Functionality differences for geodatabases in Azure SQL Database

Geodatabases in Microsoft Azure SQL Databases behave in almost the same way as geodatabases in SQL Server. There are a few functionality differences, though, and these are described in the following list:

• Connect to the database using database authentication; operating system authentication is not supported from ArcGIS.
• When using the Database Connections dialog box in an ArcGIS Desktop client to connect to a geodatabase in Azure SQL Database as any user other than the database administrator, you'll need to type the name of the database in the Database field.
• Use either Microsoft Geometry or Geography data types for the spatial fields in your feature classes; sdebinary storage is not supported.
• The geodatabase administrator cannot drop client connections from the Geodatabase Administration dialog box in ArcGIS Desktop clients.