SQL Azure

Presenter: Aaron King

Session Number: 310

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What is SQL Azure?

“SQL Azure is a scalable and cost-effective on-demand data storage and query processing service. SQL Azure is a hosted application build on robust Microsoft SQL Server database and Windows Server technologies.”

SQL Azure is your data hosted by Microsoft with a strong service level agreement (SLA). The SLA not only ensures high availability but also performance and protection.

What is SQL Azure really?

Azure™ Services Platform:

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Robust SQL Server Support

• SQL Azure is built on robust SQL Server database technologies.

• SQL Server is a broad data platform that can handle all types of data, from creation to archival.

• SQL Azure facilitates development. • Just like local development in SQL Express. • Its flexible data model supports any

programming language.

Ease of Development

• The SQL Azure database fabric is flexible and scales according to business needs.

• The service is supported by multiple servers.• Therefore, it has the ability to provide any required

storage capacity. • Also, there is no time delay due to server

provisioning.

Scalability

• Because SQL Azure is accessible via the Internet, it ensures the availability of data to users in any geographic location.

• Further, SQL Azure uses enterprise-grade hardware and program code, which are optimized for high throughput.

Availability

• SQL Azure provides organizations with secure data access and confidentiality.

• It is built on a relational database architecture that includes data protection.

• Multiple copies of data that you create or modify can be stored across geographically distributed data centers.

Security

SQL Azure provides you with a strong SLA that assures:• high availability• guaranteed performance• data protection• compliance• enterprise-level security features• real-time mirrored database replication

Strong Service Level Agreement

• Robust SQL Server support• Ease of application development• Scalability• Availability• Security• Strong SLA

Benefits of SQL Azure

• SQL Azure provides UNLIMITED data storage capacity.

• SQL Azure uses a PAY-AS-YOU-GROW pricing strategy.

• SQL Azure has $0 start up cost.• SQL Azure can be located close to your users, even

if you’re not.

Features of SQL Azure

SQL Azure• Anytime from Any place• Failure of one server will not

impact performance• Unlimited amount of data

SQL Server• On-premise data platform• Single point of failure• Data is restricted by software and

hardware

SQL Azure vs. SQL Server

• Need clustered index for each table• ‘ANSI_NULLS’ is not a recognized SET option.• SET ANSI_PADDING OFF• More than two-part column name• Data types: • text • ntext • xml• image• Table hint without WITH• Filegroup reference and partitioning scheme’ is not supported in this

version of SQL Server• fn_listextendedproperty is not supported

Things to watch out for

• Web Edition:• Up to 1 GB relational database = $9.99 / month• Up to 5 GB relational database = $49.95 / month

• Business Edition:• Up to 10 GB relational database = $99.99 / month• Up to 20 GB relational database = $199.98 / month• Up to 30 GB relational database = $299.97 / month• Up to 40 GB relational database = $399.96 / month• Up to 50 GB relational database = $499.95 / month

Data transfers = $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB - ($0.30 in / $0.45 out / GB in Asia)

Pricing

• Demos, Demos, Demos!• How to query in SQL Azure• More Demos!

Demos, Demos, Demos!

• Production Level App Fabric• 50 Gb SQL Azure!• hierarchyid• Data Sync• oData• Hudson• Database Copy, kinda cool, will get better.• SQL Reporting CTP

Recent News!

Thank you!Questions or comments?

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aaron@woundvision.com

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