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Just deleted an Azure SQL Database by mistake! What's next?

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There are times when you make mistakes, big mistakes like…
…deleting an Azure SQL Database…
In this post, we will take a look on what are the steps that needs to be done to recover and restore a deleted database. We are in the context where you have a Standard database, without any special features related to backups.

Trigger
I just realized that I deleted the wrong database and I do not have any custom backups mechanism configured. What should I do?

Time is crucial 
Time is one of the most important factors. The backups of deleted databases is stored for a limited time. The time window depends based on the instance type. In this time window, you can restore a deleted database without any kind of problems. The retention policies for backups is 7 days for Basic and 35 days for Standard and Premium.
Azure SQL Server created automatically backups to your databases. These backups are used to restore a deleted database. Don’t forget that as for on-premises backups, things can go wrong during the restoration procedures.

Steps to restore the deleted Azure SQL Database
Step 1: Go to your Azure SQL Server instance
Step 2: Navigate to Deleted Databases
Step 3: Select the Azure SQL database that you want to restore and trigger the restoration procedure


Tips 

  • Don’t forget to rename your database with the previous name. 
  • If the database is to recent, than you might not have a backup to restore (first 30 minutes).
  • User access is persisted and restored.
  • Backups are created automatically.
  • Backups are created on RA-GRS storages (geo-redundancy).
  • The backups system is based a SQL database backup combined with transaction logs.
  • You can reconfigure retention policy up to 10 years (you will need in this case to pay for storage).
  • Transparent data encryption is used for all backups (backups are encrypted), when TDE is active at database level.


Conclusion
Don’t panic if you delete a database. Depending on your database size, you can fully restore it in a few minutes.
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