This document provides information about upcoming webinars on Azure SQL and AI/ML hosted by various user groups. It lists the experience of the person running the user groups and provides an agenda for upcoming webinars in May and June 2020 that will cover various Azure database and analytics services. It also includes references and links for further learning about Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, high availability and disaster recovery options.
Azure SQL Database now has a Managed Instance, for near 100% compatibility for lifting-and-shifting applications running on Microsoft SQL Server to Azure. Contact me for more information.
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Microsoft Azure platform provides a database as a service offering that allows developers to use SQL in the same way as they would in an on-premises location.
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Have you been hearing about Azure Managed Instances and want to know what all the fuss is about? Come see how Managed Instances is changing how we think about cloud databases. Managed Instances can be considered a hybrid of Azure SQL Database and on-premises SQL Server with all the awesome benefits of Platform as a Service. You’ll get to see first-hand how easy it is to migrate databases from on-premises to a Managed Instance. We’ll explore the differences between Azure SQL Database, Managed Instances, and SQL Server on an Azure VM to help you determine what is the best fit for your organization. If you’ve been considering Azure for your organization, this session is for you!
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Azure SQL Database is a managed database service hosted in Microsoft's Azure cloud. Some key differences from SQL Server include: the service is paid by the hour based on the selected service tier; users can dynamically scale resources up or down; backups and high availability are managed by the service provider; and common administration tasks are handled by the provider rather than the user. The service offers automatic backups, point-in-time restore, and geo-restore capabilities along with built-in high availability through replication across three copies in the primary region.
The document provides an overview of SQL Azure, a relational database service available on the Microsoft Azure platform. Key points include:
- SQL Azure allows users to build applications that use a relational database in the cloud without having to manage infrastructure.
- It is based on SQL Server and provides a familiar programming model, but is designed for the cloud with high availability and scalability.
- The service has limitations on database size and does not provide built-in sharding capabilities, so applications need to implement custom partitioning logic for large datasets.
- Future improvements may address limitations and open up new scenarios and opportunities through integration with other Azure services. SQL Azure is part of Microsoft's broader strategy around cloud-
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Microsoft Azure platform provides a database as a service offering that allows developers to use SQL in the same way as they would in an on-premises location.
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- SQL Azure allows users to build applications that use a relational database in the cloud without having to manage infrastructure.
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Azure SQL Database (SQL DB) is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that provides nearly full T-SQL compatibility so you can gain tons of benefits for new databases or by moving your existing databases to the cloud. Those benefits include provisioning in minutes, built-in high availability and disaster recovery, predictable performance levels, instant scaling, and reduced overhead. And gone will be the days of getting a call at 3am because of a hardware failure. If you want to make your life easier, this is the presentation for you.
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Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new flavor of Azure SQL Database that is a game changer. It offers near-complete SQL Server compatibility and network isolation to easily lift and shift databases to Azure (you can literally backup an on-premise database and restore it into a Azure SQL Database Managed Instance). Think of it as an enhancement to Azure SQL Database that is built on the same PaaS infrastructure and maintains all it's features (i.e. active geo-replication, high availability, automatic backups, database advisor, threat detection, intelligent insights, vulnerability assessment, etc) but adds support for databases up to 35TB, VNET, SQL Agent, cross-database querying, replication, etc. So, you can migrate your databases from on-prem to Azure with very little migration effort which is a big improvement from the current Singleton or Elastic Pool flavors which can require substantial changes.
Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service hosted in the Azure cloud that reduces costs by eliminating the need to manage virtual machines, operating systems, or database software. It provides automatic backups, high availability through geo-replication, and the ability to scale performance by changing service tiers. Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database that supports automatic indexing, multiple data models via different APIs, and configurable consistency levels with strong performance guarantees. Azure Redis Cache uses the open-source Redis data structure store with managed caching instances in Azure for improved application performance.
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and can be used without completing the previous tutorials.
In this presentation, we will do assess the on-premises environment and determining what workloads and databases are ready to make the move and what can you do to improve their Azure readiness while reducing downtime during the migration. Planning and assessment plays a critical role in moving to the cloud. We would see wide range of resources and tools to get an assessment completed with ease while identifying workload dependencies with practical tips and tricks focusing on sizing and costs. And finally, we’ll assess the SQL instances and identify their readiness for Azure as well.
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Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database service that makes building and maintaining applications easier. It provides continuous learning of app patterns to optimize performance, reliability, and data protection. The service takes care of scalability, backup, and high availability. It provides recommendations to optimize database performance and fix issues. Azure SQL Database offers pricing tiers for different performance levels and capabilities for security, monitoring, and compliance. It can be used for a variety of workloads including web, mobile, and multi-tenant apps.
This document provides an overview of Azure SQL Managed Instance and how it compares to other Azure SQL options. It discusses how Managed Instance takes care of database management tasks like backups, high availability, and updates. It also summarizes the service tiers of General Purpose and Business Critical and their key features like storage performance and read replicas. Finally, it outlines approaches for migrating databases to Managed Instance using tools like DMA and restoring backups.
Getting Started with Azure SQL Database (Presented at Pittsburgh TechFest 2018)Chad Green
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Azure SQL Database (SQL DB) is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that provides nearly full T-SQL compatibility so you can gain tons of benefits for new databases or by moving your existing databases to the cloud. Those benefits include provisioning in minutes, built-in high availability and disaster recovery, predictable performance levels, instant scaling, and reduced overhead. And gone will be the days of getting a call at 3am because of a hardware failure. If you want to make your life easier, this is the presentation for you.
Come learn about new security features like Vulnerability Assessment, Information Protection, Thread Detection and Always Encrypt to see how Azure SQL Database is securing your data in the most secure database on the planet.
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designed for beginners who have some .NET development experience. Using a common
scenario, each tutorial introduces one or two Windows Azure features or components.
Even though each tutorial builds upon the previous ones, the tutorials are self-contained
and can be used without completing the previous tutorials.
