Figure 2. Successful Azure PowerShell Connection Output. Although this next step might have been set for other reasons, you must have a server firewall rule setup to allow incoming SQL connections ...

To connect Windows Server machines to Azure, you can either use Azure Arc, Microsoft PowerShell, or Windows Admin Center. Check out this guide to know more.

All necessary components are included to connect to Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and much more, enabling replication from and into all supported on-premise platforms.

Azure SQL Options Microsoft last year explained Azure Arc deployment options for Azure SQL Server in this announcement, which included the following useful diagram: [Click on image for larger view.] ...