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Databases
premium
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
fundamentals
5 commands
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Monitoring and Observability
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Database diagnostic settings
Azure Monitor routing rules that export database logs and metrics to Log Analytics, Storage, Event Hubs, or partner destinations for investigation and governance.
Azure Monitor
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: SQL diagnostic settings, database diagnostics export, Azure Monitor diagnostic settings for databases
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Databases
premium
Database server / account
The Azure resource boundary that owns database instances, authentication, networking, regional placement, and service-wide settings for a database workload.
Database platform
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: database account, database server, database resource account, logical database server
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Databases
field-manual-complete
MySQL flexible server
MySQL flexible server is Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server, a managed MySQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, high availability, maintenance, and server parameters. Microsoft Learn positions it as a production-ready database platform that reduces infrastructure work while preserving operational control.
MySQL flexible server
fundamentals
8 commands
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Databases
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PostgreSQL zone-redundant HA
PostgreSQL zone-redundant HA is the high-availability choice that places the primary PostgreSQL flexible server and its standby in different availability zones. If the primary server or its zone has a problem, Azure can fail over to the standby. The application still connects through the server endpoint, but the database platform has a second copy in another zone ready to take over. This is a production resilience feature, not a performance scale-out feature, because the standby does not serve normal read traffic.
PostgreSQL flexible server
fundamentals
5 commands
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Databases
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Npgsql
Npgsql is the PostgreSQL driver that .NET applications commonly use to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The Azure database service hosts and manages the PostgreSQL server; Npgsql is the client-side library that opens connections, sends SQL, reads results, and works with Entity Framework providers. It is not a database server, Azure resource, or firewall rule. It is the bridge between C# code and PostgreSQL behavior, so configuration choices such as connection strings, TLS, pooling, timeouts, and authentication matter.
PostgreSQL connectivity
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
premium
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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Databases
premium
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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Databases
premium
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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Databases
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Database compatibility level
A SQL database setting that controls engine behaviors and query-processing compatibility so applications can move versions without every feature changing at once.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: compatibility level, SQL compatibility level, Azure SQL compatibility level
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Databases
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MySQL database
MySQL database means a named database inside an Azure Database for MySQL server that stores application tables, users, routines, and data objects. You see it when developers create application data boundaries, run migrations, grant access, restore data, or separate tenant and service data. Think of it as the application data boundary inside the managed MySQL server. It matters because the setting changes how teams design, secure, operate, and troubleshoot the workload. Before changing it in production, know the owner, dependency, evidence, expected result, and rollback path.
Azure Database for MySQL
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Databases
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Managed instance database
A managed instance database is a database hosted inside Azure SQL Managed Instance with managed platform operations and SQL Server compatibility features. Teams use it when a workload needs managed SQL operations while keeping instance-level features closer to SQL Server. In plain English, it gives operators a named control for database-level ownership, backup evidence, restore planning, and migration clarity within a managed instance instead of leaving the decision hidden in a portal setting, script, or deployment file. Treat it as production-ready only when the owner, dependencies, permission boundary, monitoring signal, and rollback evidence are clear.
Azure SQL Managed Instance
intermediate
3 commands
Aliases: Managed instance database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
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Databases
complete
SQL contained database user
Microsoft Learn describes contained database users as users that authenticate at the database level rather than through a matching login in the master database. In Azure SQL Database, they can support SQL authentication or Microsoft Entra identities, and the database name must be included in the connection string.
Data platform
intermediate
6 commands
Aliases: contained database user, database-contained user, Azure SQL contained user, CREATE USER FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER
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Databases
verified
Redis Enterprise database
A Redis Enterprise database is the database resource inside a Redis Enterprise cluster. It defines the actual Redis endpoint, port, clustering policy, modules, eviction policy, persistence settings, access-key behavior, and geo-replication links that applications use after the cluster is provisioned.
Data platform
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: RedisEnterprise database, Enterprise database, Redis Enterprise DB
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Databases
complete
Single database
A fully managed Azure SQL Database with its own compute, storage, backup, and service-tier settings under a logical server.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL single database, SQL single database, single Azure SQL database
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Databases
complete
SQL database collation
Microsoft Learn explains that database collation defines the default rules for character data comparison, sorting, case sensitivity, accent sensitivity, and Unicode behavior. A database collation can be specified when creating or modifying a database, but existing column-level collations and stored data are not automatically changed.