In this presentation, we will do assess the on-premises environment and determining what workloads and databases are ready to make the move and what can you do to improve their Azure readiness while reducing downtime during the migration. Planning and assessment plays a critical role in moving to the cloud. We would see wide range of resources and tools to get an assessment completed with ease while identifying workload dependencies with practical tips and tricks focusing on sizing and costs. And finally, we’ll assess the SQL instances and identify their readiness for Azure as well.
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https://www.tarabica.org/Session/Details/78
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https://youtu.be/Cl4IDpc_0yc
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https://youtu.be/_4lZ54eI3F0
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A Tour of Azure SQL Databases (NOVA SQL UG 2020)
1.
2. 20+ years in Information Technology
Microsoft for 8 years
Prior: Symantec, Fanactics.com, ASM Research.
Various side gigs as a contract trainer
Co-Run: Northern Virginia SQL User Group – www.meetup.com/novasql
Co-Run: Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Meetup – www.meetup.com/aimil
Co-Run: Reston Azure Data Fest, Reston Global AI Bootcamp (for details check on www.meetup.com/novasql )
Initial AIML Meetup on Monday, April 27, 10:30AM-12:00PM,
Weekly NOVASQL and AIML webinars through July
3. Fridays, 11:30AM – 12:30PM
May 8th through July 24
Will extend series if needed
Coming up:
May 8 - A Tour of Azure SQL Databases – Tim McAliley
May 15 – SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clustering - Mohammad Darab
May 22 - Azure Databricks - Ayman El-Ghazali,
May 29 - Azure SQL Synapse (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse) – Jim Boriotti
June 5 – Azure SQL Managed Instance – Chris Seferlis
RSVP/Information at Northern Virginia SQL User Group meetup page – www.meetup.com/novasql
Slide Downloads or information about slides/blogs are also on the meetup page
4. What is Azure SQL Database?
What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?
HA/DR Options for Azure SQL DB
References & Further Learning
**Slide location is on www.meetup.com/novasql
AGENDA
5. References & Further Learning
Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com
Azure SQL Database https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-technical-overview
Choosing the Right Option - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-paas-vs-sql-server-iaas
Scalability - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-scale-resources
Azure Regions - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/regions/
Learning / Training - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/
6.
7. Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed
Platform as a Service (PaaS) Database
Engine that handles most of the
database management functions such
as upgrading, patching, backups, and
monitoring without user involvement.
9. Azure SQL Database
Database-scoped deployment
option with predictable
workload performance
Shared resource model optimized
for greater efficiency of multi-
tenant applications
Best for apps that require resource
guarantee at database level
Best for SaaS apps with multiple
databases that can share resources
at database level, achieving better
cost efficiency
Best for modernization at scale
with low friction and effort
Elastic PoolSingle Managed Instance
Instance-scoped deployment option
with high compatibility with SQL Server
and full PaaS benefits
10. Azure SQL Database deployment option
Azure SQL Database
Database-scoped deployment option with
predictable workload performance
Shared resource model optimized for greater
efficiency of multi-tenant applications
Best for apps that require resource
guarantee at database level
Best for SaaS apps with multiple databases that can share
resources at database level, achieving better cost efficiency
Best for modernization at scale with
low friction and effort
Elastic PoolSingle Managed Instance
Instance-scoped deployment option with high
compatibility with SQL Server and full PaaS benefits
ServiceTiers
11. Key benefits of Azure SQL Database
Independently scale compute
and storage to match both
performance and financial needs
High availability and disaster
recovery with 99.99% uptime
availability SLA and active-geo
replication, point-in-time restore,
and geo-restore
Up to 100x performance
improvements with support for
In-Memory Columnstore queries
Improved monitoring and
troubleshooting with Extended
Events and visibility into more
than 100 new table views
Support for key programmability
functions to drive more robust
application design
12. Azure SQL Managed
Instance
Managed instance is a new
deployment option of Azure SQL
Database, providing near 100%
compatibility with the latest SQL Server
on-premises (Enterprise Edition)
Database Engine, providing a native
virtual network (VNet) implementation
that addresses common security
concerns, and a business model
favorable for on-premises SQL Server
customers.
13. Customers looking to migrate a large
number of apps from on-premise or IaaS,
self-built or ISV provided, with as low
migration effort as possible & cost being
a crucial factor
15. Save time with
familiar SQL
Server tools and
resources
Eliminate app changes with full SQL
Server programming surface
Use familiar SQL Server features in SQL
Database Managed Instance
16. What is Hyperscale?
Hyperscale is an all new storage layer under the database
Hyperscale is architected for the cloud from the ground up
Hyperscale is fully compatible with Azure SQL Database
Hyperscale is no limits
Hyperscale is VLDB size without the VLDB headaches
Support for 100TB+
17. Hyperscale your database
SQL Database Hyperscale
Storage
Primary Compute Secondary Compute Secondary Compute Secondary Compute
Log service
Compute
1 TB data file 1 TB data file 1 TB data file
Legend:
18. On-demand flexible scale
Operate at the true rhythm of
your business
Fully managed & intelligent
Focus on your applications, not
your infrastructure
Cost-effective
Pay for performance. Period.
Adapts compute resources to the
workload without sacrificing
performance
Automatically pauses and resumes
Fully-managed and intelligent
database service
Built-in 99.99% availability
Pay only for compute resources you
consume, on a per-second basis
Further optimize costs with configurable
compute thresholds
Best for unpredictable and intermittent
workloads on single databases, such as:
Dev/test E-commerceLine of Business
19. Line of business apps
Expense reporting and employee tracking apps
Procurement systems
E-commerce
Opening new marketplaces, marketing campaigns,
sales promotions
Content management systems
Updating and publishing web content
Content clearinghouses that pull select content
by third parties
Dev/test workloads
Handling unpredictable workload needs
20. Optimize price to performance
with
per-second billing
Compute resources scale dynamically up or down
based on workload requirements
Configure minimum and maximum vCores to define
the range of available compute capacity
Use auto-pause delay to define the time period the
dataset must be inactive before pausing
Pay for compute based on the vCores and memory
used per second, with lowest billing based on
configured vCore minimum
Min vcores
CPU usage
Inactive Paused
Max vcores Vcores used Vcores billed
21. Workloads with unpredictable and intermittent
usage patterns or performance requirements
Workloads where the requirements are
unknown and you can delegate compute sizing
to the service
Common scenarios
Scale up or down to meet workload
requirements, instead of pre-provisioning
Bill on a per-second basis
Optimize compute provisioning and billing for your workload
Serverless databases…
Workloads with regular and substantial
compute utilization
Multiple databases with bursty usage
patterns that can be consolidated into a
single server and use elastic pools for
better price optimization
Common scenarios
Provision compute resources upfront
Bill on an hourly basis
Databases with provisioned compute…
22.
