SQL Azure Database
Your data, any place, any time
Microsoft® SQL Azure Database is a cloud-based relational database platform built on SQL Server® technologies. With SQL Azure Database, you can easily provision and deploy relational database solutions to the cloud, and take advantage of a globally distributed data center that provides enterprise-class availability, scalability, and security with the benefits of built-in data protection, self-healing and disaster recovery.
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Overview
- Reduce data center provisioning costs: Provision cloud-based data storage cost-effectively with low upfront costs and a pay as you grow model.
- Extend data to the cloud easily: Benefit from low friction deployment, development and management using the same tools you use today.
- Lower total cost of ownership (TCO): Save money using commodity hardware and integrated management features such as self healing and automated maintenance and monitoring.
- Rely on Business-ready SLAs: Benefit from a massively scalable geo-dispersed platform that offers built-in high availability and enterprise-class security.
- Protect against data loss: Benefit from automated data recoverability through automated backup services keep your data protected.
- Secure your data: Help maintain confidentiality and privacy thought highly secure login access and network encryption.
- Build cloud-based relational database solutions: Take advantage of key relational database capabilities in a cloud-based data store using new or existing database schemas.
- Build on existing developer skills: use familiar tools, client libraries and language enhancements to access relational databases over the internet through the same Tabular Data Stream endpoint as SQL Server.
- New data application patterns: Build databases for Azure applications and innovative solutions through new data patterns made possible by cloud-based relational storage.
Resources
- SQL Azure Database Features Overview
- SQL Azure Database Datasheet
- Frequently Asked Questions
- SQL Azure Database Labs
- MSDN: SQL Azure Database Developer Center
White Papers
Videos and Webcasts
- Channel 9: Dave Campbell Talks SQL Azure Database
- Channel 9: SQL Azure Database Team Talks Business Value
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