Expand a virtual disk of Azure SQL Virtual Machine in the Azure Portal.

Expanding of the disk can be done online.

  1. Go to the Azure Portal
  2. Search for “SQL virtual machines”
  1. Select your SQL virtual machine
  2. In the menu, select “Storage Configuration”
  1. Configure the data disk you want to expand
  1. Select the disk of the size where you want to expand the existing disk with
    • For example 1, your disk is currently 128Gib and you want to extend it to 256Gib, choose the 128Gib disk
    • For example 2, you disk is currently 256Gib and you want to extend it to 768Gib, choose the 512Gib disk
  1. That’s is, you don’t have to do anything in the OS