SQL Server Testing Infrastructure on Windows Azure

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Shane Snipes, MCT

Senior Microsoft Specialist

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1 A large US insurance company and the world’s largest accounting firm realized ~40% cost savings and 30X faster infrastructure provisioning times by moving SQL Server application testing to Windows Azure

Windows Azure

On-premises

Test/Dev VMs in the cloud

Leverage existing skillset to

move test/dev to cloud

Connectivity with on-premises

data and applications

Common identity

Common dev tools and

frameworks for on-premise &

cloud

Accessed by a geographically

dispersed team

Dispersed Teams VPN Tunnel

Hyper-V VHD

Deploy

Azure Storage Sandbox SQL Server VMs

Saved Disk State

Pain Impact

Time to

Market

• 20-30 times faster infrastructure

provisioning1 on Windows Azure

(provisioning time reduced from

days to minutes)

Cost • Approx. 40% reduction in cost1 by

doing SQL Server testing on

Windows Azure vs. on-premises

1 A large US insurance company and the world’s largest accounting firm realized ~40% cost savings and 30X faster infrastructure provisioning times by moving SQL Server application testing to Windows Azure

53% cost savings2

Azure Services

• 55 VMs: 20 medium, 22 extra large, 13 A7

• 35 TB LR storage

• 35 TB zone 1 egress, 5 VPN connections

2Note: Assumptions have been sourced from public data sources including www.dell.com and www.hp.com and third party reports including Simpson, Nik. “Counting the cost of the Elephant in the Data Center.” Burton Group

(2009). The savings quoted in the slides are actually quite conservative (e.g., we assume on-premises infrastructure is 100% utilized, assume a very power-efficient on-premises data center). Also, we are using EA Level A

pricing to arrive at these numbers. For specific information on customer discounting levels, contact your partner account manager.

* Customer can combine revenue commit with the purchase of Standard or Pro-Direct support plans to meet the Upfront commitment.

** Promotional Credit available until June 30, 2014; any promotional credit remaining at the end of annual subscription term will expire; one bonus per qualifying enrollment per customer.

*** Starter Deployment Funds available until March 31, 2014; third party partner reimbursement provided up to 4 months after date of Windows Azure purchase; funds paid directly to

qualified third party partner; one offer per qualifying enrollment per customer; deployment funding is not stackable.

**** StorSimple Deployment Fund includes deployment via a qualified partner; $4,000 per appliance for onsite installation, or $2,000 per appliance for remote installation paid directly to the

partner. Partner deployment offer available until March 31, 2014; partner reimbursement provided up to 4 months after date of Windows Azure purchase; maximum of up to 6 appliances;

one offer per qualifying enrollment per customer; offer cannot be broken up or combined with other deployment offers.

Customer

Commits

Starter

Offers

StorSimple

Offers

Upfront

Commitment*

Promotional

Credit **

Starter

Deployment

Funds ***

AND

StorSimple

Deployment

Funds ****

$25K $50K $100K $200K+

$2,500 Added to $50K in

Windows Azure

account

$8,000 Added to $100K in

Windows Azure

account

$20,000 Added to $200K in

Windows Azure

account

$4,000 Engagement

$9,000 Engagement

$14,000 Engagement

$22,000 Engagement

$2,000

Remote Install

OR

$4,000

Onsite Install

$2,000

Remote Install

OR

$4,000

Onsite Install

$2,000

Remote Install

OR

$4,000

Onsite Install

Pain Points

Fortune 500 Investment and Insurance Company

>$25 Billion revenue in 2012

Objectives Reduce costs of maintaining testing infrastructure

Shorten setup and cycle time for application testing

Aggressive date to complete application compatibility testing for SQL Server 2012

Existing outsourcer unable to accelerate application migration

Background

Solution “Outsource” testing environment to Azure IaaS

VPN to connect Azure VMs with on-premises DC

Benefits Expedited testing to meet deadline

Consolidated SQL Server licenses and achieved compliance

Higher agility with cost savings

For Developers: Microsoft Specialist: Microsoft Azure Developer Specialist

For IT Professionals: Microsoft Specialist: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

For a full list of SQL Server 2012 and 2014 courses, please visit the following page:

http://www.netcomlearning.com/products/142/Microsoft-SQL-Server-training.html

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