Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

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

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

Creating a new table from query results can help you build a database of your clients, employees, expenses and other business details by allowing you to select certain columns from existing tables.

In addition, Azure SQL Database Edge supports representing data structures as graphs to create deeper relationships across entities.

Figure 3. Your SQL Database Servers. Next, you'll need to create the rule to allow one or a block of IP addresses. If you'd like just to let the public IP address you are coming from (if the computer ...

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