Support elastic scale & gain 25% more Premium performance
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.
Flavorus unlocked new business with an on-premises to cloud hybrid architecture that supports massive scale-out for temporal peaks.
Streamline business continuity for your critical applications
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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MYOB has the ability to scale up to thousands of databases as needed backed by a disaster recovery solution and geo-redundancy.
Enjoy near-zero maintenance through a self-managed service
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.
Drive productivity through support for familiar functionality, tools and platforms
With a near-complete SQL Server programmable surface area, you can more easily migrate on-premises SQL Server applications to Azure to help drive down datacenter costs and improve IT productivity. Drive DevOps tasks such as scale out or business continuity via programmatic APIs for streamlined management as you scale to hundreds or thousands of databases. SQL Database offers a choice of management tools; REST APIs, PowerShell, the Azure Management Portal with HTML5 support, or SQL Server Management Studio and supports a choice of popular platforms and technologies, including .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Node.js. Enjoy seamless development on or offline and across on-premises and cloud-designed apps with Visual Studio integration.
Samsung simplified development efforts and reduced costs by 80% with their global SmartTV business. SQL Database Premium supports thousands of concurrent internet-based registrations their market-leading SmartTV line.
Enable security and compliance-related tasks
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.
"The firewall and security configurations in SQL [Database] are great. Our cloud-based services are now as secure as our data-center-based services."
Devan Govender, Chief Software Architect,
BetOnSoft Blend service tiers for innovative designs
SQL Database is offered in different service tiers to support light-weight to heavy-weight database workloads, so you can move across or blend the tiers together for innovative application designs. With the power and reach of Azure, you can mix-and-match Azure services with SQL Database to meet your unique modern app design needs, drive cost and resource efficiencies, and unlock new business opportunities. Visit the SQL Database pricing page for more details.