Quickstart: Connect to Cloud SQL for SQL Server using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy

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Cloud SQL editions overview
Cloud SQL for SQL Server features
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Get started
Quickstart: Create and query a database in the Cloud Console
Create an instance in a private network and then import a database
Connect from a Cloud Service
Quickstart: Connect using private IP
Quickstart: Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth proxy
Quickstart: Connect from your local computer
Plan and prepare
Overview
Choose a Cloud SQL edition
Choose a machine series
Choose a storage option
Region availability
Data cache overview
Create and manage
Instances
- Create instances
- Edit instances
- Clone instances
- Start, stop, and restart instances
- Label instances
- Delete instances
- Prevent deletion of an instance
- Supported instance settings
- View instance information
- Configure database flags
- Manage instance locations
- Manage connectivity tests
- Manage capacity
  - About storage shrink
  - Shrink instance storage capacity
- Manage maintenance updates
- Upgrade
  - Upgrade an instance to Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus edition
    Upgrade an instance by using in-place upgrade
  - Upgrade an instance to the new network architecture
  - Upgrade the database major version
    Upgrade the database major version in-place
    Upgrade the database major version by migrating data
- Use best practices
  - General best practices
  - Operational guidelines
Databases
- Create and manage databases
- Manage the tempdb database
- Data virtualization using PolyBase
- Linked servers
  - About linked servers
  - Manage linked servers
Users
- About SQL Server users
- Cloud SQL built-in database authentication
- Create and manage users
- Managed Microsoft AD in Cloud SQL
- Customer-managed Microsoft AD in Cloud SQL
  - Customer-managed Active Directory overview
  - Use customer-managed Active Directory
Cloud SQL Studio
- Manage your data using Cloud SQL Studio
- Write SQL with Gemini Assistance
Manage your resources using Knowledge Catalog
Secure and control access
Overview
- About access control
- Data residency overview
Use Secret Manager to handle secrets in Cloud SQL
Organization policies
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Integration with Microsoft Entra ID
Fine-grained access control with tags
- Access control with Google Cloud tags
- Attach and manage tags on Cloud SQL instances
Use encryption
Use Cloud SQL regional endpoints
Configure VPC Service Controls
Connect
Choose how to connect to Cloud SQL
Authorize with authorized networks
Connect to an instance using public IP
- Configure public IP
Connect to an instance using private IP
Connect using SSL/TLS certificates
Connect using Cloud SQL Language Connectors
- Cloud SQL Language Connectors overview
- Connect using the Cloud SQL Language Connectors
Connect using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Connect from applications
Connect to an instance from outside its VPC
SQL Server integrations
- SQL Server Integration Services
Replicate
About replication in Cloud SQL
Create and manage replicas
- Create read replicas
- Manage read replicas
- Promote replicas for regional migration or disaster recovery
- Replication lag
- Create and manage read pools
  - About read pools
  - Create a read pool
Configure external replicas
Enable change data capture (CDC)
About data migration in Cloud SQL
Availability and disaster recovery (DR)
Availability in Cloud SQL
About high availability (HA)
Enable and disable high availability (HA)
About disaster recovery (DR)
Use advanced disaster recovery (DR)
Back up and restore
Back up an instance
Restore an instance
Import and export
Best practices for importing and exporting data
Export and import using SQL dump files
Export and import using BAK files
Cancel the import and export of data
Check the status of import and export operations
Develop
Build generative AI applications using Cloud SQL
- Integrate Cloud SQL with Vertex AI
Build LLM-powered applications using LangChain
Use Cloud SQL for SQL Server with agents
Use the Cloud SQL remote MCP server
Best practices for securing agent interactions with MCP
Use saved queries
- Overview
- Create and manage saved queries
Monitor and optimize
About database observability
Monitor and troubleshoot with AI assistance
Audit
- Audit logs
- SQL Server database auditing
Query performance