PREREQUISITES: You must have created your SQL server in Azure SQL and have an empty database. For more information, see Quickstart: Create an Azure SQL database in the Azure portal
You can find the fully qualified DNS name in the following way:
<add dbType="SqlAzure" name="Sitefinity" connectionString="Server=<serverName>.database.windows.net;User ID=<userName>@<serverName>;Password=<password>;Database=<databaseName>; Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
NOTE: For Sitefinity CMS to function normally with Azure SQL, set the dbType attribute to SqlAzure.
RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that you keep the Visual Studio solution for future purposes, such as upgrade.
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