Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio Database Diagrams SoftwareSQL Server Images Available in Azure Virtual Machine Gallery. The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine gallery includes several images that contain Microsoft SQL Server. The software installed on the virtual machine images varies based on the version of the operating system and the version of SQL Server. The list of images available in the Azure virtual machine gallery changes frequently. The following Power. Shell script returns the list of Azure images that contain SQL Server in the Image. Name assumes you have already uploaded a management certificate to your Microsoft Azure Subscription. View the thumbprint value from the Subscriptions menu in Azure portal. ID REQUIRED Provide your subscription ID. Name REQUIRED Provide your subscription name. Print REQUIRED Provide your certificate thumbprint. Get Item cert currentusermythumb. Print REQUIRED If your certificate is in a different store, provide it here. Ser store is the one specified with the ss parameter on Make. Cert. Set Azure. Subscription Subscription. Name subscription. Name Certificate certificate Subscription. ID subscription. ID. Write Host foregroundcolor green List of available gallery images where imagename contains 2. Write Host foregroundcolor green. Image. Name Like SQL Server 2. Write Host foregroundcolor green List of available gallery images where imagename contains 2. Write Host foregroundcolor green. Image. Name Like QL Server 2. For more information on editions and features supported by SQL Server, see the following BI Features Installed on the SQL Server Virtual Machine Gallery Images. The following table summarizes the Business Intelligence features installed on the common Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine gallery images for SQL Server SQL Server 2. SP1 Enterprise. SQL Server 2. SP1 Standard. SQL Server 2. SP2 Enterprise. SQL Server 2. SP2 Standard. SQL Server 2. SP3 Enterprise. SQL Server 2. SP3 Standard. SQL Server BI Feature. Installed on the gallery image. Notes. Reporting Services Native Mode. Yes. Installed but requires configuration, including the report manager URL. See the section Configure Reporting Services. Reporting Services Share. Point Mode. No. The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine gallery image does not include Share. Point or Share. Point installation files. Analysis Services Multidimensional and Data mining OLAPYes. Installed and configured as the default Analysis Services instance. Analysis Services Tabular. No. Supported in SQL Server 2. Install another instance of Analysis Services. See the section Install other SQL Server Services and features in this topic. Analysis Services Power Pivot for Share. Point. No. The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine gallery image does not include Share. Point or Share. Point installation files. For additional information on Share. Point and Azure virtual machines, see Microsoft Azure Architectures for Share. Point 2. 01. 3 and Share. Point Deployment on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. Run the following Power. Shell command to get a list of installed services that contain SQL in the service name. Where Object. Display. Name like QL Select Display. Name, status, servicetype, dependentservices format Table Auto. Size. General Recommendations and Best Practices. The minimum recommended size for a virtual machine is A3 when using SQL Server Enterprise Edition. The A4 virtual machine size is recommended for SQL Server BI deployments of Analysis Services and Reporting Services. For information on the current VM sizes, see Virtual Machine Sizes for Azure. A best practice for disk management is to store data, log, and backup files on drives other than C and D. For example, create data disks E and F. The drive caching policy for the default drive C is not optimal for working with data. The D drive is a temporary drive that is used primarily for the page file. The D drive is not persisted and is not saved in blob storage. Management tasks such as a change to the virtual machine size reset the D drive. It is recommended to NOT use the D drive for database files, including tempdb. For more information on creating and attaching disks, see How to Attach a Data Disk to a Virtual Machine. Stop or uninstall services you do not plan to use. For example if the virtual machine is only used for Reporting Services, stop or uninstall Analysis Services and SQL Server Integration Services. The following image is an example of the services that are started by default. Note. The SQL Server database engine is required in the supported BI scenarios. In a single server VM topology, the database engine is required to be running on the same VM. For more information, see the following Uninstall Reporting Services and Uninstall an Instance of Analysis Services. Check Windows Update for new Important updates. The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine images are frequently refreshed however important updates could become available from Windows Update after the VM image was last refreshed. Example Deployment Topologies. The following are example deployments that use Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. The topologies in these diagrams are only some of the possible topologies you can use with SQL Server BI features and Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. Single Virtual Machine. Analysis Services, Reporting Services, SQL Server Database Engine, and data sources on a single virtual machine. Two Virtual Machines. Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and the SQL Server Database Engine on a single virtual machine. This deployment includes the report server databases.