23. High Availability
High availability: Refers to a set of
technologies that minimize IT
disruptions by providing business
continuity of IT services through
redundant, fault-tolerant, or failover-
protected components inside the same
data center.
29. Criticality of HA/DR
Both HA and DR are super important
and should be implemented along with
the earliest phases of service planning,
tested and monitored.
30.
31. Backups by Default
• By default, seven days of database backups are
stored in RA-GRS Standard blob storage.
• The retention period can be increased to up to
35 days.
• Any corrupted or deleted database can be
restored to any point in time within that
period.
32. Geo-Replication
• Done at Database Level
• Active geo-replication (opt-in feature)
• Active geo-replication creates up to four online
(readable) secondaries in any Azure region.
• Secondary active geo-replication databases are
priced at 100 percent of primary database
prices.
• The cost of geo-replication traffic between the
primary and the online secondary is included
in the cost of the online secondary.
• Active geo-replication is available for all
database tiers, except Hyperscale.
33. Failover Groups
• Done at Server Level
• Failover group are a SQL server feature
designed to automatically manage replication,
connectivity and failover of a set of databases.
• Instance Failover Groups are done at Server
Level for Azure SQL Managed Instance
34. Built-in high
availability for Azure
SQL Managed
Instance
P
S S
Write
Write Ack
Ack
Read
write
Ack
value
DB
Availability group
35. Primary region Secondary region
Failover group
listener
Geo-replication
Ingress LB
End user traffic
VNET VNET
Ingress LB
DB traffic
Capabilities
▪ Active / Standby
▪ All databases in the instance are
automatically replicated
▪ Automatic or manual failover
▪ Read-write listener for read-write
database connections
▪ Read-only listener for read-intended
database connections
Scenarios
▪ Transparent recovery from outage
▪ Load-balancing read-only workloads
▪ Failback after outage is mitigated
Application
Application VM
Application VM
Application VM
Azure Traffic Manager
User device
DNS zone
demosvr001.database.windows.net
37. You
Microsoft
Azure SQL Database
Geo-distributed service
Customer metadata protection and recovery
Transparent high availability and data protection from local platform failures
Automatic geo-distributed backups
Automatic data synchronization of geo-replicated databases
Platform compliance testing and certification
Alert to impacted customers about server degradation during regional failures
Customer (subscription owner)
Detecting user errors and initiating point-in-time restore
Planning, database prioritization, and region selection for disaster recovery
Initiating geo-restore to selected region
Initiating failover of geo-replicated databases
Application disaster recovery drills
Roles and responsibilities
38. Peace of mind over your cloud investments
Built-in regional database replicas for
additional protection
Uptime SLA of 99.995%*
Single support vendor across Azure cloud
services
Microsoft-backed for your peace of mind
*Web & Business tiers remain backed by 99.9% uptime SLA.
39. Automatically created with LTR capability in Azure SQL Database
Full database backups
Store backups for up to for up to 10 Years
Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
Export a database
Generate a BACPAC in external storage and hydrate as needed
Long-term data retention
40. Geo- replicated
Restore from backup
Azure SQL
Database backups
Automatic backups
Full backups weekly, differential backup daily,
log backups every 5 minutes
Daily and weekly backups automatically
uploaded to geo-redundant Azure Storage
Self-service restore
Point-in-time up to a second granularity
REST API, PowerShell, or Azure portal
Creates a new database in the same logical server
User-controlled retention policy
7 days default retention in all service tiers
Up to 35 days of additional retention if required at
additional cost
Choice of storage tier for data sovereignty
Point-in-time restore
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Azure storage
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41. Self-service restore
to a point in time
Backups retained for 7/35 days
Restoring a deleted database
Restores the database to any point in time within
the retention period
Creates a new database on the server used by
the original database
You can choose to failover to the restored database
or use scripts to recover data
Database recovery
Now -7 days
Time
DB1 DB1
42. Self-service restore API
Built on geo-redundant Azure Storage
Restores last replicated backup to any Azure
region as a new database
No extra cost, no capacity guarantee
RTO≥24h, RPO=1h
Geo-restore protects from disaster
Geo- replicated
Restore to any Azure region
Azure SQL
Database backups
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Azure storage
sabcp01bl21
43. Mission-critical business continuity on your terms, via programmatic APIs
Active geo-replication
Up to 4 secondaries
Service levels All
Readable secondaries Up to 4
Regions available Any Azure region
Replication Automatic, asynchronous
Manageability tools
REST API, PowerShell, or Azure
Portal
Recovery time objective
(RTO)
<30 sec
Recovery point objective <5sec
Failover On demand
44. Enable geo-replication for a group of
databases or pools to another region
Automatic or manual failover policy
Read-only and read-write listener endpoints
for transparent failover
Available for all service tiers
Failover groups with Managed Instance (Instance Failover Groups)
45. Focus on building apps instead of management
tasks
Active geo-replication provides the richest business
continuity solution with the least risk of data loss
and the most rapid recovery time
Extends standard geo-replication with up to four readable
secondary databases in the same or different data center
locations (regions)
Secondary databases can also be used for load balancing or
to provide low-latency access to replicated data anywhere in
the world
Automatically manage geo-replication relationship,
connectivity, and failover at scale
Available in auto-failover policy or manual activation
Automated administration allows you to do your job
46. Bi-directionally synchronizes data across
multiple SQL databases and SQL Server
instances
Sync occurs between the defined Hub
database and individual member databases
Use cases:
Distributed Applications
Globally Distributed Applications
Hybrid Data Synchronization
SQL Data sync
One region
Sync between two databases
Hub DB Sync DB Sync app
Member DB
One region
Sync between three
or more databases
Hub DB Sync DB Sync app
Member DB
(Azure)
Member DB
(on-prem)
Sync
agent
47. P
S S
Reads are completed at the primary
Writes are replicated to secondaries
Single logical database
Write
Write Ack
Ack
Read
write
Ack
value
Recovery from machine failure
Critical capabilities:
✓ Create new replica
✓ Synchronize data
✓ Stay consistent
✓ Detect failures
✓ Failover
✓ 99.99% availability
High-availability platform
DB P S
P S
48. Backups are
automatic
Database backup schedule is the same as Azure SQL
Database
COPY_ONLY, URL-based backups can be used to
perform manual full database backups
Backup retention is 7 days by default
49. Restore
considerations for
Azure SQL Managed
Instance
Point-in-time restores are possible and must be performed manually
using the Azure Portal
Restoring automated backups from within SSMS is not allowed
You can only restore using the Azure Portal
COPY_ONLY, URL-based full backups can be restored using SSMS to
a Managed Instance only
Cannot be restored to on-premises as Managed Instance uses a
higher build than on-premises instances
Databases with multiple log files cannot be restored
Secondary log files must be removed prior to backing up and
restoring to a Managed Instance
Can restore backups in a specific DB Compatibility
Supports up to SQL 2005
50.
