Move Azure Single Database to SQL Elastic Pool


AS I explained before in my previous articles How to provision Azure Single Database and How to Provision Azure SQL Database elastic pool today I will explain How we can move Azure Single Database to New Elastic Pool, For more information about Azure Database Deployment model Check this Post and If you are interested in More Azure Database Articles to check this Link and if you are Preparing for AZ-103 Azure Administrator Certification check this Article, In Microsoft documentation, you will find How to Provision Single Database or Elastic pool Server but you will note find information for How to move Single database to Elastic pool server

Case Scenario

Let us assume that we have 2 Azure Single Database Servers contain 3 Database with different Service Tier and we need to move them to Azure elastic pool

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Azure SQL Database Elastic Pool Fundamental


As we know Azure SQL Database elastic pool is one of the Microsoft Azure database deployment model options to know more about these models check this post and to know more about Azure Single Database check this article and if you interested to check all of the Azure SQL Articles check this link, IF you are Preparing for AZ-103 Azure Administrator Certification check thisĀ Article

Azure SQL Deployment Model options
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Azure Single Database Fundamental


AS we now Azure SQL Single database is one from deployment Azure Database models if you need to know more information check this post-Azure Database Deployment model options today I am writing about Fundamental information for Azure Single Database

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Create Azure Single Database
  1. The Single Database deployment option creates a single isolated database in Azure SQL Database
  2. Azure Single Database Support DTU-based and Vcore-based Purchased Model
  3. The internal of SQL Database server is hidden from the end-user and all are managed by Microsoft Azure
  4. Azure Single Database has it is own Resources (DTU or V-Core) and this resource will not be shared with other databases in the same single instance. Each Database has dedicated resources.
  5. Single Database Isolated meaning if you created two single databases on the same single database server each Database has dedicated resources and the two databases cannot be communicated together and I think this one is a security feature
  6. This means Azure Single Database is the best option for small workloads with applications connects to one DB.
  7. To Provision Azure SQL Single Database, you need (resource Group, Database name, Server Name, User Name, Password, Location, deployment option either single or elastic pool, Compute Storage and purchase model either DTU-based or vCore-based)
  8. In Azure SQL Single database provisioning you can create new or select existing one from (Resource group and Server name)
  9. In Azure SQL Single database provisioning the (resource Group, Database name, Server Name) Should be a unique name.
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Azure Administration AZ-103 Exam preparation and learning Resources 2020


Introduction

undefinedMy Name Is Mustafa Elmasry I am Database Consultant MCTS, MCTIP, MCSA, MCSE, MCT for more information about me check this page Today I need to announce that I am Very Excited and Thrilled to have passed my AZ-103 I am now Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, That’s how I pass my time during #COVID19 days. From 5 months I passed AZ-900 Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals and I started to prepare for Azure Administrator Exam AZ-103 and I am preparing now for the AZ-104 beta new version. I know that I am Database Engineer and this certification not related directly to my carrier objective but I have believed that before starting to learn any cloud services you should have full visibility about azure infrastructure to be able to manage your Azure services well. During the last 5 months, I started to my study journey for Azure administrator and from the first day, I took a covenant on myself to write down all of the notes, hints, and tricks to be a repository that can help the others for how to prepare for Azure administrator certification in this post you will find all of the resources, notes and even the articles I write it during this journey. I take 3 Courses to prepare for the exam AZ-103. In this article, you will find two documentation The First one contain all of the tips and hints I recorded during my study, and the second one it is full documentation explain most of the features and services in azure administration track. In the end, I will be so happy if you share with me your comment and feedback on this post and documents also if anyone has any issue in SQL Server or Azure SQL don’t hesitate to contact me

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Enabling Auto-Failover Group on Azure SQL


Today in Article I will explain How we can enable the Auto Failover group on Azure SQL and what is different between Auto-Failover Group and Active Geo-Replication in Azure SQL. Before starting in How to implement the Azure SQL Auto Failover Group I recommend you to take a look on this āž”ļø POST to understand How you can configure Ā Active Geo-Replication on Azure SQL and for more Azure SQL articles check this āž”ļø LINK Ā and for more other Azure Posts and articles check this āž”ļø LINK for all of my azure articles

  • Active Geo-Replication VS Failover Group
  • How to enable Auto-Failover Group on Azure Single SQL Server
  • Check the Failover Group Configuration and Connections
  • Test the Failover
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