Data platform
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: database collation, SQL collation, Azure SQL collation, default database collation
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Databases
complete
SQL database firewall rule
Microsoft Learn describes Azure SQL firewall rules as IP allow rules that must permit traffic before clients can reach a logical server or database. Server-level rules can be managed through Azure tools, while database-level rules are scoped to individual databases and managed with Transact-SQL.
Data platform
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL firewall rule, SQL server firewall rule, database-level firewall rule, SQL IP firewall rule
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Analytics
field-manual-complete
Lake database
A lake database in Azure Synapse Analytics combines database design, metadata, and storage layout for data stored in the lake, helping teams describe structure and query files through shared Spark and serverless SQL metadata without turning the data lake into a traditional database.
Analytics platform
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
premium
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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Databases
premium
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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Analytics
premium
Kusto database
Kusto database is a logical container inside an Azure Data Explorer cluster that holds tables, functions, policies, permissions, and ingestion/query configuration.
Azure Data Explorer database
Intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ADX database, Azure Data Explorer database, Kusto DB
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Analytics
premium
Kusto follower database
Kusto follower database is a read-only database attached from another Azure Data Explorer cluster so consumers can query leader data without copying it.
Azure Data Explorer data sharing
Advanced
5 commands
Aliases: ADX follower database, Azure Data Explorer follower database, followed database
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Management and Governance
premium
Platform baseline
A platform baseline is the minimum set of governance, security, identity, networking, monitoring, and cost controls an Azure environment should inherit before workloads deploy. It sets standard expectations for subscriptions, landing zones, policy assignments, RBAC, logging, tags, and operational ownership across the estate.
Governance operations
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure platform baseline, governance baseline, enterprise platform baseline
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Management and Governance
premium
Platform landing zone
A platform landing zone is the shared Azure foundation that hosts common services for workload landing zones. It commonly includes connectivity, identity integration, management groups, policy, security monitoring, private DNS, logging, and automation so application teams can build on consistent enterprise guardrails.
Governance operations
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure platform landing zone, shared platform landing zone, enterprise-scale platform landing zone
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Monitoring and Observability
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Platform metrics
Platform metrics are numeric measurements that Azure resources emit and Azure Monitor collects at regular intervals. They describe resource health, capacity, utilization, latency, throughput, failures, and dimensions over time, helping operators chart behavior, create alerts, and diagnose service conditions quickly.
Monitoring
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure platform metrics, Azure Monitor platform metrics, resource metrics
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Databases
premium
PostgreSQL database
A named PostgreSQL catalog inside a flexible server that holds schemas, tables, extensions, permissions, and application data.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: PostgreSQL database, postgresql database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL database, database catalog, schema migration, charset, collation
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Databases
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Shared database throughput
Shared database throughput in Azure Cosmos DB means RU/s are provisioned at the database level and shared by containers in that database. Microsoft recommends container-level throughput for most workloads because shared throughput can create unpredictable performance and scale behavior across containers.
Azure Cosmos DB
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Cosmos DB shared database throughput, database-level throughput, shared RU/s database, Cosmos DB database throughput, shared throughput database
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Databases
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Cosmos DB database
An Azure Cosmos DB database is a unit of management for one or more containers within an account and acts as a namespace for child resources.
Cosmos DB
fundamentals
4 commands
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Databases
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Hyperscale database
Hyperscale database is an individual Azure SQL Database configured to use the Hyperscale service tier and its scalable storage and compute architecture.
Azure SQL
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Hyperscale database, hyperscale database, Hyperscale database, Hyperscale SQL database
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Databases
field-manual-complete
Ledger database
Microsoft Learn describes a database ledger as part of SQL ledger, where ledger tables record cryptographic digests and history so organizations can verify protected data was not silently changed and produce evidence of database integrity for audits.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
11 commands
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Databases
verified
Redis database
A Redis database is the keyspace and endpoint an application uses to store Redis keys, values, streams, sets, hashes, and other data structures. In Azure Managed Redis and Redis Enterprise, database settings govern clustering, eviction, access, persistence, and client connectivity inside the managed service.
Azure Managed Redis
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Redis keyspace, Redis DB, Redis cache database
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Analytics
field-manual-complete
Synapse lake database
Synapse lake database is documented by Microsoft as part of the Synapse Analytics area in Azure.
