The cloud that can help you move faster and cut costs with SQL Server
What's the big deal about SQL Server on Azure?
You're already running SQL Server on premises. Why bother with the cloud? It's a question veteran IT Pro evangelist Matt Hester hears a lot. In this 9-minute video, Matt covers the ins and outs of running SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and when it makes business sense—from dev/test to disaster recovery to dealing with surprise traffic spikes.
He also covers how to:
- Speed development and test of SQL Server applications
- Gain greater business continuity
- Lower costs and simplify administration needs
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Digging deeper: When and why go hybrid?
You get the basic reasons for running SQL Server workloads in the cloud—but aren't quite ready to make the case in a conference room. This 31-page technical white paper can help. It drills more deeply into when and where cloud deployment makes sense and technical details behind common cloud scenarios for SQL databases.
Learn how the cloud can help you:
- Move existing database applications
- Develop and test new applications
- Migrate or scale existing applications
- Enable disaster recovery for existing on-premises applications
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Moving your organization to the cloud sound scary? In this SQL Server session for IT Pros, Microsoft Virtual Academy experts demonstrate how to take it step by step
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See how others are using it
"With Azure, we don't have to worry about acquisition of new hardware or bigger networks. We can just make it happen."
Steve Novoselac
IT Manager, Trek Bicycles
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