SQL Server on Azure virtual machines brings cloud agility, elasticity and scalability benefits to SQL Server workloads. SQL virtual machine offers full control on the operating system , virtual machine size, storage subsystem, and the level of manageability needed for your workload.
Today, most applications are running online transactional processing (OLTP) transactions.
Always On availability groups (AG) provide high availability and disaster recovery capabilities to your SQL Server database, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or a combination of both.
We are excited to share that a new, automated way to configure high availability solutions for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) is now available using our SQL VM resource provider.
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines is a cost-effective lift and shift method to run SQL Server on cloud with full control of the version, edition of SQL Server, Operating System, and the VM size.
Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) for SQL Server allows you to use on-premises SQL Server licenses to run SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
