Quickstart: Create Azure SQL Managed Instance

Sign in to the Azure portal

To create your instance in the Azure portal, you'll first need to sign into the Azure portal, and then fill out the information on the Create Azure SQL Managed Instance page.

To create your instance, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. Select Azure SQL on the left menu of the Azure portal. If Azure SQL isn't in the list, select All services, and then enter Azure SQL in the search box.

3. Select + Create to open the Select SQL deployment option page. You can view additional information about Azure SQL Managed Instance by selecting Show details on the SQL managed instances tile.

4. Choose Singe instance from the dropdown and then select Create to open the Create Azure SQL Managed Instance page.

   

Basics tab

Fill out mandatory information required on the Basics tab, which is the minimum requirement to provision a SQL Managed Instance.

The following table provides details for the required information on the Basics tab:

Under Managed Instance details, select Configure Managed Instance in the Compute + storage section to open the Compute + storage page.

The following table provides recommendations for the compute and storage for your sample SQL Managed Instance:

Once you've designated your Compute + Storage configuration, use Apply to save your settings, and navigate back to the Create Azure SQL Managed Instance page. Select Next to move to the Networking tab

Networking tab

Fill out optional information on the Networking tab. If you omit this information, the portal will apply default settings.

The following table provides details for information on the Networking tab:

Select Review + create to review your choices before you create a managed instance. Or, configure security settings by selecting Next: Security settings.

Security tab

For the purpose of this quickstart, leave the settings on the Security tab at their default values.

Select Review + create to review your choices before you create a managed instance. Or, configure more custom settings by selecting Next: Additional settings.

Additional settings

Fill out optional information on the Additional settings tab. If you omit this information, the portal applies default settings.

The following table provides details for information on the Additional settings tab:

Select Review + create to review your choices before you create a managed instance. Or, configure Azure Tags by selecting Next: Tags (recommended).

Tags

Add tags to resources in your Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template). Tags help you logically organize your resources. The tag values show up in cost reports and allow for other management activities by tag. Consider at least tagging your new SQL Managed Instance with the Owner tag to identify who created, and the Environment tag to identify whether this system is Production, Development, etc. For more information, see Develop your naming and tagging strategy for Azure resources.

Select Review + create to proceed.

Review + create

On the Review + create tab, review your choices, and then select Create to deploy your managed instance.

Monitor deployment progress

1. Select the Notifications icon to view the status of the deployment.

   

2. Select Deployment in progress in the notification to open the SQL Managed Instance window and further monitor the deployment progress.

Once deployment completes, navigate to your resource group to view your managed instance:

Use PowerShell to create your instance. For details, review Create SQL Managed Instance with PowerShell.

First, set your variables:

$NSnetworkModels = "Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Network.Models"
$NScollections = "System.Collections.Generic"

Connect-AzAccount
# The SubscriptionId in which to create these objects
$SubscriptionId = ''
# Set the resource group name and location for your managed instance
$resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup-$(Get-Random)"
$location = "eastus2"
# Set the networking values for your managed instance
$vNetName = "myVnet-$(Get-Random)"
$vNetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/16"
$defaultSubnetName = "myDefaultSubnet-$(Get-Random)"
$defaultSubnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/24"
$miSubnetName = "MISubnet-$(Get-Random)"
$miSubnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/24"
#Set the managed instance name for the new managed instance
$instanceName = "mi-name-$(Get-Random)"
# Set the admin login and password for your managed instance
$miAdminSqlLogin = "SqlAdmin"
$miAdminSqlPassword = "ChangeThisPassword!!"
# Set the managed instance service tier, compute level, and license mode
$edition = "General Purpose"
$vCores = 8
$maxStorage = 256
$computeGeneration = "Gen5"
$license = "LicenseIncluded" #"BasePrice" or LicenseIncluded if you have don't have SQL Server licence that can be used for AHB discount
$dbname = 'SampleDB'

Next, create your resource group:

# Set subscription context
$subscriptionContextParams = @{
    SubscriptionId = $SubscriptionId
}
Set-AzContext @subscriptionContextParams

# Create a resource group
$resourceGroupParams = @{
    Name = $resourceGroupName
    Location = $location
    Tag = @{Owner="SQLDB-Samples"}
}
$resourceGroup = New-AzResourceGroup @resourceGroupParams

