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Databases
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Azure SQL zone redundancy
Azure SQL zone redundancy places database replicas or storage across multiple availability zones in a supported region to improve resilience against datacenter-level failures.
Azure SQL Database
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SQL zone redundancy
Microsoft Learn describes SQL zone redundancy as an Azure SQL high-availability option that places database replicas across availability zones within a supported region. It improves resilience to a zone-level failure while keeping the database in the same region and service boundary.
Azure SQL availability
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL zone redundancy, zone-redundant SQL Database, SQL availability zones, zone redundant database
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Databases
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Azure SQL Business Critical tier
Azure SQL Business Critical tier is a vCore service tier for OLTP workloads that need high transaction rates, low-latency I/O, and high resilience through isolated replicas.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Business Critical tier, Business Critical tier, BusinessCritical, Premium-like vCore tier, SQL Business Critical
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Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service in Azure that provides SQL Server-compatible engines as single databases, elastic pools, and serverless or provisioned compute choices. Microsoft Learn presents it as platform as a service with built-in availability, backups, patching, scaling, and security integration.
Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL pooled database, Azure SQL single database, SQL Database
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Azure SQL logical server
An Azure SQL logical server is a logical administrative construct for Azure SQL Database and related SQL resources. Microsoft Learn describes it as the central point for managing a collection of databases, including logins, firewall rules, auditing, threat detection policies, and failover groups.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL active geo-replication
Azure SQL active geo-replication creates readable secondary databases in other regions for database-level disaster recovery and failover.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL active geo-replication, SQL geo-replication, active geo-replication, geo-secondary database
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Databases
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Azure SQL auditing
Azure SQL auditing tracks database events and writes audit logs to supported destinations such as storage, Log Analytics, or Event Hubs.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL audit logs, Azure SQL auditing, SQL auditing, database auditing
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Databases
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Azure SQL automated backup
Azure SQL automated backup automatically protects databases and supports point-in-time restore using service-managed backup chains.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL automated backup, Azure SQL automatic backups, SQL automated backups, point-in-time restore backups
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Databases
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Azure SQL automatic tuning
Azure SQL automatic tuning monitors query performance and can apply tuning actions such as plan correction and index recommendations.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL automatic tuning, Azure SQL tuning recommendations, SQL automatic tuning, automatic tuning
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Databases
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Azure SQL database copy
Azure SQL database copy creates a transactionally consistent copy of an Azure SQL Database using portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Transact-SQL.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL copy, Azure SQL database copy, CREATE DATABASE AS COPY OF, SQL database copy, database copy
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Azure SQL Database DTU model
Azure SQL Database DTU model is a purchasing model that bundles compute, storage, and I/O resources into Database Transaction Units for Basic, Standard, and Premium tiers.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Database DTU model, DTU model, DTU-based purchasing model, Database Transaction Unit, eDTU
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Databases
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Azure SQL elastic job
Azure SQL elastic jobs schedule and run Transact-SQL scripts across one or many Azure SQL databases, including target groups across servers, pools, and subscriptions.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure Elastic Jobs, Azure SQL elastic job, SQL elastic job agent, elastic job agent, elastic jobs
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Azure SQL elastic pool
Azure SQL elastic pool lets multiple Azure SQL databases on one logical server share a set of resources at a set price for variable usage patterns.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL elastic pool, SQL elastic pool, eDTU pool, elastic pool, pooled databases
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Azure SQL failover group
Provide a stable listener endpoint for applications that must survive an Azure SQL regional failover.; Coordinate failover for several related user databases instead of managing each geo-replica separately.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL failover group, SQL failover group, auto-failover group, failover group, geo-failover group
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Azure SQL General Purpose tier
Azure SQL General Purpose tier is a vCore service tier for common workloads that need balanced compute and storage at budget-oriented pricing.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL General Purpose tier, GP tier, General Purpose tier, GeneralPurpose, SQL General Purpose
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Azure SQL geo-restore
Azure SQL geo-restore uses geo-replicated backups to restore a database to any logical server in any Azure region when primary-region access is unavailable.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL geo-restore, SQL geo restore, geo-replicated backup restore, geo-restore, regional backup restore
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Azure SQL hyperscale
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a service tier built for very large databases, fast storage scaling, rapid backups and restores, and high throughput. Microsoft Learn describes its distinct architecture, including separated compute and storage, page servers, log service, and optional replicas.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