51. References&FurtherLearning
Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com
Azure SQL Database https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-technical-overview
Choosing the Right Option - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-paas-vs-sql-server-iaas
Scalability - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-scale-resources
Azure Regions - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/regions/
Learning / Training - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/
52. WHAT WE COVERED
What is Azure SQL Database?
What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?
HA/DR Options for Azure SQL DB
References & Further Learning
**Slide location is on www.meetup.com/novasql
53. Thank You!
We Are Always Looking for Talent - https://careers.microsoft.com
Contact Info-
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothymcaliley/
• Twitter - @sysframeworks
• Email – timothy.mcaliley@microsoft.com
54.
55. The Modern Data Problem
How to derive value from data:
What happened historically?
What is happening now?
What is going to happen?
Each dimension of data is
constantly expanding
57. Azure Database Migration Service
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server
A hybrid Journey to the Cloud
Seamless hybrid deployment with
integrated data synchronization
Reliable migration at scale
Lift and shift to the cloud with
no code changes
Up to 55% cost savings
59. Data platform continuum
SharedlowercostDedicatedhighercost
Higher administration Lower administration
Physical
SQL Server
Physical Machine (raw iron)
IaaS
SQL Server in Azure VM
Virtualized Machines
Virtual
SQL Server Private Cloud
Virtualized Machine + Appliance
PaaS & SaaS
Azure SQL Database
Virtualized Database
60. On-premises
Datacenter
Management
Hardware
O/S provision
/patching
Database Provision/
Patch/Scaling
Virtualization
Data
Applications
High availability
/DR/Backups
SQL Server 2017
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Datacenter
Management
Hardware
Virtualization
O/S
Database Provision/
Patch/Scaling
Data
Applications
High availability
/DR/Backups
Azure SQL VMs
Platform
(as a Service)
Data
Applications
Datacenter
Management
Hardware
Virtualization
O/S
Database Provision/
Patch/Scaling
High Availability/
DR/Backups
Azure SQL Database
On-premises costs tend to be driven by
hardware and data center management costs
Infrastructure-as-a-Service reduces cost
categories related to data center and
compute
Platform-as-a-Service off-loads customers’
most administrative tasks to Azure, further
improving efficiency with machine-learning
capabilities for performance and security
• Managed Instance: instance-level
deployment for lift-shift existing apps to
Azure, fully backward compatible
• Single database: database-level
deployment for new apps
Saving opportunity for modernizing
your data estate is significant
Intelligent
performance/security
Managed by MicrosoftManaged by customer Machine-learning capability
61. Focus on your business
We take care of your database chores
Your work so far How PaaS helps
Hardware purchasing and management Built-in scale on-demand
Protect data with backups (with health checks and retention) Built-in point-in-time restore
High availability implementation Built-in 99.99% SLA and auto-failover
Disaster recovery implementation Built-in geo-redundancy and geo-replication
Ensure compliance with standards on your own Built-in easy to use features
Secure your data from malicious users and mistakes Built-in easy to use features
Role out updates and upgrades Built-in updates and upgrades
Monitor, troubleshoot, and manage at scale Built-in easy to use features
Tune and maintain for predictable performance Built-in easy to use features
63. Who is Managed
Instance for?
