Azure database services
Database services are one of the core building block services we will be looking at in this chapter.
You must understand the following database services since they are outlined in the Describe Core Azure Services exam:
- Azure SQL Managed Instance (Azure SQL MI): An Azure-hosted Microsoft SQL Server instance, fully managed as a PaaS service
- Azure SQL Database: An Azure-hosted relational database service built on the Microsoft SQL Server database engine; provides single database instances
- Azure Database for MySQL: An Azure-hosted relational database service built on the MySQL Community Edition database engine
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL: An Azure-hosted relational database service built on the Postgres database engine
- Cosmos DB: A NoSQL globally distributed, elastic, and scalable database service
This section introduced the core database services that can be used to build a data-driven solution in Azure. In the next section...