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Learn Microsoft Azure

By : Mohamed Waly
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Learn Microsoft Azure

By: Mohamed Waly

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing. Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile. By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Creating an Azure SQL Database

In order to create an Azure SQL Database, you need to create an Azure SQL Server first:

  1. Navigate to the Azure portal, then to All services, and search for SQL servers.
  2. When you open SQL servers, a new blade pops up, and if there are any SQL Servers that you created earlier, they will be displayed here. But since no SQL Servers have been created so far, it will be blank, as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. To create a new Azure SQL Database, click on Add.
  2. Once you have clicked on Add, a new blade will be opened where you have to specify the following:
    • Server name: Specify a descriptive server name for the server, although the name you might provide will not be valid because it has been used before for another SQL Server in the database.windows.net domain.
    • Server admin login: Specify the SQL Server admin username.
    • Password: Specify a strong...