Summary
In this chapter, we expanded our knowledge of Azure Arc enabled data services to Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instances. We started by deploying the Azure Arc data controller in direct connectivity mode.
We learned about deploying a SQL Managed Instance on a Kubernetes cluster through Azure Arc and accessing the hosted database. We also looked at the management of Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instances, including monitoring, backup and restore, HA, and other aspects. The combined learnings gathered from this chapter and the previous chapter, Chapter 5, Azure Arc Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale, will help us immensely in understanding Azure Arc enabled data services, and with the application of this knowledge in our work, we can gain expertise on SQL databases hosted on Kubernetes, eventually governing the databases through the Azure portal. Those working as cloud solution architects and cloud engineers can greatly benefit in their careers from this new technology by understanding...