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Configure Azure SQL with Failover Groups

Azure SQL includes several features which help protect against outages. Auto-failover groups provide this protection with a range of built-in management capabilities to simplify failover. In this hands-on lab, we'll use the Azure portal to configure an auto-failover group for an existing Azure SQL server. **Scenario** You've recently been employed as a cloud administrator, and you have been asked to address some concerns that were raised during a business continuity audit. Following the audit, you have been asked to implement the following improvements for your Azure SQL service: * Configure replication to improve high availability * Ensure that you can recover promptly in the event of a region-wide disaster * Ensure that failover is automated and includes DNS management

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 03, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create an Azure SQL Logical Server

    In the Azure portal, create a new Azure SQL logical server in a different region from the existing Azure SQL logical server and ensure Authentication method is set to Use SQL Authentication.

  2. Challenge

    Configure Auto-Failover Groups

    In the Azure portal, configure an Azure SQL auto-failover group from the existing Azure SQL logical server to the newly created Azure SQL logical server and select the pre-built testDatabase1 for the Database within the group.

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