After that, create your virtual network:

# Configure virtual network, subnets, network security group, and routing table
$networkSecurityGroupParams = @{
    Name = 'myNetworkSecurityGroupMiManagementService'
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    Location = $location
}
$networkSecurityGroupMiManagementService = New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup @networkSecurityGroupParams

$routeTableParams = @{
    Name = 'myRouteTableMiManagementService'
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    Location = $location
}
$routeTableMiManagementService = New-AzRouteTable @routeTableParams

$virtualNetworkParams = @{
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    Location = $location
    Name = $vNetName
    AddressPrefix = $vNetAddressPrefix
}

$virtualNetwork = New-AzVirtualNetwork @virtualNetworkParams

$subnetConfigParams = @{
    Name = $miSubnetName
    VirtualNetwork = $virtualNetwork
    AddressPrefix = $miSubnetAddressPrefix
    NetworkSecurityGroup = $networkSecurityGroupMiManagementService
    RouteTable = $routeTableMiManagementService
}

$subnetConfig = Add-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig @subnetConfigParams | Set-AzVirtualNetwork

$virtualNetwork = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name $vNetName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

$subnet= $virtualNetwork.Subnets[0]

# Create a delegation
$subnet.Delegations = New-Object "$NScollections.List``1[$NSnetworkModels.PSDelegation]"
$delegationName = "dgManagedInstance" + (Get-Random -Maximum 1000)
$delegationParams = @{
    Name = $delegationName
    ServiceName = "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances"
}
$delegation = New-AzDelegation @delegationParams
$subnet.Delegations.Add($delegation)

Set-AzVirtualNetwork -VirtualNetwork $virtualNetwork

$miSubnetConfigId = $subnet.Id

$allowParameters = @{
    Access = 'Allow'
    Protocol = 'Tcp'
    Direction= 'Inbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = 'VirtualNetwork'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}
$denyInParameters = @{
    Access = 'Deny'
    Protocol = '*'
    Direction = 'Inbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = '*'
    DestinationPortRange = '*'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}
$denyOutParameters = @{
    Access = 'Deny'
    Protocol = '*'
    Direction = 'Outbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = '*'
    DestinationPortRange = '*'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}

$networkSecurityGroupParams = @{
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    Name = "myNetworkSecurityGroupMiManagementService"
}

$networkSecurityGroup = Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup @networkSecurityGroupParams

$allowRuleParams = @{
    Access = 'Allow'
    Protocol = 'Tcp'
    Direction = 'Inbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = 'VirtualNetwork'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}

$denyInRuleParams = @{
    Access = 'Deny'
    Protocol = '*'
    Direction = 'Inbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = '*'
    DestinationPortRange = '*'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}

$denyOutRuleParams = @{
    Access = 'Deny'
    Protocol = '*'
    Direction = 'Outbound'
    SourcePortRange = '*'
    SourceAddressPrefix = '*'
    DestinationPortRange = '*'
    DestinationAddressPrefix = '*'
}

$networkSecurityGroup |
    Add-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig @allowRuleParams -Priority 1000 -Name "allow_tds_inbound" -DestinationPortRange 1433 |
    Add-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig @allowRuleParams -Priority 1100 -Name "allow_redirect_inbound" -DestinationPortRange 11000-11999 |
    Add-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig @denyInRuleParams -Priority 4096 -Name "deny_all_inbound" |
    Add-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig @denyOutRuleParams -Priority 4096 -Name "deny_all_outbound" |
    Set-AzNetworkSecurityGroup

And finally, create your instance:

# Create credentials
$secpassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $miAdminSqlPassword -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList @($miAdminSqlLogin, $secpassword)

$managedInstanceParams = @{
    Name = $instanceName
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    Location = $location
    SubnetId = $miSubnetConfigId
    AdministratorCredential = $credential
    StorageSizeInGB = $maxStorage
    VCore = $vCores
    Edition = $edition
    ComputeGeneration = $computeGeneration
    LicenseType = $license
}

New-AzSqlInstance @managedInstanceParams

Use the Azure CLI to create your instance. For details, review Create SQL Managed Instance with the Azure CLI.

