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author: WilliamDAssafMSFT
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ms.author: wiassaf
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ms.reviewer: dinethi, jaypatel
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ms.date: 11/18/2025
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ms.date: 01/02/2026
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ms.service: azure-sql-database
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ms.subservice: backup-restore
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ms.topic: how-to
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This article provides steps to restore an Azure SQL Database server, also known as a logical server, if it was accidentally deleted.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Currently, the ability to restore a deleted logical server is in preview. The ability to restore a deleted logical server is enabled only for specific subscriptions, and also for all SQL logical servers that are at least two years old.
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> Currently, the ability to restore or hard delete a deleted logical server is in preview. The ability to restore or hard-delete a deleted logical server is enabled only for specific subscriptions, and also for all SQL logical servers that are at least two years old.
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## Restore an Azure SQL Database logical server
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You can restore a deleted Azure SQL logical server and its underlying databases with one of the following two methods:
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## Restore an Azure SQL Database logical server using PowerShell and REST API
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### Restore an Azure SQL Database logical server using PowerShell and REST API
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Follow these steps to set up the variables needed to restore the deleted logical server, using PowerShell to invoke a REST API call.
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## Restore an Azure SQL Database logical server using PowerShell
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### Restore an Azure SQL Database logical server using PowerShell
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Use the following steps to restore your deleted Azure SQL logical server using [Restore-AzSqlServer](/powershell/module/az.sql/restore-azsqldatabase).
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## Delete the logical server without possibility of recovery using PowerShell and REST API
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## Delete the logical server without possibility of recovery
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The ability to hard-delete your logical server, without the possibility of recovery, is currently a limited preview feature enabled only for specific subscriptions, and also for all SQL logical servers that are at least two years old.
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### Hard-delete a logical server using PowerShell and REST API
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Follow these steps to set up the variables needed to hard-delete the soft-deleted logical server, using PowerShell to invoke a REST API call.
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