SQL Server Azure

Microsoft Webcast topic: “Introduction to SQL Azure (Level 100)”

Sharing with brief introduction and difference between SQL Servers and SQL Azure

SQL Azure is a highly available and scalable cloud database service built on SQL Server technologies. With SQL Azure, developers do not have to install, setup, and patch or manage any software. High availability and fault tolerance is built-in and no physical administration is required. Additionally, developers can get productive on SQL Azure quickly by using the same familiar T-SQL based relational model and the same powerful development and management tools used for on-premises databases.

Difference between the SQL Servers and SQL Azure

SQL Servers

• Enterprise Class Scale-up Platform
• Multiple Hardware Platform and deployment options
• Deploy as a dedicated server in customer datacenter, VM or 3rd party hoster
• Typically licensed per server or per processor

SQL Azure

• Distributed Scale-Out database service
• Abstract hardware and OS Management
• Low friction provisioning, Multi tenant
• Automatic high availability and data replication
• Pay-as-go and committed offers

For more information you can go to give URL as below:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlazure/default.aspx

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