Synapse Analytics
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure Synapse lake database, Synapse database designer, Synapse lake database, lake database, lake-backed database, metadata over data lake, synapse lake database, synapse-lake-database
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Databases
complete
Shared throughput database
A Cosmos DB database whose containers share provisioned request units from one database-level throughput pool.
Cosmos DB
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Cosmos DB shared throughput database, database-level throughput, shared database throughput, database RU/s pool
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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
complete
SQL database copy
Microsoft Learn describes database copy in Azure SQL Database as an operation that creates a new database from an existing database through the portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or Transact-SQL. The copy runs asynchronously, creates the target database after acceptance, and can require login remapping across servers.
Azure SQL
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: database copy, Azure SQL database copy, copy database, SQL DB clone
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Databases
complete
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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Databases
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SQL database import
SQL database import is the Azure SQL workflow that rebuilds a database from a BACPAC file stored in Azure Storage or supplied through tooling.
Azure SQL
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Database import, BACPAC import, SQL import, database import operation
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Databases
verified
Database
A named store of application data, tables, indexes, and metadata.
Database
intermediate
2 commands
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Databases
learning-path-anchor
Table
A table is the basic place where structured data lives in a database. Each row is one record, and each column describes one attribute, such as customer ID, order date, amount, or status. In Azure, tables show up in Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, Synapse dedicated SQL pools, Fabric warehouses, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and...
Database
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: database table, SQL table, relational table, data table
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Databases
learning-path-anchor
Temporary bytes
Disk space used by temporary files created during queries, sorts, hashes, or joins.
PostgreSQL
advanced
4 commands
Aliases: Temporary bytes, temporary bytes, Azure Temporary bytes, temp_bytes, Temporary Files Size, PostgreSQL temporary files
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Monitoring and Observability
learning-path-anchor
Throughput
Throughput is the amount of work a system completes over time, such as requests, messages, bytes, events, or transactions per second. In Azure, teams measure it with service metrics, logs, and capacity settings to judge whether an app, database, storage account, or messaging pipeline can sustain demand.
Performance
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: Throughput, throughput, Azure Throughput, Microsoft Learn Throughput, requests per second, events per second, transactions per second, bytes per second, work completed over time
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Databases
command-rich
Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra is a managed NoSQL database service that supports Cassandra workloads using CQL, drivers, and compatible tooling.
Data platform
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
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Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin
Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin is a managed graph database service for storing, querying, and traversing graph data with the Gremlin language.
Data platform
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
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Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is a managed PostgreSQL service with Citus distributed tables, currently on a retirement path and not recommended for new projects.
Data platform
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
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Cosmos DB for Table
Azure Cosmos DB for Table is a managed NoSQL key-value and table API compatible with Azure Table storage SDKs and tools.
Data platform
intermediate
4 commands
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Databases
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Cosmos DB trigger
Cosmos DB trigger is a registered JavaScript pre-trigger or post-trigger for Cosmos DB for NoSQL operations inside a container. It runs server-side logic around an item operation when application code explicitly asks Cosmos DB to use it. You see it when teams maintain legacy NoSQL scripts, troubleshoot write behavior, or compare triggers with change feed and Azure Functions. The production check is whether the trigger is necessary, explicitly invoked, partition-scoped, tested, and safer than handling the logic in application code. Document the decision in code, templates, metrics, and runbooks.
Azure Cosmos DB
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Databases
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Cosmos DB physical partition
Cosmos DB physical partition means a fully managed internal storage and compute partition that hosts ranges of logical partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to automatic scale-out, replica placement, RU distribution, and operational signals such as hot partition diagnostics. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
Azure Cosmos DB
intermediate
7 commands
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Web
premium
App Service private endpoint
An App Service private endpoint uses Azure Private Link to give an app a private IP address in a virtual network for inbound client access.
App Service Networking
intermediate
6 commands
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Databases
premium
Bulk executor
Bulk executor is the Azure Cosmos DB capability or library pattern for sending many create, update, patch, delete, or import operations efficiently instead of processing documents one at a time.
Data platform
intermediate
6 commands
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Databases
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Conflict resolution
the way Azure Cosmos DB decides the winning version when concurrent writes from multiple regions change the same item or logical record
Data platform
intermediate
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