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Databases
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Azure SQL ledger
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
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Azure SQL long-term retention
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL maintenance window
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL Microsoft Entra authentication
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL point-in-time restore
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL serverless compute
Run development, test, training, or demo databases that need full SQL behavior but sit idle outside work hours.; Support tenant databases with sporadic activity where provisioned compute would waste budget for long idle
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL serverless compute
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Databases
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Azure SQL Query Store
Find the exact query plan regression that appeared after an application deployment or database compatibility-level change.; Compare normal and incident windows before deciding whether a SKU scale-up is justified.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Query Store
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Databases
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Azure SQL service objective
An Azure SQL service objective is the named performance level or SKU selected for an Azure SQL Database or elastic pool, defining resource limits, capabilities, and price within the chosen purchasing model.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
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Azure SQL transparent data encryption
Azure SQL Transparent Data Encryption helps protect Azure SQL Database data, log files, and backups at rest by encrypting and decrypting database pages without requiring application changes.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL vCore model
The Azure SQL vCore purchasing model lets customers independently choose compute, storage, service tier, and hardware configuration for Azure SQL Database workloads.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
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Azure SQL vulnerability assessment
Azure SQL vulnerability assessment is a Defender for Cloud capability that scans Azure SQL databases for security misconfigurations, risky settings, and findings that can be reviewed and remediated.
Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL tempdb
Azure SQL tempdb refers to the SQL engine temporary workspace used for temporary tables, table variables, internal worktables, sorting, version store activity, and other transient database operations.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
3 commands
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Azure SQL firewall rule
An Azure SQL firewall rule is an allow-list entry for public network access to Azure SQL Database. It says which client IP address or range may connect to a logical server or a specific database. It does not replace identity, passwords, Microsoft Entra authentication, or private networking; it only decides whether the network connection is.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL firewall rule, IP firewall rule, SQL firewall rule, database-level firewall rule, server-level firewall rule
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Azure SQL private endpoint
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL private endpoint, azure-sql-private-endpoint, azure-sql-database, azure-sql-logical-server, private-endpoint, private-dns-zone, vnet-peering, managed-identity, app-service-vnet-integration, azure-sql-firewall-rule, service-endpoint
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Databases
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Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure database service for MySQL workloads with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, and high availability options.
Managed MySQL
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: MySQL Flexible Server
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure PostgreSQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, extensions, and high availability options.
Managed PostgreSQL
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: PostgreSQL Flexible Server
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Serverless SQL database
A serverless SQL database is an Azure SQL Database single database configured with the serverless compute model. It automatically scales compute within configured limits, can auto-pause in supported tiers, resumes on activity, and keeps the managed SQL Database platform features such as backups, patching, monitoring, and security.
Azure SQL Database
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Analytics
learning-path-anchor
Synapse SQL CETAS
Synapse SQL CETAS means CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE AS SELECT. It creates external table metadata and exports the result of a T-SQL SELECT statement in parallel to files in Azure Storage or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 for later SQL or lake consumption.
Synapse Analytics
fundamentals
6 commands
Aliases: CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE AS SELECT, CETAS, Synapse CETAS, serverless SQL CETAS
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Analytics
learning-path-anchor
Synapse SQL external table
A Synapse SQL external table is database metadata that lets Synapse SQL query files stored outside the database, usually in Azure Storage or ADLS Gen2. It references an external data source, file format, and file location for governed SQL analytics.
Synapse Analytics
fundamentals
6 commands
Aliases: external table in Synapse, Synapse external table, SQL external table, external table over lake files
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Analytics
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Synapse SQL on-demand
Synapse SQL on-demand is the serverless SQL pool model in Azure Synapse Analytics. It lets teams run T-SQL queries over data in the lake without provisioning dedicated warehouse capacity, storing only metadata objects while using external data sources, views, functions, and security objects.
Synapse Analytics
fundamentals
6 commands
Aliases: SQL on-demand, Synapse serverless SQL, serverless SQL in Synapse, built-in serverless SQL pool
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Databases
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Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed database service for NoSQL, relational, and vector workloads. It supports global distribution, elastic scale, multiple APIs, request-unit capacity, backup, and high availability so modern applications can store and query data without operating database servers.
