When was the last time you reviewed your password policy? It's probably time to update, and Microsoft Azure has a good tool to set up and manage that policy.

The clock is ticking on Microsoft’s Extended Support for SQL Server 2008/R2, unless you migrate to the Azure cloud. Here’s how ...

Although this next step might have been set for other reasons, you must have a server firewall rule setup to allow incoming SQL connections from your client to your Azure SQL database.