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1) First we need to create a storage account ,container to place the .BACPAC file in Azure. 2)  In this container we will place the .BACPAC file of Azure SQL database. 3) Create the backup file of Azure SQL Database, below image will tell you. *for bigger images click on the images below, it will pop in new window 4) Sometimes we can also use some other Third party tool   with which we can     take the Azure SQL Database backup and can save it to your local drive. However I have explained here, how to take the Azure SQL Database backup in Azure Portal. 4) Move back to SQL Server from Azure SQL Database and see the progress as mentioned below. 5) After downloading the .BACPAC file from your azure storage to your local drive. You can restore this .BACPAC file into your local SQL Server. Below images are self explanatory.

 To access Azure SQL Database from SSMS through "Active Directory-Universal with MFA Support" authentication please follow the below steps. 1) Create an user Azure Active Directory level with MFA authentication. a) Search Azure Active Directory in market place b) Click add user so you can see the below image. c) Provide initial password and create the user. d) Now in the below image test user has been created 2) Add this test user to Directory Readers and Directory Writers role and also Global Administraor though the below image does not show it you can add it without missing. Please see the image. Chose those two roles and click on Add button and refresh. And choose authentication method too . b) Now you could see test user allocated those two roles. and very important to access Azure Active directory users. c) Now go to authentication provide users or your phone number(if you working at home for practice) after providing the phone number with +91 XXXXXXXXXX click on save b...

The below script will generate backups for all the databases in a single instance. SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @ servername varchar ( 50 ) DECLARE @ databasename varchar ( 50 ) DECLARE @ path VARCHAR ( 50 ) DECLARE @ stmt varchar ( 4000 ) DECLARE @ I INT DECLARE @ Count INT DECLARE @ Databases table (Sno INT IDENTITY ( 1 , 1 ),[Name] varchar ( 50 )) INSERT INTO @ Databases ([Name]) SELECT Name FROM sys.databases WHERE State = 0 and database_id not in ( 2 ) SET @ I = 0 SELECT @ Count = COUNT ( * ) FROM @ Databases SET @ servername = HOST_NAME() --Provide path name here dont give \ in the end. SET @ path = '\\ramesh\LS' WHILE( @ I <@ Count ) BEGIN SET @ I =@ I + 1 SELECT @ databasename = [Name] FROM @ Databases WHERE Sno =@ I SET @ stmt = 'BACKUP DATABASE ' + '[' +@ databasename + ']' + ' TO DISK= ' + '''' +@ path + '\' +@ servername + '_' +@ databasename + '_' + REPLACE (...