diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ceb7d9efb..a3e9b6aa6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ plugins {
   id "io.spring.nohttp" version "0.0.11"
 }
 
+plugins {
+  id "com.microsoft.azure.azurewebapp" version "1.10.0"
+}
+
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.javaformat'
@@ -80,3 +84,16 @@ checkFormatAotTest.enabled = false
 
 formatAot.enabled = false
 formatAotTest.enabled = false
+
+azurewebapp {
+  subscription = 'c68c793f-ad34-4871-bb6d-88e912e3afc7'
+  resourceGroup = 'pa200_group'
+  appName = 'Petclinic-SpringApp'
+  pricingTier = 'B1'
+  region = 'westeurope'
+  runtime {
+    os = 'Linux'
+    webContainer = 'Tomcat 9.0'
+    javaVersion = 'Java 17'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b22644eee..5d628e5f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,34 @@
       <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+      <version>8.0.33</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure.spring</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-cloud-azure-dependencies</artifactId>
+      <version>5.12.0</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
+      <scope>import</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/azure-spring-boot-starter -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>6.4.0.jre8</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -220,7 +248,7 @@
         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays build-related information 
+            <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays build-related information
               if a META-INF/build-info.properties file is present -->
             <goals>
               <goal>build-info</goal>
@@ -378,7 +406,7 @@
       <build>
         <pluginManagement>
           <plugins>
-            <!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
+            <!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
               only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
@@ -436,4 +464,4 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e23dfa605..000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# database init, supports mysql too
-database=mysql
-spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic}
-spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USER:petclinic}
-spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASS:petclinic}
-# SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
-spring.sql.init.mode=always
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties b/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 60889b43c..000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-database=postgres
-spring.datasource.url=${POSTGRES_URL:jdbc:postgresql://localhost/petclinic}
-spring.datasource.username=${POSTGRES_USER:petclinic}
-spring.datasource.password=${POSTGRES_PASS:petclinic}
-# SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
-spring.sql.init.mode=always
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 5d3eeed32..27261a47a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
-# database init, supports mysql too
-database=h2
+logging.level.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:sqlserver://pa200-db-server.database.windows.net:1433;database=pa200_application_db;encrypt=true;trustServerCertificate=false;hostNameInCertificate=*.database.windows.net;loginTimeout=30;
+
+spring.datasource.username=manager
+spring.datasource.password=KDVYyIyKq8CRQ
+
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2016Dialect
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
+
 spring.sql.init.schema-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/schema.sql
-spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/${database}/data.sql
+spring.sql.init.data-locations=classpath*:db/data.sql
+spring.jpa.defer-datasource-initialization= true
 
-# Web
-spring.thymeleaf.mode=HTML
-
-# JPA
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
-spring.jpa.open-in-view=true
-
-# Internationalization
-spring.messages.basename=messages/messages
-
-# Actuator
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*
-
-# Logging
-logging.level.org.springframework=INFO
-# logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG
-# logging.level.org.springframework.context.annotation=TRACE
-
-# Maximum time static resources should be cached
-spring.web.resources.cache.cachecontrol.max-age=12h
+spring.sql.init.mode=always