Exploring relational Azure data services
In this section, we’ll understand the characteristics of Azure relational databases, the differences between the services that are offered, and the most common usage scenarios for each. Several database services are supported by Azure, allowing you to run common RDBMSs in the cloud, such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
Most Azure database services are fully managed services, allowing you to spend less time managing your database, delivered as Platform as a Service (PaaS).
You can quickly scale an infrastructure or distribute your database across structures around the world, without worrying about downtime, deployment, and maintenance of that entire infrastructure.
Azure database services already have advanced security controls, with automatic monitoring and threat detection, auto-scaling for increased performance if needed, automated backup, and built-in high availability.
All these benefits are provided by database...
