How to get Azure SQL connection string

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How to get Azure SQL database connection string

The Azure SQL connection string is a piece of important information that is required for any application to connect to the Azure SQL database. In this Azure article, we will discuss the steps to get the Azure SQL database connection string.

How to get Azure SQL connection string

It’s easy to get the connection string of your Azure SQL database using the below-mentioned steps.

  1. Login to Azure Portal.
  2. Search for SQL databases and click on the search result SQL databases.
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3. On the SQL databases window, you can see the lists of Azure SQL databases you have created. Click on the specific database for the one you want to find the connection string.

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4. Click on the Connection strings link from the left navigation below.

azure sql connection string example

Click on the ADO.NET tab to see the connection string for ADO.NET, and it will be like below.

Server=tcp:tsinfo.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=TsInfoSQLNewDB;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=rajkishore;Password={your_password};MultipleActiveResultSets=False;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Connection Timeout=30;

Then click on the JDBC tab to see the connection string for JDBC.

jdbc:sqlserver://tsinfo.database.windows.net:1433;database=TsInfoSQLNewDB;user=rajkishore@tsinfo;password={your_password_here};encrypt=true;trustServerCertificate=false;hostNameInCertificate=*.database.windows.net;loginTimeout=30;

Click on the ODBC tab to see the connection string for ODBC.

Driver={ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server};Server=tcp:tsinfo.database.windows.net,1433;Database=TsInfoSQLNewDB;Uid=rajkishore;Pwd={your_password_here};Encrypt=yes;TrustServerCertificate=no;Connection Timeout=30;

Then, if you click on the PHP tab, you will see the connection string for PHP, and it will be like below.

<?php
// PHP Data Objects(PDO) Sample Code:
try {
    $conn = new PDO("sqlsrv:server = tcp:tsinfo.database.windows.net,1433; Database = TsInfoSQLNewDB", "rajkishore", "{your_password_here}");
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
    print("Error connecting to SQL Server.");
    die(print_r($e));
}

// SQL Server Extension Sample Code:
$connectionInfo = array("UID" => "rajkishore", "pwd" => "{your_password_here}", "Database" => "TsInfoSQLNewDB", "LoginTimeout" => 30, "Encrypt" => 1, "TrustServerCertificate" => 0);
$serverName = "tcp:tsinfo.database.windows.net,1433";
$conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionInfo);
?>

Finally, click on the Go tab to see the connection string, and it will be like the below

// Go connection Sample Code:
package main
import (
	_ "github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb"
	"database/sql"
	"context"
	"log"
	"fmt"
	"errors"
)

var db *sql.DB
var server = "tsinfo.database.windows.net"
var port = 1433
var user = "rajkishore"
var password = "<your_password>"
var database = "TsInfoSQLNewDB"

func main() {
	// Build connection string
	connString := fmt.Sprintf("server=%s;user id=%s;password=%s;port=%d;database=%s;",
		server, user, password, port, database)
	var err error
	// Create connection pool
	db, err = sql.Open("sqlserver", connString)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("Error creating connection pool: ", err.Error())
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	err = db.PingContext(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}
	fmt.Printf("Connected!")
}

Azure SQL Database Connection String

We need the Azure SQL Connection String to connect to the Azure SQL Database in the cloud from our local Visual Studio. We need to specify the connection strings in the config file to connect to the Azure SQL Database.

Provider System.Data.SqlClient

Standard

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="MynewConnection"
             connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalogName;User ID={YourUserName};Password={YourPassword};Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Connection Timeout=30"
             providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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MARS enabled

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="MynewConnection"
             connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalogName;User ID={YourUserName};Password={YourPassword};Encrypt=True;Trusted_Connection=False;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;Connection Timeout=30"
             providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
</configuration>
azure sql database connection string

Azure AD Identity With Windows Authentication

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="MynewConnection"
              connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Authentication=Active Directory Integrated;Database=yourdatabasename"
             providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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With Encrypted

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="MynewConnection"
         connectionString="Data Source=YourServerName;Initial Catalog=YourDBName;Integrated Security=true;Column Encryption Setting=enabled;" 
 providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>
azure sql db connection string

Connection Strings For .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server

Standard

connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Database=YourDataBaseName;User ID=YourUserID;Password=YourPassword;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;

MARS enabled

connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Database=YourDataBaseName;User ID=YourUserID;Password=YourPassword;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;

Azure AD Identity With Windows Authentication

connectionString="Server=tcp:YourServerName.database.windows.net,1433;Authentication=Active Directory Integrated;Database=YourdatabaseName;

With Encrypted

Data Source=YourServerName;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalogName;Integrated Security=true;Column Encryption Setting=enabled;

Connection Strings For OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

With SQL Authentication

Provider=MSOLEDBSQL;Data Source=YourServerName;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalog;Authentication=SQLPassword;User ID=YourUserName;Password=YourPassword;Use Encryption for Data=true;

Windows authentication with SSPI

Provider=MSOLEDBSQL;Data Source=YourServerName;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalog;Authentication=ActiveDirectoryIntegrated;Use Encryption for Data=true;

AAD integrated authentication

Provider=MSOLEDBSQL;Data Source=YourServerName;Initial Catalog=YourInitialCatalog;Authentication=ActiveDirectoryIntegrated;Use Encryption for Data=true;

So these are a few lists of Azure SQL Database Connection String.

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Wrapping Up

In this article, we discussed how to find Azure SQL database connection string using the above instructions. I hope this information will help you. Thanks for reading this article !!!