index.yml

### YamlMime:Landing

title: Azure SQL documentation
summary: "Find documentation about the Azure SQL family of SQL Server database engine products in the cloud: Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VM."

metadata:
  title: Azure SQL documentation
  description:  "Azure SQL is a family of SQL Server database engine products in the cloud, from a fully managed database in Azure SQL Database, a fully managed instance in Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server installed to virtual machine in Azure."
  services: sql-database
  ms.service: sql-db-mi
  ms.subservice: service-overview
  ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
  ms.devlang:
  ms.topic: landing-page
  author: MashaMSFT
  ms.author: mathoma
  ms.reviewer: kendralittle
  ms.date: 10/30/2019

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb

  # Card 
  - title: Azure SQL Database
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: whats-new
        links:
          - text: What's new? 
            url: database/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is SQL Database?
            url: database/sql-database-paas-overview.md
          - text: What are elastic pools? 
            url: database/elastic-pool-overview.md
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create SQL Database
            url: database/single-database-create-quickstart.md
          - text: Configure firewall
            url: database/firewall-create-server-level-portal-quickstart.md  
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: Azure SQL Database overview
            url: /shows/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners/Azure-SQL-Database-Overview-7-of-61
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Migrate from SQL Server
            url: database/migrate-to-database-from-sql-server.md
          - text: Advanced security
            url: database/security-overview.md
          - text: Business continuity
            url: database/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recover-hadr-overview.md
          - text: Monitoring and tuning
            url: database/monitor-tune-overview.md
          - text: T-SQL differences with SQL Server
            url: database/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server.md


  # Card 
  - title: Azure SQL Managed Instance
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: whats-new
        links:
          - text: What's new? 
            url: managed-instance/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is SQL Managed Instance?
            url: managed-instance/sql-managed-instance-paas-overview.md
          - text: What are instance pools? 
            url: managed-instance/instance-pools-overview.md 
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create SQL Managed Instance 
            url: managed-instance/instance-create-quickstart.md
          - text: Configure VM to connect
            url: managed-instance/connect-vm-instance-configure.md 
          - text: Restore sample database
            url: managed-instance/restore-sample-database-quickstart.md  
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: Azure SQL Managed Instance overview
            url: /shows/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners/Azure-SQL-Managed-Instance-Overview-6-of-61
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Migrate from SQL Server
            url: migration-guides/managed-instance/sql-server-to-managed-instance-guide.md
          - text: Advanced security
            url: database/security-overview.md
          - text: Business continuity
            url: database/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recover-hadr-overview.md
          - text: Monitoring and tuning
            url: database/monitor-tune-overview.md
          - text: T-SQL differences with SQL Server
            url: managed-instance/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server.md


  # Card 
  - title: SQL Server on Azure VM
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What's new? 
            url: virtual-machines/windows/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md
          - text: What is SQL Server on Windows VM? 
            url: virtual-machines/windows/sql-server-on-azure-vm-iaas-what-is-overview.md
          - text: What is SQL Server on Linux VM? 
            url: virtual-machines/linux/sql-server-on-linux-vm-what-is-iaas-overview.md
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create SQL on Azure VM (Windows)
            url: virtual-machines/windows/sql-vm-create-portal-quickstart.md
          - text: Create SQL on Azure VM (Linux)
            url: virtual-machines/linux/sql-vm-create-portal-quickstart.md 
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: SQL Server on Azure VM overview
            url: /shows/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners/SQL-Server-on-Azure-VM-Overview-4-of-61
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Security considerations
            url: virtual-machines/windows/security-considerations-best-practices.md
          - text: High availability & disaster recovery
            url: virtual-machines/windows/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recovery-hadr-overview.md
          - text: Performance guidelines
            url: ./virtual-machines/windows/performance-guidelines-best-practices-checklist.md

  # Card 
  - title: Learn Azure SQL 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: learn
        links:
        - text: Azure SQL for beginners
          url: /shows/azure-sql-for-beginners/
        - text: Azure SQL fundamentals 
          url: /training/paths/azure-sql-fundamentals/
        - text: Azure SQL hands-on labs
          url: https://aka.ms/asqlworkshop
        - text: Azure SQL bootcamp 
          url: /users/marisabrasile/collections/8oq1i8p0z2qygw
        - text: Educational SQL resources
          url: /sql/sql-server/educational-sql-resources

   # Card
  - title: Migrate from SQL Server
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Migrating SQL Server Workloads FAQ
            url: migration-guides/modernization.md
      - linkListType: deploy
        links:
          - text: Azure SQL Database
            url: migration-guides/database/sql-server-to-sql-database-overview.md 
          - text: Azure SQL Managed Instance 
            url: migration-guides/managed-instance/sql-server-to-managed-instance-overview.md
          - text: SQL Server on Azure VMs
            url: migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-to-sql-on-azure-vm-migration-overview.md          


  # Card 
  - title: Reference 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: deploy
        links:
        - text: Azure CLI samples
          url: database/az-cli-script-samples-content-guide.md
        - text: PowerShell samples
          url: database/powershell-script-content-guide.md
        - text: ARM template samples 
          url: database/arm-templates-content-guide.md
      - linkListType: download
        links:
        - text: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
          url: /sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
        - text: Azure Data Studio 
          url: /sql/azure-data-studio/download-azure-data-studio
        - text: SQL Server Data Tools 
          url: /sql/ssdt/download-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt
        - text: Visual Studio 2019
          url: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
      - linkListType: reference
        links:
          - text: Migration guide
            url: /data-migration/
          - text: Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
            url: /sql/t-sql/language-reference
          - text: Azure CLI
            url: /cli/azure/azure-cli-reference-for-sql
          - text: PowerShell
            url: /powershell/module/az.sql
          - text: REST API
            url: /rest/api/sql/

  # Card
  - title: Connect and query 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Overview
            url: database/connect-query-content-reference-guide.md 
          - text: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
            url: database/connect-query-ssms.md
          - text: Azure Data Studio
            url: /sql/azure-data-studio/quickstart-sql-database?toc=/azure/azure-sql/toc.json
          - text: Azure portal
            url: database/connect-query-portal.md 
          - text: Visual Studio (.NET)
            url: database/connect-query-dotnet-visual-studio.md
          - text: Visual Studio Code
            url: database/connect-query-vscode.md 
          - text: .NET Core
            url: database/connect-query-dotnet-core.md
          - text: Python
            url: database/connect-query-python.md
          - text: With Azure AD and SqlClient
            url: /sql/connect/ado-net/sql/azure-active-directory-authentication


  # Card
  - title: Development
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Application development 
            url:  database/develop-overview.md
          - text: Connect apps to Azure SQL 
            url: database/develop-overview.md#client-connections
          - text: Disaster recovery app design
            url: database/designing-cloud-solutions-for-disaster-recovery.md
          - text: Managing rolling upgrades (SQL DB) 
            url: database/manage-application-rolling-upgrade.md
          - text: Development strategies (SQL VM)
            url: virtual-machines/windows/application-patterns-development-strategies.md 
          - text: SaaS database tenancy patterns
            url: database/saas-tenancy-app-design-patterns.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Design first database (SSMS)
            url: database/design-first-database-tutorial.md
          - text: Design first database (C#)
            url: database/design-first-database-csharp-tutorial.md