Database options in Azure
Modern business applications rarely interact with a single type of dataset. Increasingly, organizations are adopting a flexible approach that allows them to use different data stores to persist application data based on the workload type or usage pattern of that application. The Azure cloud enables organizations to adopt this approach by offering different database options to fit the needs of modern app developers. Figure 11.1 shows the range of database options available in Azure:
Figure 11.1 – Database options in Azure
As you can see from the preceding diagram, there are multiple relational database options that are available, including open source database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Before we proceed further in our discussion, let's review the options that we have when we implement Azure SQL.
