Setup for Professional Azure SQL Database Administration

Required Software

  • Hardware:
    • Intel Core i5 or equivalent Processor: i3
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Hard disk: 20 GB
    • Internet connection
  • OS: Windows 8 or later
  • Browser: Latest version of Google Chrome
  • SQL Server Management Studio 17.2 or above
  • Microsoft Azure PowerShell
  • Microsoft RML Utilities
  • Microsoft® Data Migration Assistant v3.4
  • SQL Server 2016 Feature pack

Instructions

Sign up for a Free Azure Account

  • Open the following link in a browser: https://azure.microsoft.com/enus/free/
  • Select Start Free. In the sign-up page, login using your Microsoft account and
    follow the steps to create a free Azure account.
  • If you don't have a Microsoft account, you can create a new one by selecting
    the Create one!
  • An Azure account requires you to provide credit card details. However, no
    money is charged even if you have exhausted your free credit or free month.
    The resources you created will be stopped and can only be started once you
    sign-up for a paid account.

Installing SQL Server Management Studio

Follow the instructions to download the latest version of SQL Server Management studio provided here: - https://docs.microsoft.com/enus/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms

Installing Microsoft PowerShell 5.1

  • Open the following URL in the browser to get to open the download page - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616
  • Click on the download button and select Win8.1AndW2K12R2-KB3191564-x64.msu. Click on next to download and the install the Windows Management Framework 5.1 to upgrade to PowerShell 5.1

Installing Microsoft Azure PowerShell

  • Install the Web Platform installer
  • Open the following link in a browser https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
  • Scroll to the end and select x64 under Download WebPI 5.0 to download the web platform installer.
  • Double click on the downloaded exe fie and follow the steps to install Web PI 5.0.
  • Open Web PI and type Microsoft Azure PowerShell in the search box.
  • Follow the steps to download the latest version.

Microsoft RML Utilities

Installing Visual Studio Community Edition

  • Visual Studio command prompt is required to generate self-signed certificates. As there's no easy way to install only the Visual Studio
    command prompt it's advised to install the Visual Studio 2013 or above community edition.
  • Open the following link in a browser - https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
  • Download and install the Visual Studio 2017 community edition and follow the instructions to install it.
  • You may get a different version to download. The latest Visual Studio version available at the time of the course is 2017.

Courses and Class Files

This setup page is used for the following course:

Courses

  1. Professional Azure SQL Database Administration.