To get started, we will need an instance of an Azure SQL server and a database. You can do this really quickly using the Azure CLI and the following commands. What we are doing here is creating an Azure SQL Server with the az sql server create command and then creating a SQL database with the az sql db create command:
$ az sql server create -g <rg-name> -n <server-name> -l westeurope -u <admin-username> -p <admin-password>
$ az sql db create -n c<db-name> -g <rg-name> -s <server-name>
Make sure your password does not contain your admin login – Azure will prevent you from creating an Azure SQL server that does not satisfy that policy.
Once your server and database have been created, we can focus on understanding and implementing proper backup policies.
