There appears to be no mention anywhere in the docs about other Microsoft apps that might be updated as part of Azure Update Management.
Will SQL and Exchange receive updates via this route? I don't expect rollup packages, but at least security updates would be good.
Using Update Management in Azure Automation you can manage operating system updates for your Windows and Linux virtual machines or virtual machine scale sets in Azure, physical or VMs in on-premises environments, and in other cloud environments.
As mentioned in the documentation Update management uses external dependencies to deliver there software updates.
As mentioned in the github , if you are using SQL server on azure VM the SQL updates are deployed through Microsoft Update (MU), so you should be able to utilize either (as long as the machine is configured to install 1st party updates).Not sure if the sql solution supports clustering. Specifically, SQL has Cumulative Updates (CUs) that get published to Microsoft Update. Then MU does automated patching.
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In order to avoid doing some overhead work, I decide to use a work-around to upgrade my VM from server 2016 to 2019. The work around was successful and everything is running fine. One hiccup though is that I still see the plan being set to "2016-Datacenter".
(Correct me if I am wrong) So far doing some digging I see that this is set at the create time of the VM; it corresponds to the sku of the image used to build the VM.
My question is, are there any gotchas if the VM is running server 2019 but the plan is set to "2016-Datacenter"
Plan information is metadata Microsoft uses to track Marketplace offers. If you want to create an image in a shared gallery, using a source that was originally created from an Azure Marketplace image like this, you may need to keep track of purchase plan information. You may face issues when you create a VM from the Azure Marketplace image if there is wrong plan information. Read here for more details.
We are able to do an Azure VM in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2019. Here is the step by step process to update the IaaS VM Windows server to Windows Server 2019 for your reference.
However, it's not recommended to do because Microsoft does not support an upgrade of the operating system of an Azure VM.. It prefers to use a clean uninstallation and installation. To work around this issue, create an Azure VM that's running a supported version of an operating system, and then migrate the workload.
I am using SSRS report in my web application now, I want to deploy SSRS report on azure, I found one option using azure VM but its costly as I am using free account, Is there any other option?
Please suggest me the proper way.
Now spinning a SQL Server VM might result in costs way higher than you might expect (due to licenses), so always make sure you run it on a version of SQL Server Developer, which has all the features of the highest SQL edition, but it is free (not to be run in production). See here.
If you use one of the SQL Gallery Images, then you don't need an additional SQL Server license. See Azure VM pricing here
You can try Pay-As-You-Go option
You need to be more specific - the cost of licensing what? Azure SQL Reporting? Virtual Machines? SQL Server licensing?
you would have to set up SSRS somewhere. Azure-hosted VM depends on a lot of factors such as your budget, on-premise infrastructure capacity, overall cloud strategy of your organization.
Licensing - Azure lets you pay directly for VMs that include SSRS. For example you can get SQL Server Standard 2012 (which includes SSRS) on a "Small" Server 2012 vm for about
Using Dynamics 365 for Operation Could VM (deployed in scope of the LCS subscription), there is a requirement to access the SQL DB directly using ODBC connection from excel. Customer is not happy with implementation via Odata or custom service.
Current problem: can't connect to AX DB using ODBC
Please, could You correct me, if I'm wrong: in case there is cloud D365 VM, deployed in scope of the LCS subscription, the VM deployed against client Azure subscription, but VM is hosted on the Microsoft Azure site, thus there is no way to maintain VM from Azure (only RPD connection for non-production systems) and even we manage to open the required port on the VM site, the connection is not able to reach the DB because of Azure environment. Production system is even less manageable as required MS service requests. Following my logic, the appropriate way is to use one of the supported by AX frameworks \ protocols as it's always accessible regardless of system type and etc
You do not have direct SQL connection possibilities for D365fFO production environment located in Azure. Consider to use OData feeds, Logic Apps (MS Flow) or PowerApps (CDS Projects) instead.
If you planning to use direct connection for reporting purposes (read only), you able to configure copying the production DB to Sandbox and to another DB instance sequentually.
Also you able to restore DB on to production environment from Sandbox before Go-Live.
My web project uses an software, which need to be installed on destination PC. So, I have to use Azure VM and no way to use Azure Cloud Service, right?
Also, can I use SQL Azure with Virtual Machine?
You can install any third party software on Azure Web/Worker roles (Cloud Services), as long as the installer supports a quiet/unattemded install from a command line with switches. Learn more how to do this via StartUp tasks here.
As for Azure SQL Database - you can use with any combination of services. Even with on-premises only solution. You have to take care of Firewall rules.
Azure SQL Database tends to be much less expensive than a VM with SQL Server installed. It won't run on a VM but you can access an Azure SQL database from an VM or web application in the same way you access local databases - You just set the connection string to the Azure SQL connection string.
There is an excellent post that can help you with in order to understand how to configure customization with cloud services.
microsoft-azure-cloud-services-part-4-lifecycle-and-customization-of-your-vm
As the link explains there is nothing persisted on a cloud service VM but this is not a limitation instead a good practice which allows easy scaling out by adding more instances if required.
You can use Azure PaaS SQL just like a SQL server installed on a different server then your web server with some limitations. Please have a look at the link below from MSDN to understand these limitations.
sql-database-transact-sql-information
Is there any ability to install a "development environment" for Azure, or a local equivalent that supplies all the same APIs, storage methods etc?
The end game is to not pay for Azure while I'm developing.
Yes, Azure SDK and Tools come with a local emulation environment that closely resembles real Azure and allows one to do most of development without ever deploying a single bit to Azure.
Emulation is provided for Roles and Azure Storage (Tables, Blobs, Queues).
If you need SQL Azure, suggestion is to use regular SQL Server and closely stick to compatible functionality only.
Just go to the Windows Azure page to download the SDK and tools - the installation is streamlined using the Web Platform Installer.
The local simulation environment simulates blobs, tables, and queues, as well as compute instances (although as separate processes, not as separate VM instances). The APIs all work in the local simulation environment.
To use SQL Azure, you'd need a real account. Same thing for the AppFabric services.
Just so you know: you can get a completely free account for 30 days, with SQL Azure, AppFabric services, and a few compute instances. Go to www.windowsazurepass.com, and use promo code DPWE01.
EDIT: Agreed with Igor in his answer: you can develop with SQL Server and then push your database up to SQL Azure. The latest SQL Server Management Studio supports SQL Azure-compatible sql output scripts. As Igor points out, just stick to compatible SQL (which is a very large subset of SQL Server).
The SDK is the way to go, but note, deploying worker role instances can be quite a bit more complicated, but testing locally once the SDK is installed, is fairly straight forward.