Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

However, it's somewhat limited in that it can only operate on Azure SQL Database. Elastic Jobs also requires you to create an Azure SQL Database to manage the jobs.

An Azure subscription An administrative account that has permissions to create a SQL database The AzureRm PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery (Install-Module -Name AzureRm) A resource group ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.