Azure SQL Database enables you to configure your databases, and pools by using Azure PowerShell. [!INCLUDE [quickstarts-free-trial-note](../includes/quickstarts-free ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

Create or identify an empty S1 or higher Azure SQL Database, using the DTU purchase model. This database should be in the same server as the job agent. This database is used as the job database during ...

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server up and running.

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

This PowerShell script example monitors the performance metrics of a database, scales it to a higher compute size, and creates an alert rule on one of the performance metrics. If you choose to install ...