diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
index 6d54ddad7..8a17ca9c6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
 database=mysql
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic
-spring.datasource.username=petclinic
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://devops-practice-db.mysql.database.azure.com:3306/petclinic?useSSL=true&requireSSL=false&useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC
+spring.datasource.username=petclinic@devops-practice-db
 spring.datasource.password=petclinic
 # SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
 spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always