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Create an Azure SQL database

Log in to the Azure portal

Log in to the Azure portal.

Create a SQL database

An Azure SQL database is created with a defined set of compute and storage resources. The database is created within an Azure resource group and in an Azure SQL Database logical server.

Follow these steps to create a SQL database.

  1. Click Create a resource in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal.

  2. Select Databases from the New page, and select Create under SQL Database on the New page.

    create database-1

  3. Fill out the SQL Database form with the following information, as shown on the preceding image:

    Setting       Suggested value Description 
    Database name AdventureWorks[XX] For valid database names, see Database Identifiers.
    Subscription Your subscription For details about your subscriptions, see Subscriptions.
    Resource group sqllab[XX] For valid resource group names, see Naming rules and restrictions.
    Select source (see below)

    [!IMPORTANT]

    If you intend to also perfom a lift-and-shift database migration (Lab 2. Migrate Your On-premises Database to Azure, you must select the Blank database on this form.

    If you intend to start with a pre-populated atabase in the cloud, you must select Sample (AdventureWorksLT) on this form.

  4. Under Server, click Configure required settings and fill out the SQL server (logical server) form with the following information, as shown on the following image:

    Setting       Suggested value Description 
    Server name sqllab[XX] For valid server names, see Naming rules and restrictions.
    Server admin login Any valid name For valid login names, see Database Identifiers.
    Password Any valid password Your password must have at least 8 characters and must contain characters from three of the following categories: upper case characters, lower case characters, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters.
    Subscription Your subscription For details about your subscriptions, see Subscriptions.
    Resource group sqllab[XX] For valid resource group names, see Naming rules and restrictions.
    Location East US For information about regions, see Azure Regions.

    [!IMPORTANT] The server admin login and password that you specify here are required to log in to the server and its databases later in this quick start. Remember or record this information for later use.

    create database-server

  5. When you have completed the form, click Select.

  6. Click Pricing tier to specify the service tier, the number of DTUs, and the amount of storage. Explore the options for the amount of DTUs and storage that is available to you for each service tier.

  7. For this quick start tutorial, select the Standard service tier and then use the slider to select 10 DTUs (S0) and 1 GB of storage.

    create database-s1

  8. Accept the preview terms to use the Add-on Storage option.

  9. After selecting the server tier, the number of DTUs, and the amount of storage, click Apply.

  10. Now that you have completed the SQL Database form, click Create to provision the database. Provisioning takes a few minutes.

  11. On the toolbar, click Notifications to monitor the deployment process.

    notification

Create a server-level firewall rule

The SQL Database service creates a firewall at the server-level that prevents external applications and tools from connecting to the server or any databases on the server unless a firewall rule is created to open the firewall for specific IP addresses. Follow these steps to create a SQL Database server-level firewall rule for your client's IP address and enable external connectivity through the SQL Database firewall for your IP address only.

Note

SQL Database communicates over port 1433. If you are trying to connect from within a corporate network, outbound traffic over port 1433 may not be allowed by your network's firewall. If so, you cannot connect to your Azure SQL Database server unless your IT department opens port 1433.

  1. After the deployment completes, click SQL databases from the left-hand menu and then click mySampleDatabase on the SQL databases page. The overview page for your database opens, showing you the fully qualified server name (such as mynewserver-20170824.database.windows.net) and provides options for further configuration.

  2. Copy this fully qualified server name for use to connect to your server and its databases in subsequent quick starts.

    server name

  3. Click Set server firewall on the toolbar as shown in the previous image. The Firewall settings page for the SQL Database server opens.

    server firewall rule

  4. Click Add client IP on the toolbar to add your current IP address to a new firewall rule. A firewall rule can open port 1433 for a single IP address or a range of IP addresses.

  5. Click Save. A server-level firewall rule is created for your current IP address opening port 1433 on the logical server.

  6. Click OK and then close the Firewall settings page.

You can now connect to the SQL Database server and its databases using SQL Server Management Studio or another tool of your choice from this IP address using the server admin account created previously.

Query the SQL database

Now that you have created a sample database in Azure, let’s use the built-in query tool within the Azure portal to confirm that you can connect to the database and query the data.

  1. On the SQL Database page for your database, click Query editor (preview) in the left-hand menu and then click Login.

    login

  2. Select SQL server authentication, provide the required login information, and then click OK to log in.

  3. After you are authenticated as admin, type the following query in the query editor pane.

SELECT @@VERSION
  1. Click Run and then review the query results in the Results pane.