Educational SQL resources
Tutorials, quickstarts, and other educational resources meant to teach you to work with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.
SQL Server
Training
Quickstart
- Connect & query with SSMS
 - Writing Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
 - Extended events
 - Backup & restore on-premises
 - Backup & restore to Azure Blob Storage
 
Tutorial
- Availability group
 - Transactional replication
 - Merge replication
 - Create in-memory table
 - Sign stored procedure with certificate
 - Azure Blob Storage
 - Database tuning advisor
 
Architecture
SQL Server on Azure VM (IaaS)
Quickstart
How-To Guide
Azure SQL Database (PaaS)
Training
- Choose data storage approach
 - Secure SQL Database
 - Geographically distributed app
 - ASP.NET App to query SQL Database
 
Quickstart
Tutorial
SQL Server on Linux
Training
Quickstart
Tutorial
Azure SQL Managed Instance (PaaS)
Quickstart
- Create instance with portal
 - Create instance with PowerShell
 - Create instance pool
 - Configure public endpoint
 - Connect a client VM
 - Configure point-to-site connection
 - Restore database backup