First, set your variables:

# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="East US"
resourceGroup="msdocs-azuresql-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="create-managed-instance"
vNet="msdocs-azuresql-vnet-$randomIdentifier"
subnet="msdocs-azuresql-subnet-$randomIdentifier"
nsg="msdocs-azuresql-nsg-$randomIdentifier"
route="msdocs-azuresql-route-$randomIdentifier"
instance="msdocs-azuresql-instance-$randomIdentifier"
login="azureuser"
password="Pa$$w0rD-$randomIdentifier"
dbname="SampleDB"

echo "Using resource group $resourceGroup with login: $login, password: $password..."

Next, create your resource group:

echo "Creating $resourceGroup in $location..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tags $tag

After that, create your virtual network:

echo "Creating $vNet with $subnet..."
az network vnet create --name $vNet --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location" --address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/16
az network vnet subnet create --name $subnet --resource-group $resourceGroup --vnet-name $vNet --address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --delegations Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances

echo "Creating $nsg..."
az network nsg create --name $nsg --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location"

az network nsg rule create --name "allow_management_inbound" --nsg-name $nsg --priority 100 --resource-group $resourceGroup --access Allow --destination-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --destination-port-ranges 9000 9003 1438 1440 1452 --direction Inbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes "*" --source-port-ranges "*"
az network nsg rule create --name "allow_misubnet_inbound" --nsg-name $nsg --priority 200 --resource-group $resourceGroup --access Allow --destination-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --destination-port-ranges "*" --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --source-port-ranges "*"
az network nsg rule create --name "allow_health_probe_inbound" --nsg-name $nsg --priority 300 --resource-group $resourceGroup --access Allow --destination-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --destination-port-ranges "*" --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes AzureLoadBalancer --source-port-ranges "*"
az network nsg rule create --name "allow_management_outbound" --nsg-name $nsg --priority 1100 --resource-group $resourceGroup --access Allow --destination-address-prefixes AzureCloud --destination-port-ranges 443 12000 --direction Outbound --protocol Tcp --source-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --source-port-ranges "*"
az network nsg rule create --name "allow_misubnet_outbound" --nsg-name $nsg --priority 200 --resource-group $resourceGroup --access Allow --destination-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --destination-port-ranges "*" --direction Outbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/24 --source-port-ranges "*"

echo "Creating $route..."
az network route-table create --name $route --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location"

az network route-table route create --address-prefix 0.0.0.0/0 --name "primaryToMIManagementService" --next-hop-type Internet --resource-group $resourceGroup --route-table-name $route
az network route-table route create --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/24 --name "ToLocalClusterNode" --next-hop-type VnetLocal --resource-group $resourceGroup --route-table-name $route

echo "Configuring $subnet with $nsg and $route..."
az network vnet subnet update --name $subnet --network-security-group $nsg --route-table $route --vnet-name $vNet --resource-group $resourceGroup

And finally, create your instance:

# This step will take awhile to complete. You can monitor deployment progress in the activity log within the Azure portal.
echo "Creating $instance with $vNet and $subnet..."
az sql mi create --admin-password $password --admin-user $login --name $instance --resource-group $resourceGroup --subnet $subnet --vnet-name $vNet --location "$location"

To create a new database for your instance in the Azure portal, follow these steps:

1. Go to your SQL managed instance in the Azure portal.

2. Select + New database on the Overview page for your SQL managed instance to open the Create Azure SQL Managed Database page.

   

3. Provide a name for the database on the Basics tab.

4. On the Data source tab, select None for an empty database, or restore a database from backup.

5. Configure the remaining settings on the remaining tabs, and then select Review + create to validate your choices.

6. Use Create to deploy your database.

Use PowerShell to create your database:

$databaseParams = @{
    ResourceGroupName = $resourceGroupName
    InstanceName = $instanceName
    Name = $dbname
    Collation = 'Latin1_General_100_CS_AS_SC'
}

New-AzSqlInstanceDatabase @databaseParams

Use the Azure CLI to create your database:

az sql midb create -g $resourceGroup --mi $instance -n $dbname --collation Latin1_General_100_CS_AS_SC