Recover deleted sql server on azure.

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Recover deleted sql server on azure.

Trevor Clendenin 0

Need to recover deleted sql server on azure. The server was accidentally deleted and need to recover it.

Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-25T15:54:43.2566667+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

Please provide the requested details in the private message at your earliest convenience, as this will enable me to restore your server as quickly as possible.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-26T06:34:18.55+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T05:45:17.58+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T09:23:25.7633333+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

Please be informed that server can be restored within 7 days of deletion. After that it cannot be restored.

Please provide the requested details in the private message at your earliest convenience, as this will enable me to restore your server as quickly as possible.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-29T07:21:07.3+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
PratikLad 960 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-30T06:43:44.4466667+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.

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Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-25T15:54:43.2566667+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

Please provide the requested details in the private message at your earliest convenience, as this will enable me to restore your server as quickly as possible.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-26T06:34:18.55+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T05:45:17.58+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-28T09:23:25.7633333+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

Please be informed that server can be restored within 7 days of deletion. After that it cannot be restored.

Please provide the requested details in the private message at your earliest convenience, as this will enable me to restore your server as quickly as possible.
Saraswathi Devadula 2,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-29T07:21:07.3+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
PratikLad 960 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-04-30T06:43:44.4466667+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution, please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.

Answer 1

Hello Trevor Clendenin

Restore a deleted logical server in Azure SQL Database (Feature is in preview and is currently only enabled for certain subscriptions.)

You can restore your deleted Azure SQL logical server using Restore-AzSqlServer PowerShell command.

Sign in and connect to your Azure account.


Connect-AzAccount

Select the desired subscription, replace <subscription-id> with the subscription name.


Select-AzSubscription -Subscription "<subscription-id>"

Run the restore command as follows. Replace <your-server-name> and <your-resource-group-id> with your deleted logical server's name and resource group ID.


$servername = <your-server-name>

$resourcegroup = <your-resource-group-id>

Restore-AzSqlServer -ServerName $servername -ResourceGroup $resourcegroup

Refer - Restore a deleted logical server (preview) - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out.

PratikLad 960 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-05-02T11:35:45.0366667+00:00

Hello Trevor Clendenin, We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution

please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.

Answer 2

Hi @Trevor Clendenin

If a server is accidentally dropped, there is currently no self-service option available for customers to recover it. Assistance from the Microsoft support team is required to attempt recovery.

Please note that restoring a dropped Azure SQL Database server is not officially supported and any recovery efforts are made on a best-effort basis.

Additionally, if a support case is raised more than 7 days after the server is deleted, recovery is not possible—even with support intervention.

To help prevent accidental deletions in the future, we strongly recommend implementing resource locks on critical Azure resources to safeguard your infrastructure.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources?tabs=json

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