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

How to Create a Microsoft SQL Instance. Microsoft SQL is a relational database you can configure to run as multiple copies, or instances, on a single computer.

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.

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.

Microsoft began taking sign ups for its SQL Azure Reporting Services public test build on the same day that rival Salesforce unveiled its plans for a cloud database of its own.

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.

For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.