Customers looking to migrate a large
number of apps from on-premise or IaaS,
self-built or ISV provided, with as low
migration effort as possible & cost being
a crucial factor
SQL
66. MI Virtual Cluster
Virtual cluster
VNet
Node
TDS endpoint
(Private IP)
SQL
EngineSQL
Manageme
nt
Node Agent
LB
ILB
G
W
G
W
G
W
mymi.<clusterid>.database
.windows.net
TLS
TLS
TLS
Windows Firewall
SQL Management
(Public IP)
Nodeprimary
node
Node
SQL Management (public IP) TDS endpoint (private IP)
SQL
67. Managed Instance key capabilities
Azure SQL Database
Managed InstanceSingle Elastic Pool
• Fully-fledged SQL
instance with nearly
100% compat with
on-premise
• Built on the same
infrastructure as SQL
Database
• Provides the same
benefits (PaaS)
• Contained within
your VNet
• Private IP addresses
• Express Route / VPN
connectivity
• Transparent
• Frictionless
• Competitive
69. Online index rebuild capability for clustered
and non-clustered indexes for greater
availability
Build highly optimized schemas to improve
query processing with table partitioning
support
Access Common Language Runtime (CLR) and
define CLR types, aggregates, functions, and
procedures written in C#
In-Memory Columnstore index for data marts
Support for additional Dynamic Management
Views (DMVs) for deeper insight into
application health
Broader SQL Server support for improved compatibility on Azure
70. Updates to Azure SQL Database
Hybrid Performance & scale Security Intelligence
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Managed Instance Business
Critical – GA
Managed Instance General
Purpose - GA
vCore Purchasing Model - GA
Reserved Capacity Pricing - GA
Data Sync – GA
More vCore compute levels -
GA
Zone Redundancy - Prev
Elastic DB library for Java - GA
Columnstore in Standard tier - GA
Long Term backup retention - GA
Zone Redundancy - GA
Read Scale - Prev
.Net/ODBC and SSDT - Prev
Resumable Online Index Create –
GA
Storage add-ons - GA
Adding DTU Standard perf levels-
GA
Elastic Jobs - Prev
Auto Failover - GA
Hyperscale – Prev
Dev/test pricing for MI, single DB-
GA
Serverless - Prev
TDE with Azure Key Vault –
GA
Information Protection – Prev
Vulnerability Assessment - GA
Automatic Tuning
Improvements - GA
Intelligent QP updates - Prev
For latest information:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?product=sql-database
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-release-notes
71. Previous updates to Azure SQL Database
Learn & Adapt Privacy & trust
Business
Continuity
Seamless and
Compatible
Operational analytics
• Columnstore
• In-Memory OLTP
Predictable performance
• Query Store
• Index Optimization
• Automatic tuning
• Auto query
plan correction
• Performance Insight
in OMS
• Adaptive Query
Processing
SQL Graph Advanced analytics
• Native PREDICT
• R Services
Activity monitoring
• Engine Audit
• Threat Detection
• Centralized dashboard OMS
Access control
• SQL Firewall
• RLS, Dynamic data masking
• AAD and MFA
Data protection
• Encrypt in motion (TLS)
• Always Encrypted (equality)
• TDE & BYOK
• Service endpoint
• Always Encrypted
(secure enclave)
Discovery & assessment
• Vulnerability assessment
HA-DR built-in
• 99.99% SLA
• Geo-restore
• Active geo replicas (4)
• Multi-AZ
• Zone-redundant
Backup and restore
• Backup with health check
• 35 days PITR
• 10 years data retention
Distributed application
• Change Tracking
• Transaction replication
• Data sync
• SSIS service
• Read scale-out
• VNET endpoints
Biz model & SKUs
• DTU/eDTU
• <=1TB
• Bigger std: S4-S12
• Separate compute and
storage
• Azure Hybrid Benefit
• vCore-based purchasing
Cost optimization
• Intelligent PaaS
73. Challenges with managing Very Large Databases (VLDB)
Scaling ComputeSize of data
Logistics of moving to larger box
Economics of sizing for max peaks
Operations take a LONG time (days in some cases)
Ongoing operations degrade database performance
Can cause outages and downtime
Provisioning more storage to expand the database
can be painful
74. Hyperscale is a new, highly scalable service
tier that adapts on-demand to your
workload's needs, auto-scaling up
to 100TB per database.
Storage dynamically adapts to your workloads’
needs, auto-scaling up to 100TB.
Provision one or more additional compute nodes
that can serve your read-only workload and use
them as a hot-standby, in case of failover.
Perform operations in constant time, regardless of
the size of the data operation.
Compute and storage resources scale rapidly and
independently without sacrificing performance.
Hyperscale is the foundation for massive app growth
9
TB
100
TB
75. Data Pages Data Pages Data Pages
File Snapshots File Snapshots File Snapshots
Log Cache
Log
ServiceLanding Zone
(Azure Premium Storage)
Long Term Storage for PITR
(Azure Standard Storage)
Hyperscale components
1 TB data
file
1 TB data
file
1 TB data
file
76. Data Pages Data Pages Data Pages
File Snapshots File Snapshots File Snapshots
Log Cache
Log Service
Landing Zone
(Azure Premium Storage)
Long Term Storage for PITR
(Azure Standard Storage)
Hyperscale architecture
77. Backup & Restore
Log
Service
Long term log storage
Log Landing Zone
Page Servers
Page Server 1
Page Server 2
Page Server 3
Point in time
Snapshots
Start LSN of oldest
transaction (latest
snapshot with ADR)
among all snapshots
Point in time
Log
ServiceLog Landing Zone
Long term long storage
Azure Storage
Primary
Compute Recovery
Backup has no impact to apps
Parallelized copy (metadata)
Constant time PITR
Accelerated database recovery
79. Elastic databases in elastic database pools
Pooled resources are used by many databases
Standard elastic database pools provide 50-3000
database throughput units (DTUs) for up to 500
databases
Max eDTUs per database can be set if available based
on utilization by other database in the pool
Create/configure pools using portal, Azure PowerShell,
REST APIs
Move databases in/out using portal, Azure PowerShell,
REST APIs, and T-SQL
Databases remain online throughout
Monitoring and alerting available on both pools and
databases
Elastic database model
DTUs
Max per-database
burst level
1,200800400200
80. Pools automatically scale performance and
storage capacity for elastic databases—
anytime, anywhere
Control the performance assigned to a pool,
add or remove elastic databases on demand,
and define performance of elastic databases
without effecting overall pool cost
Don’t worry about managing usage needs of
individual databases
Auto-scaling you control with Elastic Database
Elastic pools
Shares elastic Database Transaction Units (eDTUs) across many databases
Customer 1 Customer NCustomer 3Customer 2
Elastic Database auto-scales eDTUs as needed
81. ELASTIC DATABASE POOLS
Buy a fixed number of eDTUs, share compute across many databases
Elastic database pool service tiers
Basic Standard Premium
Auto-scale up to
5 eDTUs per database
Auto-scale up to
3000 eDTUs per database
Auto-scale up to
4000 eDTUs per database
Customer 1 Customer NCustomer 3Customer 2 …
83. Multiply capacity and density for scalability
Adding more capacity
Identifying and breaking contention and choke
points
How to add additional capacity to a solution?
