Azure SQL Database Documentation
Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for Microsoft Azure SQL Database. This section provides detailed information, tutorials, and best practices to help you build, deploy, and manage your relational databases in the cloud.
Key Areas
- Overview and Concepts: Understand the core architecture, resource models, and service offerings of Azure SQL Database, including single databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.
- Getting Started: Quickly set up your first Azure SQL Database with our step-by-step quickstarts and comprehensive tutorials. Learn how to connect and deploy applications.
- Management and Operations: Discover how to manage firewall rules, configure networking, set up authentication and authorization, monitor performance, and implement robust backup and restore strategies.
- Security Best Practices: Protect your sensitive data with Azure SQL Database's built-in security features, including threat detection, transparent data encryption, and data masking.
- Performance Optimization: Tune your database for optimal performance. Learn to use tools like Query Performance Insight and leverage performance recommendations.
Featured Articles
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Tutorial: Build a .NET application with Azure SQL Database
A step-by-step guide to creating a web application that interacts with Azure SQL Database.
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Understanding Azure SQL Database Resource Models
Explore the differences between Single Database, Elastic Pool, and Managed Instance.
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Monitoring and Analyzing Performance Data
Learn how to collect and interpret performance metrics for your Azure SQL Database.
Note: Azure SQL Database is a fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) database engine that handles most of the database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and high availability without user involvement.
Tip: Consider using Azure Advisor for personalized recommendations to optimize your Azure SQL Database for cost, performance, security, and reliability.