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Provision a logical SQL Server

Provision a logical SQL Server - SQL Server Tutorial

From the course: SQL Server 2022 Administration

Provision a logical SQL Server

Managing and maintaining servers can be expensive and time-consuming, and that's where Azure services can really help you out. You can provision databases and servers online and use them, kind of, on demand. And so we're going to look at how to provision a logical SQL Server in Azure as opposed to having to have physical hardware and provisioning it on something physical in your data space. Okay. So I'm going to open a browser window and we're just going to go to portal.azure.com. I'll paste that in. And if you don't already have a Microsoft account, you'll have to walk through the process of creating one. I'm already logged into mine, so it pops up. Now, a couple of things to note. You'll see I have some things popping up on the right side here, sort of tells me how much money I have left in my Azure account because, in general, you pay for these resources as you use them. So as you move data up and down, you pay for it. You can get a free Azure account and they give you, you…

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