Subtle constraints to consider…
Using capacity more efficiently
Traditional performance tuning
Maximizing application throughput
(for example, leveraging batching)
Improving network performance
85. Why serverless
Compute requirements for new apps may be unknown
Developers struggle to provide sufficient capacity and resources to support apps
Managing unpredictable and intermittent workloads is costly and time-consuming
Businesses struggle to ensure that database provisioning consistently aligns with workload requirements
?
86. Existing offerings cannot
solve the problem
Provisioned compute databases are designed for
predictable patterns and higher compute utilization
They struggle to meet high peaks in demand
They contribute to over-allocation of resources and costs
during periods of inactivity or low usage
Lead to precious resources spent managing,
not building
vCores billed
vCores used
Provisioned compute with unpredictable
and intermittent workloads
Unused compute
resources
87. On-demand flexible scale
Operate at the true rhythm of
your business
Fully managed & intelligent
Focus on your applications, not
your infrastructure
Cost-effective
Pay for performance. Period.
Adapts compute resources to the
workload without sacrificing
performance
Automatically pauses and resumes
Fully-managed and intelligent
database service
Built-in 99.99% availability
Pay only for compute resources you
consume, on a per-second basis
Further optimize costs with configurable
compute thresholds
Best for unpredictable and intermittent
workloads on single databases, such as:
Dev/test E-commerceLine of Business
88. Line of business apps
Expense reporting and employee tracking apps
Procurement systems
E-commerce
Opening new marketplaces, marketing campaigns,
sales promotions
Content management systems
Updating and publishing web content
Content clearinghouses that pull select content
by third parties
Dev/test workloads
Handling unpredictable workload needs
89. Optimize price to performance
with
per-second billing
Compute resources scale dynamically up or down
based on workload requirements
Configure minimum and maximum vCores to define
the range of available compute capacity
Use auto-pause delay to define the time period the
dataset must be inactive before pausing
Pay for compute based on the vCores and memory
used per second, with lowest billing based on
configured vCore minimum
Min vcores
CPU usage
Inactive Paused
Max vcores Vcores used Vcores billed
90. Workloads with unpredictable and intermittent
usage patterns or performance requirements
Workloads where the requirements are
unknown and you can delegate compute sizing
to the service
Common scenarios
Scale up or down to meet workload
requirements, instead of pre-provisioning
Bill on a per-second basis
Optimize compute provisioning and billing for your workload
Serverless databases…
Workloads with regular and substantial
compute utilization
Multiple databases with bursty usage
patterns that can be consolidated into a
single server and use elastic pools for
better price optimization
Common scenarios
Provision compute resources upfront
Bill on an hourly basis
Databases with provisioned compute…
91. More uniform resource utilization
Need for higher compute responsiveness
Scenarios where hourly billing granularity is ideal
Desire to maintain resource allocation
Interested in reserved capacity, Azure Hybrid Benefit, or
elastic pools
Characteristics for
provisioned compute
Characteristics for
serverless compute
Large shifts in usage and periods of inactivity
Comfort with resume delay and memory reclamation
Scenarios where per second billing granularity is ideal
Desire to delegate resource allocation
Currently using single databases on General Purpose service tier
Price optimization
will help drive the
decision between
provisioned and
serverless compute
92. Multiple databases with unpredictable
and intermittent usage patterns can be
consolidated into a single server and use
elastic pools for better price
optimization
93. Announcement blog post
SQL Database serverless documentation
Azure SQL Database pricing information
Pricing calculator
96. You
Microsoft
Azure SQL Database
Geo-distributed service
Customer metadata protection and recovery
Transparent high availability and data protection from local platform failures
Automatic geo-distributed backups
Automatic data synchronization of geo-replicated databases
Platform compliance testing and certification
Alert to impacted customers about server degradation during regional failures
Customer (subscription owner)
Detecting user errors and initiating point-in-time restore
Planning, database prioritization, and region selection for disaster recovery
Initiating geo-restore to selected region
Initiating failover of geo-replicated databases
Application disaster recovery drills
Roles and responsibilities
97. Peace of mind over your cloud investments
Built-in regional database replicas for
additional protection
Uptime SLA of 99.995%*
Single support vendor across Azure cloud
services
Microsoft-backed for your peace of mind
*Web & Business tiers remain backed by 99.9% uptime SLA.
