The Azure SQL Database architecture
Azure SQL Database is a highly scalable, multi-tenant, and highly available Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) or Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering from Microsoft.
Azure SQL Database, first released on February 1, 2010, is a cloud database service that is based on Microsoft SQL Server.
It is compatible with most SQL Server database-level features and is optimized for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.
As organizations are adopting cloud computing and moving their applications into the cloud, Azure SQL Database offers everything that DBaaS can offer. Azure SQL Database is a DBaaS option for any organization with applications built on SQL Server databases.
SQL Database uses familiar Transact-SQL programming and a user interface that is well known and easy to adopt. As companies move their workloads to the cloud, it is important for SQL Server DBAs and developers to learn how to use Azure SQL Database for a smooth transition from...