Summary
Normalizing data tells us how to store all the data we need in order to provide people and applications with the information they need. For each individual column, we know exactly the table to create to store it in. We removed all the redundancy from the database. Removing redundancy optimizes the storage we need to implement the database. It also optimizes writes in the database, while minimizing the risk of inconsistencies. In other words, we created a database optimized for an OLTP workload.
There are some additional steps to perform before we can actually implement the database in Azure. You will learn about these steps in Chapter 4, Provisioning and Implementing an Azure SQL DB. In that chapter, you also learned how to implement the database as an Azure SQL database.
