To setup and install MySQL server on Windows Server 2022 or 2025 in Azure use our Azure marketplace listings to deploy Mysql virtual machine straight into your Azure tenant. MySQL Server using XAMPP on Windows Server in Azure provides an efficient and robust platform for database management and web hosting. XAMPP combines Apache, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, PHP, and Perl into a single package, offering an ideal environment for developers and organizations looking for a seamless and flexible solution.
Run MySQL on Windows Server Azure
MySQL on Windows Server 2025 in Azure
MySQL on Windows Server 2022 in Azure
Table of Contents
MySQL Server features
- MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) based on the SQL (Structured Query Language) queries.
- Tested with different compilers.
- CMake for greater portability.
- Tested with Purify (a commercial memory leakage detector) as well as with Valgrind, a GPL tool.
- Uses multi-layered server design with independent modules.
- Fully multithreaded by using kernel threads, to use multiple CPUs if they are available.
- Transactional and nontransactional storage engines.
- Uses very fast B-tree disk tables with index compression.
- Designed to make it relatively easy to add other storage engines. This is useful if you want to provide an SQL interface for an in-house database.
- Uses a very fast thread-based memory allocation system.
- Executes very fast joins using an optimized nested-loop join.
- Implements in-memory hash tables, which are used as temporary tables.
- Implements SQL functions using a highly optimized class library that should be as fast as possible. Usually there is no memory allocation at all after query initialization.
- Multilingual: APIs for C, C++, Eiffel, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby.
Getting Started with MySQL on Windows Server
Once you’ve deployed MySQL on Windows server, the first step is to RDP into the new instance once it has fully booted up. The following links explain how to connect the VM once it has finished being deployed:
Once logged in, you’re now ready to start using your MySQL Server, follow the steps below to start using MySQL:
MySQL Server using XAMPP on Windows Server on Azure
MySQL server on Windows in Azure is easy to setup, operate and easy to scale.
Once you’ve deployed MySQL Server on Windows virtual machine to your Azure tenant it is ready to go.
Root password is blank, its recommended to set a password for your MySQL root account.
Start XAMPP for MySQL and Apache
This solution uses XAMPP, making it easier to manage Apache, MySQL and FTP. Right click on XAMPP Control Panel on the desktop and choose Run as Administrator.
Once opened, click on start Apache and start MySQL
You’re now ready to start using MySQL either via PHPMyAdmin or via the shell.
MySQL Server Details
MySQL database credentials are (also used for phpMyadmin login):
MYSQL Username: root
MYSQL Password: Password is blank, its recommended to set a strong password.
MySQL location
C:\xampp\mysql
Apache location
C:\xampp\apache
Web Root: C:\xampp\htdocs
PhpMyadmin location:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
C:\xampp\htdocs\phpmyadmin
MySQL Server Ports
The following ports need to be opened in Azure if you are using a firewall appliance or any Azure NSG’s.
3306 – TCP (MySQL)
33060 – TCP (MySQL X Protocol)
6446 – TCP MySQL Router
6447 – TCP MySQL Router
6448 – TCP InnoDB Cluster
6449 – TCP InnoDB Cluster
Apache Webserver Ports
TCP/80 – (http traffic)
TCP/443 – (https traffic)
To setup Azure firewall rules refer to – Azure Network Security Groups
MySQL Support/Documention
If you have any questions about the setup of our MySQL Server on Windows solution in Azure, leave your comments below and we will reply within 24 hours.
Alternatively have a look at MySQL Documentation: https://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/white-papers/
If you would like us to implement the MySQL server into your environment and fully configure it and get it up and running, get in contact with us and we will get you up and running asap.
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