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Scenario: Authenticate database users by using Active Directory credentials.

The configuration steps include the following procedures to configure and use Azure Active Directory authentication.

Create and populate Azure AD.

Optional: Associate or change the active directory that is currently associated with your Azure Subscription.

Create an Azure Active Directory administrator. (Step 1)

Configure your client computers.

Create contained database users in your database mapped to Azure AD identities. (Step 2)

Connect to your database by using Azure AD identities. (Step 3)

Automating Azure SQL DB index and statistics maintenance using Azure Automation:

1. Create Azure automation account (Step 1)

2. Import SQLServer module (Step 2)

3. Add Credentials to access SQL DB

This will use secure way to hold login name and password that will be used to access Azure SQL DB

4. Add a runbook to run the maintenance (Step 3)

Steps: 1. Click on "runbooks" at the left panel and then click "add a runbook"

2. Choose "create a new runbook" and then give it a name and choose "Powershell" as the type of the runbook and then click on "create"

5. Schedule task (Step 4)

Steps:1. Click on Schedules2. Click on "Add a schedule" and follow the instructions to choose existing schedule or create a new schedule.

Scenario: Authenticate database users by using Active Directory credentials.

(Create a new Azure SQL database named ResearchDB1 on a logical server named ResearchSrv01.)

Authenticate the user in SQL Database or SQL Data Warehouse based on an Azure Active Directory user:

CREATE USER [Fritz@contoso.com] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;