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Enable automatic tuning for Microsoft Azure SQL servers in order to monitor database queries and improve database workload performance. Automatic Tuning is a built-in intelligence feature that automatically tunes your Azure SQL databases to optimize their performance.

Risk Level

Medium

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

HITRUST, SOC2

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration “Enable Automatic Tuning for SQL Database Servers” in Azure using the Azure console, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/).
  2. Navigate to the SQL databases page.
  3. Select the SQL database server that needs to be remediated.
  4. Click on the “Automatic tuning” option in the left-hand menu.
  5. Click on the “Configure” button to enable automatic tuning for the server.
  6. In the “Automatic tuning” pane, select the “Basic” option to enable automatic tuning for all databases on the server.
  7. Click on the “Apply” button to save the changes.

Once you have completed these steps, automatic tuning will be enabled for the selected SQL database server, which will help optimize query performance and improve overall database performance.