Azure Cosmos DB
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB, Cosmos DB, Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, Cosmos database, global NoSQL database, request-unit database
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Analytics
learning-path-anchor
Synapse SQL script
A Synapse SQL script is a saved T-SQL authoring artifact in Synapse Studio. Users create or import scripts in the Develop hub, connect them to a dedicated or serverless SQL pool, run queries, review tabular results, export output, and organize scripts into folders.
Synapse Analytics
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: SQL script in Synapse, Synapse Studio SQL script, T-SQL script artifact, Synapse query script
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Analytics
learning-path-anchor
Databricks SQL warehouse
A Databricks SQL compute resource for interactive queries, dashboards, BI tools, and governed analytics workloads.
Databricks
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: SQL warehouse, Databricks SQL compute, serverless SQL warehouse
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Databases
complete
SQL database
Microsoft Learn describes Azure SQL Database as a fully managed relational database service where a single database is created on a logical server and configured with compute, storage, backup, security, and availability settings. It supports portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, REST, and Transact-SQL operations for deployment and management.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL database, single SQL database, Azure SQL DB, SQL DB resource
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Databases
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SQL database export
Microsoft Learn describes SQL database export as creating a BACPAC file that contains database schema and data and storing it in Azure Storage or local tooling output. Export can be started from the portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, SqlPackage, SSMS, or supported developer tools.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: database export, Azure SQL BACPAC export, SQL export, export database to BACPAC
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SQL Managed Instance
Microsoft Learn describes Azure SQL Managed Instance as a fully managed PaaS database engine with near complete SQL Server compatibility, native virtual network deployment, automated patching and backups, and instance-scoped features that help teams lift and shift SQL Server workloads with fewer application or database changes.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: SQL MI, Azure SQL MI, Azure SQL Managed Instance, managed SQL instance
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SQL managed instance link
Microsoft Learn describes the Managed Instance link as near real-time data replication between SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance, enabling hybrid flexibility, database mobility, read-only workload offload, analytics in Azure, disaster recovery patterns, and migrations with planned or forced failover.
SQL Managed Instance
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Managed Instance link, SQL MI link, Azure SQL MI link, MI link
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SQL Managed Instance service tier
Microsoft Learn describes SQL Managed Instance service tiers as purchasing-model choices, such as General Purpose, Next-gen General Purpose, and Business Critical, that define architecture, storage limits, availability behavior, performance characteristics, and billing for a managed instance. Review it using workload evidence. for production database workloads.
SQL Managed Instance
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: SQL MI service tier, Azure SQL MI tier, managed instance tier, SQL Managed Instance SKU tier
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SQL managed instance zone redundancy
Microsoft Learn describes SQL Managed Instance zone redundancy as a high-availability configuration that spreads managed instance components across Azure availability zones in supported regions. It improves protection from datacenter-level failures while preserving the managed instance endpoint and using Azure SQL platform redundancy rather than application-managed failover.
SQL Managed Instance
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: SQL MI zone redundancy, Azure SQL Managed Instance zone redundancy, zone redundant managed instance
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SQL read scale-out
Microsoft Learn describes SQL read scale-out as a feature that routes read-only workloads to read-only replicas instead of the primary read-write replica. It is available for Premium, Business Critical, and certain Hyperscale configurations, using ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly to separate reporting or analytics reads from writes.
Azure SQL performance and availability
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL read scale-out, read-only replica routing, ApplicationIntent ReadOnly, SQL Database read replicas
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Databases
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SQL Hyperscale named replica
Microsoft Learn describes a Hyperscale named replica as a named, read-only replica of an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale database. It can be created with its own database name, compute size, and access boundary, then used for read scale-out, workload isolation, and resilient testing.
Data platform
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: Hyperscale named replica, Azure SQL named replica, named read replica, Hyperscale read replica
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure OpenAI
Azure OpenAI provides OpenAI model capabilities through Azure resources, deployments, identity, networking, quota, and monitoring controls.
Azure OpenAI
intermediate
8 commands
Aliases: Azure OpenAI Service
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Analytics
premium
Synapse SQL
Synapse SQL is the T-SQL analytics capability in Azure Synapse Analytics. It includes dedicated SQL pools for provisioned warehousing and serverless SQL pools for on-demand lake queries, letting teams analyze structured and semi-structured data through familiar SQL endpoints inside a Synapse workspace.
Synapse Analytics
intermediate
7 commands
Aliases: Synapse SQL engine, Azure Synapse SQL, Synapse serverless and dedicated SQL, SQL analytics in Synapse
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