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Published inJul 2018
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Ahmad Osama
Ahmad Osama
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Ahmad Osama

Ahmad Osama works for Pitney Bowes Pvt. Ltd. as a technical architect and is a former Microsoft Data Platform MVP. In his day job, he works on developing and maintaining high performant, on-premises and cloud SQL Server OLTP environments as well as deployment and automating tasks using PowerShell. When not working, Ahmad blogs at DataPlatformLabs and can be found glued to his Xbox.
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Access Control


Azure SQL Database limits access to the database through firewall rules, which are authentication techniques which require users to log in to the database with a valid username and password. Azure SQL Database further controls access to the underlying data through role-based permissions and Row-Level security. We'll now look into different access control methods in detail.

Firewall Rules

Azure SQL Database uses firewall rules to limit access to authorized IPs and block access to unauthorized IPs. It's the first level of access control provided by Azure SQL Database. The firewall rules can be created at the server-level and at the database-level.

When a SQL database is provisioned, it's inaccessible to everyone. To make it accessible, you would first need to add a server-level firewall rule. A firewall allows an IP or range of IP addresses to connect to an Azure SQL Database. You can then create database firewall rules to enable certain clients to access individual secure...

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Published in: Jul 2018Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781789538854

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Ahmad Osama

Ahmad Osama works for Pitney Bowes Pvt. Ltd. as a technical architect and is a former Microsoft Data Platform MVP. In his day job, he works on developing and maintaining high performant, on-premises and cloud SQL Server OLTP environments as well as deployment and automating tasks using PowerShell. When not working, Ahmad blogs at DataPlatformLabs and can be found glued to his Xbox.
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