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Visual creation of a Microsoft Azure SQL Database.

Hi Kids, welcome back for another thrilling, and hopefully edifying, blog post.

You may recall that I wrote a blog a little while ago about creating a database using Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Did you read that one? If not, here it is. Well, I was thinking about that blog and thought “You know what? I bet people would love to see a visual guide to setting up a database in MASD.” So, here it is.

Firstly, you’ll need an Azure account. Don’t have one? No problem. Go here to sign up for a free trial. Now, they will ask for a credit card, but you needn’t worry that they’ll charge you at some point in the future (unlike those dodgy ads where you get something for free, just give us your credit card details and we’ll charge your card monthly forever.) They won’t charge you. I should know, I’ve used many different email addresses to sign up for quite a few trials over the last few years. So go and get an Azure account now… I’ll wait…

Goodo, you’re all set with your Azure account, I want you to sign in to the portal with it. The URL is portal.azure.com.

This is what it should look like (this week at least… Azure is rapidly evolving technology, the interface changes to reflect this.)

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Alrighty, at this stage I’m going to ask you to click the big green + at the bottom left of the page, thanks. You should now be looking at a screen like this:

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Fantastic! You should explore all the things you

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