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Design your first Azure SQL database - C# | Microsoft Docs |
Learn to design your first Azure SQL database and connect to it with a C# program using ADO.NET. |
sql-database |
sql-database |
development |
tutorial |
MightyPen |
genemi |
carlrab |
craigg-msft |
11/01/2018 |
Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a service (DBaaS) in the Microsoft Cloud (Azure). In this tutorial, you learn how to use the Azure portal and ADO.NET with Visual Studio to:
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- Create a database in the Azure portal
- Set up a server-level firewall rule in the Azure portal
- Connect to the database with ADO.NET and Visual Studio
- Create tables with ADO.NET
- Insert, update, and delete data with ADO.NET
- Query data ADO.NET
If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
An installation of Visual Studio Community 2017, Visual Studio Professional 2017, or Visual Studio Enterprise 2017.
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In this tutorial, you learned basic database tasks such as create a database and tables, load and query data, and restore the database to a previous point in time. You learned how to:
[!div class="checklist"]
- Create a database
- Set up a firewall rule
- Connect to the database with Visual Studio and C#
- Create tables
- Insert, update, and delete data
- Query data
Advance to the next tutorial to learn about migrating your data.
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Migrate your SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database