Database file space | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/file-space-manage?view=azuresql-db |
| Apply HA and DR configuration checklist for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-availability-disaster-recovery-checklist?view=azuresql |
| Plan for Azure SQL planned maintenance events | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/planned-maintenance?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use read scale-out replicas in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/read-scale-out?view=azuresql |
| Apply security best practices for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-best-practice?view=azuresql |
| Understand auto-pause and resume behavior for Azure SQL serverless | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-auto-pause-resume?view=azuresql |
| Apply best practices for Azure SQL Data Sync | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-best-practices?view=azuresql |
| Adapt SQL Server T-SQL for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server?view=azuresql |

### Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Decide when to use Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-hybrid-benefit?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure SQL decision tree to choose service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-sql-decision-tree?view=azuresql |
| Plan deployment of Always Encrypted secure enclaves in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-plan?view=azuresql |
| Plan and manage Azure SQL Database costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/cost-management?view=azuresql |
| Choose Azure SQL disaster recovery options for regional outages | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-guidance?view=azuresql |
| Choose migration path from elastic query shard map manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-horizontal-partitioning-migration?view=azuresql |
| Compare Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/features-comparison?view=azuresql |
| Plan and use Hyperscale elastic pools for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-elastic-pool-overview?view=azuresql |
| Choose job automation options for Azure SQL and Synapse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/job-automation-overview?view=azuresql |
| Plan and manage Azure SQL Hyperscale databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/manage-hyperscale-database?view=azuresql |
| Plan migration from DTU to vCore in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/migrate-dtu-to-vcore?view=azuresql |
| Choose Azure SQL Database vCore vs DTU purchasing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/purchasing-models?view=azuresql |
| Choose and use Azure Reservations for Azure SQL compute | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/reservations-discount-overview?view=azuresql |
| Reverse migrate Azure SQL Hyperscale to General Purpose | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/reverse-migrate-from-hyperscale?view=azuresql |
| Decide when to use Azure SQL serverless compute tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-overview?view=azuresql |
| Decide when to use Azure SQL Hyperscale tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-frequently-asked-questions-faq?view=azuresql |
| Choose and use Hyperscale secondary replica types | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-replicas?view=azuresql |
| Decide when to use Azure SQL Hyperscale tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale?view=azuresql |
| Use DTU-based purchasing model for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-dtu?view=azuresql |
| Choose and configure vCore purchasing model for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-sql-database-vcore?view=azuresql |
| Select migration alternatives for retiring SQL Data Sync | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-retirement-migration?view=azuresql |
| Choose and plan migration to Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/migration-guides/?view=azuresql |
| Plan and decide SQL Server to Azure SQL migrations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/migration-guides/modernization?view=azuresql |

### Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Plan Azure SQL Database business continuity and DR | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recover-hadr-overview?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL connectivity architecture and routing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL connectivity architecture and connection policies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql |
| Choose geo-replication patterns for global Azure SQL apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/designing-cloud-solutions-for-disaster-recovery?view=azuresql |
| Disaster recovery patterns for Azure SQL elastic pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/disaster-recovery-strategies-for-applications-with-elastic-pool?view=azuresql |
| Configure elastic queries over sharded Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-horizontal-partitioning?view=azuresql |
| Query vertically partitioned Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-vertical-partitioning?view=azuresql |
| Design elastic scale-out architectures with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-introduction?view=azuresql |
| Move and rebalance data between sharded Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-overview-split-and-merge?view=azuresql |
| Configure geo-distributed Azure SQL applications with failover | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/geo-distributed-application-configure-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Design Azure SQL local and zone redundancy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL Hyperscale distributed architecture | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-architecture?view=azuresql |
| Design rolling upgrade patterns with Azure SQL geo-replication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/manage-application-rolling-upgrade?view=azuresql |
| Select multitenant SaaS tenancy models on Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/saas-tenancy-app-design-patterns?view=azuresql |

### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Understand automatic backup immutability for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/automatic-backup-immutability?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure free account to deploy free SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-sql-db-free-account-how-to-deploy?view=azuresql |
| Review Azure SQL free tier FAQ limits and behavior | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-tier-faq?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL Database free tier limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-tier?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL long-term backup retention limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/long-term-retention-overview?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL Database maintenance window limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window-faq?view=azuresql |
| Elastic pool DTU resource limits for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-dtu-elastic-pools?view=azuresql |
| Single database DTU resource limits for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-dtu-single-databases?view=azuresql |
| Elastic pool vCore resource limits for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-vcore-elastic-pools?view=azuresql |
| Single database vCore resource limits in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-limits-vcore-single-databases?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL serverless billing limits and rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-billing?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL serverless billing and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-faq?view=azuresql |

### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Connect .NET to Azure SQL with Entra MFA | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-directory-interactive-connect-azure-sql-db?view=azuresql |
| Configure security for Azure SQL disaster recovery replicas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-geo-replication-security-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure Attestation for Always Encrypted secure enclaves | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-configure-attestation?view=azuresql |
| Configure Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started?view=azuresql |
| Register Entra applications for Azure SQL access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/application-authentication-get-client-id-keys?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL auditing to secured storage accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/audit-write-storage-account-behind-vnet-firewall?view=azuresql |
| Use managed identities for Azure SQL auditing storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-managed-identity?view=azuresql |
| Audit Microsoft support operations on Azure SQL servers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-microsoft-support-operations?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL Database auditing destinations and behavior | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure server-level vs database-level auditing in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-server-level-database-level?view=azuresql |
| Set up Azure SQL Database auditing to storage and logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-setup?view=azuresql |
| Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-configure?view=azuresql |
| Assign Directory Readers role for Azure SQL identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-directory-readers-role-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Understand Directory Readers role requirements for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-directory-readers-role?view=azuresql |
| Configure Microsoft Entra guest access for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-guest-users?view=azuresql |
| Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure Entra service principals for Azure SQL access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-service-principal-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Use Entra service principals with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-service-principal?view=azuresql |
| Create and use Microsoft Entra logins in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Use Microsoft Entra server principals in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL server with Entra-only authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-create-server?view=azuresql |
| Enable Microsoft Entra-only authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL logical server with user-assigned managed identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity-create-server?view=azuresql |
| Configure managed identities for Azure SQL authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity?view=azuresql |
| Connect to Azure SQL using Microsoft Entra authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-microsoft-entra-connect-to-azure-sql?view=azuresql |
| Migrate Node.js apps to passwordless Azure SQL auth | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration-nodejs?view=azuresql |
| Migrate Python apps to passwordless Azure SQL authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration-python?view=azuresql |
| Migrate .NET apps to passwordless Azure SQL auth | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-passwordless-migration?view=azuresql |
| Use backup immutability for long-term retention in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability?view=azuresql |
| Block T-SQL CRUD for Azure SQL resource protection | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/block-crud-tsql?view=azuresql |
| Import/export Azure SQL databases with Azure services access disabled | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-azure-services-off?view=azuresql |
| Use managed identity for Azure SQL import and export | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-managed-identity?view=azuresql |
| Import/export Azure SQL databases over Private Link | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-private-link?view=azuresql |
| Set up database-level managed identity for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-level-managed-identity?view=azuresql |
| Set up dynamic data masking in Azure SQL portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-configure-portal?view=azuresql |
| Configure regex-based dynamic data masking in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-regex?view=azuresql |
| Configure split-merge service security with certificates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-split-merge-security-configuration?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL Database IP firewall rules securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/firewall-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure isolated security for Hyperscale named replicas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-named-replica-security-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure logins and user access in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/logins-create-manage?view=azuresql |
| Configure network access controls for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/network-access-controls-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure network security perimeters for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/network-security-perimeter?view=azuresql |
| Configure outbound firewall rules for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/outbound-firewall-rule-overview?view=azuresql |
| Apply built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/policy-reference?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Private Link with Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/private-endpoint-overview?view=azuresql |
| Manage Azure SQL VNet service endpoints with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/vnet-service-endpoint-rule-powershell-create?view=azuresql |
| Secure an Azure SQL Database using built-in features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/secure-database-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Apply security best practices to Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/secure-database?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Policy regulatory controls for Azure SQL compliance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-controls-policy?view=azuresql |
| Use fixed server roles for Azure SQL logical servers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-server-roles?view=azuresql |
| Store SQL Vulnerability Assessment scans in secured storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-database-vulnerability-assessment-storage?view=azuresql |
| Configure Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/threat-detection-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL TDE with Azure Key Vault keys | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure cross-tenant CMK TDE with user-assigned identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-create-server-cross-tenant?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL server with user-assigned identity and CMK TDE | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-create-server?view=azuresql |
| Set up cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure SQL TDE | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-cross-tenant?view=azuresql |
| Manage database-level TDE customer-managed keys | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-basic-actions?view=azuresql |
| Configure geo-replication with TDE CMK in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-geo-replication-restore?view=azuresql |
| Configure database-level TDE with customer-managed keys in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-database-level-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure TDE with user-assigned managed identity in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-identity?view=azuresql |
| Rotate Azure SQL TDE protector with Key Vault | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-key-rotation?view=azuresql |
| Use customer-managed TDE keys for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-overview?view=azuresql |
| Respond to compromised Azure SQL TDE protector | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-remove-tde-protector?view=azuresql |
| Configure virtual network service endpoints and rules for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/vnet-service-endpoint-rule-overview?view=azuresql |
| Prepare for Azure SQL TLS root certificate rotation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/updates/ssl-root-certificate-expiring?view=azuresql |

### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure Azure Monitor alerts for database watcher data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-alerts?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL database watcher datasets and schema | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-data?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL Database watcher settings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-manage?view=azuresql |
| Configure active geo-replication and failover for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/active-geo-replication-configure-portal?view=azuresql |
| Configure ADO.NET direct routing ports for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/adonet-v12-develop-direct-route-ports?view=azuresql |
| Configure advance maintenance notifications for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/advance-notifications?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL alerts and notifications in portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/alerts-create?view=azuresql |
| Enable Always Encrypted secure enclaves in Azure SQL and pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-enable?view=azuresql |
| Configure Always Encrypted with VBS enclaves in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started-vbs?view=azuresql |
| Define and deploy Azure SQL resources with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/arm-templates-content-guide?view=azuresql |
| Understand Azure SQL Database audit log schema and fields | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/audit-log-format?view=azuresql |
| Analyze Azure SQL audit logs in Storage and Log Analytics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-analyze-audit-logs?view=azuresql |
| Change automated backup retention and redundancy in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/automated-backups-change-settings?view=azuresql |
| Configure legal hold immutability for Azure SQL LTR backups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability-legal-hold?view=azuresql |
| Configure time-based immutability for Azure SQL LTR backups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/backup-immutability-time-based?view=azuresql |
| Configure MAXDOP for Azure SQL and Fabric databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/configure-max-degree-of-parallelism?view=azuresql |
| Configure TLS and connectivity for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-settings?view=azuresql |
| Configure and execute Azure SQL database copy operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-copy?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use soft delete for Azure SQL logical servers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/deleted-logical-server-restore?view=azuresql |
| Understand DTU benchmark characteristics for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dtu-benchmark?view=azuresql |
| Use performance counters for Azure SQL shard maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-database-perf-counters?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL elastic jobs with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-powershell-create?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL elastic jobs with T-SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-tsql-create-manage?view=azuresql |
| Create and manage Azure SQL elastic jobs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-jobs-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Create and manage Azure SQL elastic pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-manage?view=azuresql |
| Configure scaling for Azure SQL elastic pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-pool-scale?view=azuresql |
| Configure elastic queries for vertically partitioned databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-query-getting-started-vertical?view=azuresql |
| Configure and query Azure SQL performance monitoring | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/enable-performance-monitoring-sql-database?view=azuresql |
| Enable availability zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/enable-zone-redundancy?view=azuresql |
| Configure failover groups for Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/failover-group-configure-sql-db?view=azuresql |
| Configure automated backups for Hyperscale databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-automated-backups-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure and manage Azure SQL Hyperscale named replicas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-named-replica-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure In-Memory OLTP for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure Intelligent Insights monitoring for Azure SQL performance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/intelligent-insights-overview?view=azuresql |
| Use Dev Container templates for Azure SQL local development | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/local-dev-experience-dev-containers?view=azuresql |
| Configure long-term backup retention for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/long-term-backup-retention-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL databases and pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/maintenance-window?view=azuresql |
| Modify Azure SQL Database configuration settings safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/modifiable-configuration-reference?view=azuresql |
| Reference for Azure SQL Database monitoring metrics and logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-sql-database-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql |
| Configure monitoring for Azure SQL with Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-sql-database-azure-monitor?view=azuresql |
| Restore Azure SQL databases from automatic backups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/recovery-using-backups?view=azuresql |
| Configure transactional replication to Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/replication-to-sql-database?view=azuresql |
| Query Azure SQL resources with Azure Resource Graph | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/resource-graph-samples?view=azuresql |
| Add Azure SQL databases to failover groups via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-database-to-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql |
| Configure failover groups for Azure SQL elastic pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-elastic-pool-to-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql |
| Back up Azure SQL databases to storage with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/backup-database-cli?view=azuresql |
| Copy Azure SQL databases to new servers via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/copy-database-to-new-server-cli?view=azuresql |
| Create and configure an Azure SQL database with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/create-and-configure-database-cli?view=azuresql |
| Create and configure an Azure SQL database with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/create-and-configure-database-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Import BACPAC files into Azure SQL using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/import-from-bacpac-cli?view=azuresql |
| Monitor and scale an Azure SQL database with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-database-cli?view=azuresql |
| Move Azure SQL databases between elastic pools via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/move-database-between-elastic-pools-cli?view=azuresql |
| Restore Azure SQL databases from backups using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/restore-database-cli?view=azuresql |
| Scale Azure SQL elastic pools using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/scale-pool-cli?view=azuresql |
| Configure active geo-replication for Azure SQL via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-database-cli?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL failover groups with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-group-cli?view=azuresql |
| Set up geo-replication for pooled databases with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-failover-pool-cli?view=azuresql |
| Configure SQL Data Sync between Azure SQL databases via REST | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-sql-databases-rest-api?view=azuresql |
| Configure autoscaling for Azure SQL serverless compute | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-auto-scaling?view=azuresql |
| Create and configure Azure SQL serverless databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/serverless-tier-create-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure scaling for single Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/single-database-scale?view=azuresql |
| Install and configure Data Sync Agent for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-agent-overview?view=azuresql |
| Set up Azure SQL Data Sync groups and schedules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/sql-data-sync-sql-server-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure Extended Events differences in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/xevent-db-diff-from-svr?view=azuresql |
| Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/maintenance-window-azure-sql?view=azuresql |
| Identify modifiable vs immutable Azure SQL Managed Instance settings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/modifiable-configuration-reference?view=azuresql |
| Reference monitoring metrics for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql |

### Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Use Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/always-encrypted-enclaves-getting-started-sgx?view=azuresql |
| Manage Azure SQL auditing via REST, PowerShell, and CLI APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/auditing-manage-using-api?view=azuresql |
| Connect and query Azure SQL using .NET SqlClient | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-dotnet-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Query Azure SQL from Node.js using mssql package | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-javascript-mssql-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Connect to Azure SQL using Python mssql-python driver | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-sql-python-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Connect to Azure SQL using Go and go-mssqldb | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-go?view=azuresql |
| Connect and query Azure SQL using Python | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-python?view=azuresql |
| Manage Azure SQL DNS aliases with PowerShell and CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dns-alias-powershell-create?view=azuresql |
| Manage shard maps with Elastic Database client library | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-shard-map-management?view=azuresql |
| Integrate Elastic Database tools with Entity Framework | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-use-entity-framework-applications-visual-studio?view=azuresql |
| Integrate Elastic Database tools with Dapper | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/elastic-scale-working-with-dapper?view=azuresql |
| Use in-memory OLTP and columnstore samples in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/in-memory-oltp-sample?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL failover group and add database via PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-database-to-failover-group-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Add Azure SQL elastic pool to failover group with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/add-elastic-pool-to-failover-group-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Copy Azure SQL database to new logical server via PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/copy-database-to-new-server-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Import BACPAC into Azure SQL database using PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/import-from-bacpac-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Monitor and scale single Azure SQL database using PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-database-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Monitor and scale Azure SQL elastic pool with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/monitor-and-scale-pool-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Move Azure SQL databases between elastic pools with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/move-database-between-elastic-pools-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Restore Azure SQL database from automatic backups with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/restore-database-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL active geo-replication with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-and-failover-database-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Set up elastic pool geo-replication with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/setup-geodr-and-failover-elastic-pool-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Sync data between Azure SQL Database and SQL Server with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-azure-onprem?view=azuresql |
| Configure SQL Data Sync between Azure SQL databases via PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scripts/sql-data-sync-sync-data-between-sql-databases?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use Spark connector with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/spark-connector?view=azuresql |
| Stream real-time data into Azure SQL using Stream Analytics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/stream-data-stream-analytics-integration?view=azuresql |

### Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Deploy Azure SQL database changes with GitHub Actions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-github-actions-sql-db?view=azuresql |
| Convert Azure SQL Database to Hyperscale tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/convert-to-hyperscale?view=azuresql |
| Upgrade Azure SQL free tier database to Hyperscale | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-tier-upgrade-to-hyperscale?view=azuresql |
| Create zone-redundant Azure SQL Hyperscale databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-create-zone-redundant-database?view=azuresql |
| Manage Hyperscale elastic pools with CLI and PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/hyperscale-elastic-pool-command-line?view=azuresql |
| Move Azure SQL databases and pools across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/move-resources-across-regions?view=azuresql |
| Check Azure SQL Database feature availability by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/region-availability?view=azuresql |
| Scale Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scale-resources?view=azuresql |
| Provision Azure SQL server and database using Terraform | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/single-database-create-terraform-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Check Azure SQL Managed Instance feature availability by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/region-availability?view=azuresql |

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