SDU Tools: Create a linked server to Azure SQL Database from SQL Server
When I need to move small amounts of data between an on-premises SQL Server system and an Azure SQL Database, or run queries that involve both systems, the easiest option at present is to create a linked server to Azure SQL Database.
And the easiest way to do that (or if you can’t remember the commands) is with one of our free SDU Tools for developers and DBAs, called CreateLinkedServerToAzureSQLDatabase. You can read it to check out the code, or use it like this:
2018-06-27