Introducing Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL is a family of fully managed, secure, and intelligent relational database services. Azure SQL supports different application patterns such as moving from existing on-premises SQL Server workloads to modern cloud-native application development.
The Azure SQL family consists of three main services:
- SQL Server on Azure VMs: This is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering from Microsoft Azure. As the name implies, this is an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) with SQL Server installed. This service is suitable in scenarios where you need 100% SQL Server compatibility and OS-level access. In the Azure portal, you can choose to set up SQL Server on Windows or Linux. Azure VMs are available with a free SQL Server license and you can use your own SQL Server license if you have one, also known as Bring Your Own License (BYOL). The advantage of this service offering is that you can move your existing on-premises database and application without...