A couple of months ago Microsoft announced a new Hybrid Cloud feature called Azure Arc enabled SQL Server. Azure Arc enabled SQL Server allows you to manage your global inventory of SQL servers, protect SQL Server instances with Azure Security Center or periodically assess and tune the health of your SQL Server configurations. In this blog post, we will cover how you can add SQL Server to Azure Management using Azure Arc. Prerequisites Before you add an Azure Arc enabled SQL Server, you need to prepare the following prerequisites: A virtual or physical machine running SQL Server. The machine hosting