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Cloud SQL for SQL Server documentation

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Cloud SQL for SQL Server is a managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your SQL Server databases on Google Cloud. For information specific to Microsoft SQL Server, see the SQL Server documentation. Learn more

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Guides

  • Create instances

  • Connection Overview

  • Enable and disable high availability on an instance

  • Create and manage SQL Server databases

  • Create and manage SQL Server users

  • Exporting and importing using BAK files

  • Export and import using SQL dump files

  • Create backups

  • Configure database flags

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  • cloud sql command-line

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  • Use the Cloud SQL Admin API

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  • Authorize requests

  • Configure VPC Service Controls

  • Client libraries and sample code for Cloud SQL

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Creating a SQL Server instance integrated with Active Directory using Google Cloud SQL

This blog post describes the basic steps required to create a SQL Server instance integrated with Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory.

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Migrating data from SQL Server 2017 to Cloud SQL for SQL Server using snapshot replication

Shows how to migrate data from Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise running on Compute Engine to Cloud SQL for SQL Server 2017 Enterprise.

Migration Replication

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Migrating data between SQL Server 2008 and Cloud SQL for SQL Server using backup files

Shows how to migrate data from SQL Server 2008 to Cloud SQL for SQL Server 2017 Enterprise.

Migration

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Data residency overview

Learn how to use Cloud SQL to enforce data residency requirements for data.

Data residency data

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Use Secret Manager to handle secrets in Cloud SQL

Learn how to use Secret Manager to store sensitive information about Cloud SQL instances and users as secrets.

Secret Manager secret

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Code Samples

Python SQLAlchemy

Use SQLAlchemy with your Cloud SQL for SQL Server database

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Code Samples

Node.js sample

Connecting to your Cloud SQL for SQL Server database in Node.js

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PHP PDO

Connecting your Cloud SQL for SQL Server database using PHP PDO

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Code Samples

Go web app sample

Simple examples of connecting to Cloud SQL for SQL Server using Go

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Code Samples

Terraform for Cloud SQL networking

Use Terraform to create Cloud SQL for SQL Server instances with private networking options.

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Code Samples

.NET sample

This sample application demonstrates how to store data in Google Cloud SQL with a SQL Server database when running in Google App Engine Flexible Environment.

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