98. Automatically created with LTR capability in Azure SQL Database
Full database backups
Store backups for up to for up to 10 Years
Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
Export a database
Generate a BACPAC in external storage and hydrate as needed
Long-term data retention
99. Geo- replicated
Restore from backup
Azure SQL
Database backups
Automatic backups
Full backups weekly, differential backup daily,
log backups every 5 minutes
Daily and weekly backups automatically
uploaded to geo-redundant Azure Storage
Self-service restore
Point-in-time up to a second granularity
REST API, PowerShell, or Azure portal
Creates a new database in the same logical server
User-controlled retention policy
7 days default retention in all service tiers
Up to 35 days of additional retention if required at
additional cost
Choice of storage tier for data sovereignty
Point-in-time restore
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Azure storage
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100. Self-service restore
to a point in time
Backups retained for 7/35 days
Restoring a deleted database
Restores the database to any point in time within
the retention period
Creates a new database on the server used by
the original database
You can choose to failover to the restored database
or use scripts to recover data
Database recovery
Now -7 days
Time
DB1 DB1
101. Self-service restore API
Built on geo-redundant Azure Storage
Restores last replicated backup to any Azure
region as a new database
No extra cost, no capacity guarantee
RTO≥24h, RPO=1h
Geo-restore protects from disaster
Geo- replicated
Restore to any Azure region
Azure SQL
Database backups
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Azure storage
sabcp01bl21
102. Mission-critical business continuity on your terms, via programmatic APIs
Active geo-replication
Up to 4 secondaries
Service levels All
Readable secondaries Up to 4
Regions available Any Azure region
Replication Automatic, asynchronous
Manageability tools
REST API, PowerShell, or Azure
Portal
Recovery time objective
(RTO)
<30 sec
Recovery point objective <5sec
Failover On demand
103. Enable geo-replication for a group of
databases or pools to another region
Automatic or manual failover policy
Read-only and read-write listener endpoints
for transparent failover
Available for all service tiers
Failover groups with Managed Instance
104. Focus on building apps instead of management
tasks
Active geo-replication provides the richest business
continuity solution with the least risk of data loss
and the most rapid recovery time
Extends standard geo-replication with up to four readable
secondary databases in the same or different data center
locations (regions)
Secondary databases can also be used for load balancing or
to provide low-latency access to replicated data anywhere in
the world
Automatically manage geo-replication relationship,
connectivity, and failover at scale
Available in auto-failover policy or manual activation
Automated administration allows you to do your job
105. Bi-directionally synchronizes data across
multiple SQL databases and SQL Server
instances
Sync occurs between the defined Hub
database and individual member databases
Use cases:
Distributed Applications
Globally Distributed Applications
Hybrid Data Synchronization
SQL Data sync
One region
Sync between two databases
Hub DB Sync DB Sync app
Member DB
One region
Sync between three
or more databases
Hub DB Sync DB Sync app
Member DB
(Azure)
Member DB
(on-prem)
Sync
agent
106. P
S S
Reads are completed at the primary
Writes are replicated to secondaries
Single logical database
Write
Write Ack
Ack
Read
write
Ack
value
Recovery from machine failure
Critical capabilities:
✓ Create new replica
✓ Synchronize data
✓ Stay consistent
✓ Detect failures
✓ Failover
✓ 99.99% availability
High-availability platform
DB P S
P S
107. Both main copy and backup copy are
protected
at all times
No data loss during the upgrade process
The read-only period depends on the
duration of the database upgrade
Online service upgrade
South Central USNorth Central
US
ATM
Microsoft
Azure
Continuous copy
App monitoringCreate backup copySet to ROTerminate continuous copySwitch trafficRun upgradeRemove backup copy
Upgrade orchestration
workflow
Hostname
www.contoso.com
IP Address
North Central USAzure DNS
Contoso V2
(primary
instance)
Microsoft Azure
Contoso V2
(primary instance,
read-only)
Microsoft Azure
SQL Azure
SQL Azure
DB1
DB3
Contoso V2
(standby instance)
Microsoft Azure
Contoso V2
(standby
instance,
read-only)
Microsoft Azure
SQL Azure
SQL Azure
DB2
DB4
Geo-replication
109. Remote storage configurations are used
for Basic, Standard or General Purpose tiers
HA architecture for remote storage configurations
DC
DNS name
Azure premium storage
MS MS
MS DB
Control ring
Tenant ring
Primary (LS) Replica (LS) Replica (LS)
Primary (LS)
SSD SSD
SSD
App
CRUD
Query
Blob
110. Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Zone redundant configurations are currently
only supported in the Premium or Business
Critical tiers
HA architecture for Zone redundant configuration
DNS name
Azure premium storage
MS GW
MS DB
Control ring
App
CRUD
ATM
MS DB
MS DB
MS
GW
MS GW
VNET
Tenant ring
Primary (LS)
Primary
(RS)
Replica (LS)
SSD
SSD
SSD
Replica (LS)
Blob
Query
111. Central directory (catalog) stores customer profiles
One database per end customer (tenant)
Often for security and isolation
Some rely on schema customization
Data-dependent routing is a common data-access
path
Highly selective key-lookup queries, multi-joins, and more
Mid to low data-entry rate
No need for cross-customer (fan-out) queries
Most tenants are small and “cold,” and some might
have hot spots
Optimize cost of goods sold (COGS) by picking the right
service tier for the customer (mostly basic)
Software as a service (SaaS)
Cust 1 Cust 2 Cust 3 Cust N
Apps
Catalog
112. Manage and monitor multi-tenant apps with the isolation benefits of one customer per database
Free yourself from the administration overhead of designing, buying, building, and managing each
customer’s environment
Elastic databases at a glance
Elastic database pools
and elastic database
pricing model
Elastic database tools:
client library and split-
merge service
Elastic database job Elastic database
queries (preview)
and transactions
?
