The presentation that I had used for Provisioning Azure Virtual Machines for running SQL Server instances during the August SQL Bangalore UG Meet.

1. Amit Banerjee
Senior PFE
Microsoft Corporation
Provisioning SQL Server
Virtual Machines in Azure

2. 2

3. 8/2/2014 3
Name the movie?

4. 8/2/2014 4

5. Training
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6. What does it
take?
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7. If you don’t
deploy on
time?
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8. If you don’t
deploy on
time?
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9. Azure Virtual
Machine
Gallery
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10. 8/2/2014 10

11. 8/2/2014 11

12. What do you
get?
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• Database Engine, Analysis Services, Integration Services
• Reporting Services (configured in Native mode)
• AlwaysOn Availability Groups are available in SQL Server 2012 (or
later) but need additional configuration
• Replication, Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
(Semantic Extractions in SQL Server 2012 or later only)
• Data Quality Services (SQL Server 2012 or later only)
• Master Data Services (SQL Server 2012 or later only), but requires
additional configuration and components.
• PowerPivot for SharePoint is available (SQL Server 2012 or later
only), but requires additional configuration
• All tools
• Client Tools Connectivity, Client Tools SDK, and SQL Client
Connectivity SDK.
• SQL Server Books Online, but requires configuration by using
Help Viewer.

13. Connections
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14. Essentials
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• Configure endpoints (if not done)
• Enable TCP/IP
• Configure the port for TCP protocol
• Setup the WF firewall
• Enabled mixed mode authentication and create
a SQL Authenticated user*
• Configure remote DAC
• Configure Max Server Memory
• Configure MAXDOP

15. What next?
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• Use minimum
Standard Tier A2 for
SQL Server VMs.
• Keep the storage
account and SQL
Server VM in the same
region.
• Disable Azure geo-
replication on the
storage account.
• Avoid using operating
system or temporary
disks for database
storage or logging.
• Avoid using Azure
data disk caching
options (caching policy
= None).
• Stripe multiple Azure
data disks to get
increased IO
throughput.
• Format with
documented allocation
sizes.
.

16. What next?
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• Limit or disable
autogrow on the
database.
• Disable autoshrink on
the database.
• Move all databases to
data disks, including
system databases.
• Move SQL Server error
log and trace file
directories to data
disks.
• Apply SQL Server
performance fixes.
• Setup default
locations.
• Enable locked pages.
• Backup directly to blob
storage.
Separate data and log
file I/O paths to obtain
dedicated IOPs for
data and log.
• Enable database page
compression.
• Enable instant file
initialization for data
files.

17. DEMO
Up above the sky so high!
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18. Resources
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Azure Pricing Calculator
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/pricing/calculator/?scenario=full
Pricing Overview
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/overview/
Getting started with a SQL Server VM on Azure
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn133151.aspx
SQL Server 2014 E-book
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/
04/02/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-sql-server-
2014.aspx
Setting up a SQL Azure VM
http://troubleshootingsql.com/2014/05/30/setting-up-
sql-server-on-azure-for-testing/
Whitepaper: Performance Guidance for SQL Server VMs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn248436.aspx

19. Contact
Information
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