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Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Important
On Azure SQL Managed Instance, most, but not all SQL Server Agent features are currently supported. See Azure SQL Managed Instance T-SQL differences from SQL Server for details.
This topic describes how to set a Microsoft SQL Server alias for SQL Server Agent to use to connect to the Database Engine by using SQL Server Management Studio. By default, the SQL Server Agent service connects to an instance of SQL Server over named pipes by using dynamic server names that require no additional client configuration. You need to configure a server connection alias only if you are not using the default network transport or if you are connecting to an instance of SQL Server that listens on an alternate named pipe.
SQL Server Agent will not work correctly unless you select an alias that refers to the local instance of SQL Server.
Object Explorer only displays the SQL Server Agent node if you have permission to use it.
To perform its functions, SQL Server Agent must be configured to use the credentials of an account that is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role in SQL Server. The account must have the following Windows permissions:
Log on as a service (SeServiceLogonRight)
Replace a process-level token (SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege)
Bypass traverse checking (SeChangeNotifyPrivilege)
Adjust memory quotas for a process (SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege)
For more information about the Windows permissions required for the SQL Server Agent service account, see Select an Account for the SQL Server Agent Service and Setting Up Windows Service Accounts.
In the Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine and then expand that instance.
Right-click SQL Server Agent, and then click Properties.
In the SQL Server Agent Propertiesserver_name dialog box, under Select a page, select Connection, and
In the Alias local host server box, type the alias of the server to which SQL Server Agent should connect.
Click OK.
Training
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate - Certifications
Administer an SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases using the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings.
Documentation
SQL Server Agent Properties (Service Tab) - SQL Server
Learn about the options on the Service tab in the SQL Server Agent Properties dialog box, such as the binary path, the process ID, and the start mode.
Error when you click the Databases node - SQL Server
This article describes an error message that typically occurs in SSMS when there is a problem retrieving information about one or more databases of a SQL Server instance.