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Lesson Learned #505: Verifying IP Resolution in Azure SQL Database in Private Link

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Jose_Manuel_Jurado
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Jul 02, 2024
This last week, I worked on two service requests that our customers got the following error message: (Reason: An instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Connec...
Published Jul 02, 2024
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VladDBA
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Jul 02, 2024

One would expect Microsoft to provide code examples that don't rely on hard-coded credentials.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone copy-pastes this into their projects, leaves their database credentials in there by accident and then commits it to their repo.