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Backed by the power and presence of Azure, high-throughput applications can elastically scale their data tier across thousands of databases and now, the latest version delivers 25% more Premium database power. Additionally, internal tests over 600 million rows of data show up to 100x query performance improvements when applying the In-memory columnstore technology. The SQL Database service tiers enable applications to easily scale-up or down predictable performance on each database. The new Elastic Scale preview for Azure SQL Database simplifies the development and management of applications that scale out across a large number of databases.

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Gain peace of mind over data availability with built-in replicas and a competitive 99.99%* Microsoft-backed SLA at the database level. Enjoy more application continuity and protection against catastrophic events with built-in continuity options across the service tiers and now with as much as 360x lower disaster recovery objectives. Active geo-replication, allows you to create up to 4 readable secondaries in any Azure region, and control when and where to failover. Gain more control over “oops recovery” with self-service restore which offers customer control over data restoration from available data backups. Up to 35 days of backups available to you for recovery.

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* The 99.99% uptime SLA applies to Basic, Standard, and Premium service tiers only. SQL Database Web and Business Editions have an established uptime SLA of 99.9%.

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Remove virtually all infrastructure maintenance with SQL Database which provides automatic software patching as part of the service. Meanwhile, built-in system replicas using the quorum writes technique help deliver inherent data protection, database uptime and system stability which means less hassle for developers and architects. System replicas are automatically moved to new machines which are provisioned on-the-fly as old machines fail.

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SQL Database offers a portfolio of security features to help you further meet organizational or industry-mandated compliance policies. Streamline compliance-related tasks and gain knowledge about activities taking place within your database with Auditing which tracks and logs events that occur on your database. You can also implement policies at the database level to help limit access to sensitive data with Row-Level Security (preview) and Dynamic Data Masking (preview). Additionally, SQL Database is verified by key cloud auditors as part of the scope of key Azure compliance certifications and approvals such as HIPAA BAA, ISO/IEC 27001:2005, FedRAMP, and E.U. Model Clauses.

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