Creating Azure SQL Login and Assigning them permission

Creating Read-Only Users on Azure SQL

If you have admin rights please follow the following steps to create a read-only or a user with login who can just run select queries on azure sql.

1. Login to the Database Server as Admin and Select Master Database and run the following queries

--This will create a Login on the Server

CREATE LOGIN READ_USER WITH PASSWORD = 'StrongPassword';

2. Create User in the Database where the Read-Only permission is required

--Select the Database where you will be assigning the Read-only permission and run below command

CREATE USER READ_USER FROM LOGIN READ_USER ;

3. Assign db_datareader persmission to the user on the database

--Select the Database where you will be assigning read permission and run below query

EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_datareader', 'READ_USER ';

Reference : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/adding-users-to-your-sql-azure-database/