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Professional Azure SQL Database Administration

You're reading from   Professional Azure SQL Database Administration Equip yourself with the skills to manage and maintain data in the cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789802542
Length 562 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ahmad Osama Ahmad Osama
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About the Book 1. Microsoft Azure SQL Database Primer FREE CHAPTER 2. Migrating a SQL Server Database to an Azure SQL Database 3. Backing Up an Azure SQL Database 4. Restoring an Azure SQL Database 5. Securing an Azure SQL Database 6. Scaling out an Azure SQL Database 7. Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools 8. High Availability and Disaster Recovery 9. Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database 10. Database Features

Introduction

This lesson talks about the important database features available in an Azure SQL database. The lesson talks about SQL Data Sync, which is used to sync data between two or more Azure SQL databases or on-premises SQL servers, the SQL Graph capabilities and enhancements, and Machine Learning services available in an Azure SQL Database.

Azure SQL Data Sync

As the name suggests, Azure SQL Data Sync allows bi-directional data sync between one or more Azure SQL databases and on-premises databases. The Azure SQL Data Sync service is free; however, there are charges for data movement into and out of Azure SQL Database.

The following diagram shows how data is typically synced between an Azure SQL database and an on-premises database:

Figure 10.1: Syncing between an Azure SQL database and on-premises database

Azure SQL Data Sync consists of a sync group. A sync group has a hub database and one or more member databases. The data sync is always from hub to member, or from member...

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