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How to replicate data from SQL Server to Azure database?
With a SQL Managed Instance publisher, you can also use a database backup to seed the Azure SQL Database subscriber. Use transactional replication to replicate data from a SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database. Redirect the client or middle-tier applications to update the database copy.
Can you configure replication in Azure portal?
You cannot configure replication by using the Azure portal. Replication can only use SQL Server authentication logins to connect to Azure SQL Database. Replicated tables must have a primary key.
What does not for replication do on identity column?
Replication sets the NOT FOR REPLICATION option on the identity column at the Subscriber, so that only user inserts cause the value to be incremented at the Subscriber. Note. Subscribers must synchronize with the Publisher to receive new ranges.
How is the identity property used in azure?
You can use the IDENTITY property to achieve this goal simply and effectively without affecting load performance. In Azure Synapse Analytics, the IDENTITY value increases on its own in each distribution and does not overlap with IDENTITY values in other distributions.
Can you use transactional replication in SQL Server?
This article describes the use of transactional replication in Azure SQL Database. It is unrelated to active geo-replication, an Azure SQL Database feature that allows you to create complete readable replicas of individual databases. Azure SQL Database can only be the push subscriber of a SQL Server publisher and distributor.
How to migrate multiple databases into one azure database?
I want to migrate all of my databases into one Azure SQL database. All of my databases have the same schema, and I want to generate some generic method or code to do it automatically. For every database, it will create a new schema in the Azure SQL, and create all of the databases into that schema and copy all the data into it.