Azure SQL Database limitations
Some of the database and T-SQL limitations in Azure SQL are:
- No Windows authentication on Azure SQL.
- No Extended stored procedures and table partitioning.
- No support for database mirroring and failover clustering.
- No point-in-time restore as in SSMS.
- Does not support Common Language Runtime (CLR) like views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions.
- The
FILETABLE
andFILESTREAM
options are not available in theCREATE DATABASE
command. CREATE LOGIN
andALTER LOGIN
supports limited features.- T-SQL syntax for server-level permissions such as
GRANT
,REVOKE
, andDENY
not supported. - Database diagrams are not available.
- System stored procedure sp_helpuser not available.
- T-SQL debugging.
USE
statement to change database. Create a new connection to that database instead.
Refer the T-SQL differences between SQL Server and Azure SQL Database for a complete reference.
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