From 23257b6ffb625fe2149f397d0457ce7ef22f9d09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ronazi <42060837+ronazi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 19:07:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Provided the full script for copy between subscriptions

Customers open a lot of support requests for copy between subscriptions. The finding the SID part might not be something they are familiar with. I have at least handled 10 customers with the same ask and I have always provided this script. It is better to have it in the doc itself to avoid support requests.
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 articles/azure-sql/database/database-copy.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/articles/azure-sql/database/database-copy.md b/articles/azure-sql/database/database-copy.md
index f438aa027516f..a88e349d485c1 100644
--- a/articles/azure-sql/database/database-copy.md
+++ b/articles/azure-sql/database/database-copy.md
@@ -108,6 +108,46 @@ CREATE DATABASE Database2 AS COPY OF server1.Database1;
 
 You can use the steps in the [Copy a SQL Database to a different server](#copy-to-a-different-server) section to copy your database to a server in a different subscription using T-SQL. Make sure you use a login that has the same name and password as the database owner of the source database. Additionally, the login must be a member of the `dbmanager` role or a server administrator, on both source and target servers.
 
+```sql
+Step# 1
+Create login and user in the master database of the source server.
+
+CREATE LOGIN loginname WITH PASSWORD = 'xxxxxxxxx'
+GO
+CREATE USER [loginname] FOR LOGIN [loginname] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
+GO
+
+Step# 2
+Create the user in the source database and grant dbowner permission to the database.
+
+CREATE USER [loginname] FOR LOGIN [loginname] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
+GO
+exec sp_addrolemember 'db_owner','loginname'
+GO
+
+Step# 3
+Capture the SID of the user “loginname” from master database
+
+SELECT [sid] FROM sysusers WHERE [name] = 'loginname'
+
+Step# 4
+Connect to Destination server.
+Create login and user in the master database, same as of the source server.
+
+CREATE LOGIN loginname WITH PASSWORD = 'xxxxxxxxx', SID = [SID of loginname login on source server]
+GO
+CREATE USER [loginname] FOR LOGIN [loginname] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
+GO
+exec sp_addrolemember 'dbmanager','loginname'
+GO
+
+Step# 5
+Execute the copy of database script from the destination server using the credentials created
+
+CREATE DATABASE new_database_name
+AS COPY OF source_server_name.source_database_name
+```
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > The [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), PowerShell, and the Azure CLI do not support database copy to a different subscription.