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Can you use Azure AD with service principal?
Using an Azure AD application with service principal from another Azure AD tenant will fail when accessing SQL Database or SQL Managed Instance created in a different tenant. A service principal assigned to this application must be from the same tenant as the SQL logical server or Managed Instance.
How to connect Azure AD service to SQL DB?
Using SSMS to connect to SQL DB (e.g. “test”) as an Azure AD user with proper Azure AD permissions (e.g. Azure AD admin for SQL DB), create an application user from step 1 above. Execute the T-SQL statement create user command “create user [app display name] from external provider”. create user [debugapp] from external provider.
How does Azure Active Directory work with SQL?
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) supports user creation in Azure SQL Database (SQL DB) on behalf of Azure AD applications (service principals). This functionality is already supported for SQL Managed Instance. This article applies to applications that are integrated with Azure AD, and are part of Azure AD registration.
How does Azure AD authentication work in SQL?
Azure AD authentication uses identities in Azure AD to access Azure SQL data sources such as Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Synapse Analytics. The Microsoft.Data.SqlClient namespace allows client applications to specify Azure AD credentials in different authentication modes when they’re connecting to Azure SQL Database.
How to connect SQL Server to Azure AD server?
Once the Azure AD server principal (login) has been created, and provided with sysadmin privileges, that login can create additional logins using the FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER clause with CREATE LOGIN. Connect to the managed instance with the Azure AD server principal (login), using SQL Server Management Studio.
How to connect to SQL Server with Active Directory?
This article provides information on how to develop Java applications that use the Azure Active Directory authentication feature with the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server. You can use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication, which is a mechanism of connecting to Azure SQL Database v12 using identities in Azure Active Directory.
Can a sysadmin be an admin in azure ad server?
The sysadmin server role can be granted to many Azure AD server principals (logins) within a managed instance. Log into the managed instance again, or use the existing connection with the Azure AD admin or SQL principal that is a sysadmin.