‘How to create an Azure SQL Database programmatically’ with less frustration

Program.cs

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* Modified By: Adam Fisher (https://github.com/therightstuff)
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* Project:     CSCreateAzureSQL
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* This sample will show how to create a SQL database on Microsoft Azure 
* using C#
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using System;
using Microsoft.Azure;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Resources;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Sql;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Sql.Models;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory;

namespace CreateAzureSQLdatabaseCS
{
    class Program
    {
        // AAD -> app registration -> NATIVE app
        /* Azure Subscription ID */
        private static string azureSubscriptionId = "106515a2-0e9e-41ec-a724-62931cab80b6";

        /* Location of server and location for database (eg. Australia East) */
        private static string location = "Central US";
        /* Database Edition (eg. Standard)*/
        private static string edition = "Basic";
        /* Name of Service Object (eg. S0) */
        private static string requestedServiceObjectName = null;// or "Basic";

        /* Name of Resource Group containing SQL Server */
        private static string resourceGroupName = "ResourceGroupName";
        /* Name of SQL Server ServerName ONLY from ServerName.database.windows.net */
        private static string serverName = "ServerName";
        /* Name of Database */
        private static string databaseName = "CodeCreatedDB1";

        /* Tenant ID or AAD domain */
        private static string domainName = "mydirectory.onmicrosoft.com";

        /* Authentication variables from Azure Active Directory (AAD) */

        /* Active Directory Client ID (app id) */
        private static string applicationId = "1b312893-e746-4b06-bbe7-94e15acb6f82";
        /* Active Directory Client ID (object id) */
        private static string objectId = "5b64b990-72f9-49d8-bc48-6b3cfddac469";
        
        // who can tell if this will change?
        private static string clientId = applicationId;

        /* redirect URI defined on Azure Active Directory App Registration */
        private static string redirectUri = "http://myredirecturi";
        /* redirect URI */
        private static string clientAppUri = redirectUri;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            var token = GetAccessToken();
            SqlManagementClient client = new SqlManagementClient(new TokenCloudCredentials(azureSubscriptionId, token.AccessToken));

            DatabaseCreateOrUpdateParameters databaseParameters = new DatabaseCreateOrUpdateParameters()
            {
                Location = location,
                Properties = new DatabaseCreateOrUpdateProperties()
                {
                    Edition = edition,
                    RequestedServiceObjectiveName = requestedServiceObjectName,
                }

            };
            var dbResponse = client.Databases.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroupName, serverName, databaseName, databaseParameters);
            Console.WriteLine("Database {0} created with status code: {1}. Service Objective: {2} ", dbResponse.Database.Name, dbResponse.StatusCode, dbResponse.Database.Properties.ServiceObjective);

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Prompts for user credentials when first run or if the cached credentials have expired.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The access token from AAD</returns>
        private static AuthenticationResult GetAccessToken()
        {
            /* valid login urls:
              login.microsoftonline.com
              login.windows.net
              */

            AuthenticationContext authContext = new AuthenticationContext("https://login.microsoftonline.com/" + domainName);

            AuthenticationResult token = authContext.AcquireToken
                ("https://management.azure.com/"/* the Azure Resource Management endpoint */,
                    clientId, new Uri(clientAppUri),
            PromptBehavior.Auto /* with Auto user will not be prompted if an unexpired token is cached */);

            return token;

        }


    }
}