Deploying an Azure SQL Managed Instance or Database is a different but similar experience than deploying SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine. The experience is the same because you can use the Azure portal and CLI. The difference is that Azure is managing the virtual machine and infrastructure, so several of the options you pick for a virtual machine you do not have to worry about.
In this chapter, you will learn the options and process to deploy and connect to an Azure SQL Managed Instance and Database. You will also learn the options to migrate existing databases into Azure SQL. In addition, you ...