Platform deployment and management for SQL Server in Azure
DevOps and infrastructure as code have been trending in IT development and operations processes for the last several years, enabling developers and operations teams to write code to define the desired state of the infrastructure needed to support applications. Infrastructure as code-based solutions enable developers and operations teams to build repeatable and tested solutions. To enable these processes and scenarios, Microsoft provides the Azure CLI24 and Azure PowerShell25 (the PowerShell Az module). These tools are the foundation for any programmatic interaction with Azure and are available on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Docker.
You can build custom solutions with both the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell at the command line using imperative techniques, where you execute the commands necessary to build the Azure infrastructure and resources requested. However, to really enable infrastructure as code, you will need to use a...