SQL Server 2012 Virtual Machine in the Cloud - Connect

In the previous post, we created a virtual machine from the gallery in Azure with a trial version of SQL Server 2012 preinstalled on it. You can connect to the machine via a remote connection and perform administrative tasks, including administering SQL Server, because it initially has all the necessary components, including SSMS. On the practical side, the most common are not pure cloud, but hybrid scenarios, when data is partly stored in the Cloud, and partly in the on-premise database. For their joint processing, you will need to “match” the newly created SQL Server in Azure with the on-premise SQL Server. For a start, it would be nice to see SQL Server on a virtual VM from a local SSMS.

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