How to create a MySQL Database Server and Database in Azure Cloud
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS). Azure handles database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and monitoring and we do not need to worry about these operations. In this article, we will see how to create an SQL database, connect to it, create a table in it and delete it at the end.
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