Creating the Azure SQL database

The previous section was focused on basic orientation in the Azure portal. Now we are going to continue with the Azure SQL database creation. When we click the Create button, a new screen will be shown as seen in the following screenshot:

Let's describe fields on the screen depicted previously one by one:

  • Database name: Just the name of the new database.
  • Subscription: Subscription is account for payments and invoicing. One login can have more subscriptions.
  • Resource group: It is an organizational unit, not an SQL Server! One resource group can hold all resources belonging to the same solution or application. ...

Get SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.