Azure SQL Database Development with VS Code and CI/CD Pipelines

Modern cloud applications demand robust, automated database backends that integrate seamlessly with modern software development workflows. This text-based course guides you from cloud database basics to automated deployment pipelines, enabling you to manage database schemas as code. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational Azure SQL Database concepts, service tiers, and initial provisioning. - Configure database schemas and objects using SQL Database Projects in VS Code. - Implement modern database security controls, including Azure Entra ID authentication and access policies. - Automate database schema deployments using GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines. - Apply declarative database development practices to safely track and version-control changes. Starting with core definitions and cloud architecture basics, this course guides you through schema creation, local development environments, and automated release pipelines. It is designed for developers, database administrators, and cloud engineers new to Azure SQL, requiring no prior cloud database experience. Start reading today to master modern cloud database development and automation.