What’s the “master” database in SQL Azure for? I just created a subscription and once I created a “new SQL Server” I immediately got “master” database with 1GB size. That database can’t be deleted – “delete” button is not active in the management portal.
When I tried to deploy a .dbproj project there Visual Studio said it “couldn’t deploy to a system database”.
Can I use that database for storing my data? Do I create a new database instead?
masteris a required system database that’s responsible for holding info about all the the other database on the server instance, system metrics/config, managing logins & database creation etc, its read-only and can’t be removed.You will need to create a new database and deploy to that.