Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Our database consultants are fully competent to help our clients in migrating and maintaining their databases in the cloud. Azure SQL Database is a cloud version of SQL Server database and shares a common code base with the latest stable version of SQL Server. Most of the standard SQL language, query processing, and database management features are identical in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database with built-in intelligence supporting self-driving features such as performance tuning and threat alerts. Microsoft performs all the patching and updating of the code base, and manages the underlying infrastructure for you, so you can save time and resources. With high SQL Server compatibility, you can also migrate your databases to SQL Database managed instance without changing your apps.
Microsoft Azure provides three cloud models:
- Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) – Virtual Machines
- Platform as a service (PaaS) – Application Code and Data (Azure SQL Database resides here)
- Software as a service (SaaS) – Service consumed by End Users (delivered via a Cloud Service)
We can assist with migrating SQL Server databases to Azure or managing hybrid cloud and on-premises environments to meet your goals.
Right now, SQL Database is offered as a service with different options for how to set it up and various price levels. The costs depend on the service level and size you choose, and you pay by the hour at a set rate.