113. An elastic database pool is a collection of
resources and storage that are used by
multiple databases
Elastic database jobs allow you to perform
tasks across databases in the pool, including:
Performing administrative tasks, such as
deploying new schemas
Updating reference data, such as making product
information common across all databases
Rebuilding indexes to improve query performance
Manage and scale multiple databases
+ + +
…
Elastic database pool
Databasesconsume
resourcesasneeded
Elastic database tools
Customer
1
Customer
2
Customer
3 Customer
N
SQL
115. Your Azure solution
Build secure apps that connect with
the languages and platforms you
prefer
Platforms
Develop with your choice of popular platforms
including Windows, Linux, and Mac
Tools
Use Azure Management Portal with HTML5 support,
PowerShell, REST APIs, SQL Server Management
Studio, Azure Data Studio and Visual Studio
Languages
Develop with a choice of popular languages, such as
C#, Java, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, and Python
Frameworks
Leverage popular frameworks including Entity,
Hibernate ORM, Ruby on Rails, and Django
Flexibility to work your way
App
T-SQL
Java
C/C++
C#/VB.NET
PHP
Node.js
Python
Ruby
117. Easily work with JSON data and integrate your database with modern services
JSON Support in Azure SQL Database
FOR JSON
Formats result set as JSON text
OPENJSON
Transforms JSON text to table Number Date Customer Price Quantity
SO43659 2011-05-31
T00:00:00
MSFT 59.99 1
SO43661 2011-06-01
T00:00:00
Nokia 24.99 3
[
{
“Number”:“SO43659”,
“Date”:“2011-05-31T00:00:00”
“AccountNumber”:“AW29825”,
“Price”:59.99,
“Quantity”:1
}
{
“Number”:“SO43661”,
“Date”:“2011-06-01T00:00:00”
“AccountNumber”:“AW73565”,
“Price”:24.99
“Quantity”:3
}
]
Built-in functions
ISJSON, JSON_VALUE,
JSON_MODIFY, JSON_QUERY
118. SELECT CustomerName, PhoneNumber, FaxNumber
FROM Sales.Customers
FOR JSON PATH
[
{
"CustomerName":"Eric Torres",
"PhoneNumber":"(307) 555-0100",
"FaxNumber":"(307) 555-0101“
},
{
"CustomerName":"Cosmina Vlad",
"PhoneNumber":"(505) 555-0100",
"FaxNumber":"(505) 555-0101“
},
{
"CustomerName":"Bala Dixit“
,"PhoneNumber":"(209) 555-0100",
"FaxNumber":"(209) 555-0101“
}
]
Format your database content as JSON
directly
in a SQL query
Formatting data as JSON
119. SELECT Id, JSON_VALUE(Data, '$.Color'),
JSON_QUERY(Data, '$.tags')
FROM Products
WHERE JSON_VALUE(Data, '$.Color') = 'White'
Id Data
1 {"Price":50, "Color":"White",
"tags":["toy","children","games"]}
1 White ["toy","children","games"]
JSON functions let you use JSON data in any
SQL query
Querying JSON data
120. JSON functions let you use JSON data in any
SQL query
Modifying JSON data
UPDATE Products
SET Data = JSON_MODIFY(Data, '$.Price', 60)
WHERE Id = 1
Id Data
1 {"Price":50, "Color":"White",
"tags":["toy","children","games"]}
Id Data
1 {"Price":60, "Color":"White",
"tags":["toy","children","games"]}
121. Track and analyze the history of changes in
data with no custom coding
Audit data changes
Reconstruct state of data stored in the table
at any point in time
Calculate trends over time
Maintain a slowly changing dimension for
decision support applications
Temporal Tables
122. Implemented as a pair of tables—one current, one historical
The history table cannot have data inserted or deleted from it directly and its schema cannot be directly modified
Reveal historical data with temporal tables
123. Temporal Tables can be created with your
preferred tool
SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Data Tools
T-SQL
Creating a temporal table
CREATE TABLE WebsiteUserInfo
(
[UserID] int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
, [UserName] nvarchar(100) NOT NULL
, [PagesVisited] int NOT NULL
, [ValidFrom] datetime2 (0) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START
, [ValidTo] datetime2 (0) GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END
, PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME (ValidFrom, ValidTo)
)
WITH (SYSTEM_VERSIONING = ON (HISTORY_TABLE =
dbo.WebsiteUserInfoHistory));
124. There are many ways to read data from the
history table
Example) To see the top 10 users ordered by the
number of visited web pages as of an hour ago:
Use the AS OF clause
Reading from the history table
DECLARE @hourAgo datetime2 = DATEADD(HOUR, -1,
SYSUTCDATETIME());
SELECT TOP 10 * FROM dbo.WebsiteUserInfo FOR
SYSTEM_TIME AS OF @hourAgo
ORDER BY PagesVisited DESC
125. Example) To perform basic statistical analysis for the
previous day:
Use the BETWEEN … AND … clause
Reading from the history table
DECLARE @twoDaysAgo datetime2 = DATEADD(DAY, -2,
SYSUTCDATETIME());
DECLARE @aDayAgo datetime2 = DATEADD(DAY, -1,
SYSUTCDATETIME());
SELECT UserID, SUM (PagesVisited) as
TotalVisitedPages, AVG (PagesVisited) as
AverageVisitedPages,
MAX (PagesVisited) AS MaxVisitedPages, MIN
(PagesVisited) AS MinVisitedPages,
STDEV (PagesVisited) as StDevVisitedPages
FROM dbo.WebsiteUserInfo
FOR SYSTEM_TIME BETWEEN @twoDaysAgo AND @aDayAgo
GROUP BY UserId
126. Setting Retention history
Temporal Tables may increase database size more than regular tables, particularly if:
You retain historical data for a long period of time
You have an update or delete heavy data modification pattern
Developing a data retention policy for managing data in the history table is an important aspect of planning and managing the lifecycle of
every temporal table
Ensure retention policy is enabled at the database level
ALTER DATABASE <myDB>
SET TEMPORAL_HISTORY_RETENTION ON
ALTER TABLE dbo.WebsiteUserInfo
SET (SYSTEM_VERSIONING = ON (HISTORY_RETENTION_PERIOD = 9 MONTHS));
Retention policy can be set when the table is created or can be defined or altered after table creation
127. Manages
Graph Database use cases
A
B C D
E F
Manages
Leads
Leads Manages,
Leads
Leads Leads
Collaborates Collaborates
Manages Manages
Manages Manages
Manages
Location Location
Location
Leads
A
B C D
Manages
Works for
O
128. Graph objects
Create nodes and edges
Properties associated with nodes and edges
SQL Graph
CREATE TABLE Person (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100)) AS NODE;
CREATE TABLE Organization (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100)) AS NODE;
CREATE TABLE Manages AS EDGE;
CREATE TABLE works_for (StartDate date) AS EDGE; Leads
A
O
B C D
Manages
works_for
works_at works_at
works_at
location location
129. Graph objects
Query language extension
Multi-hop navigation and join-free pattern matching
SQL Graph
SELECT person2.name
FROM Person person1,
Manages,
Person person2,
works_at,
location
WHERE MATCH(person1-(Manages)->person2-(works_at)->location)
AND person1.name = ‘Alice’
Leads
A
O
B C D
Manages
works_for
works_at works_at
works_at
location location
130. Graph objects
Query language extension
Integrated in SQL Engine
Queries can lookup against existing SQL database tables and graph nodes/edges
Column store, Advanced Analytics/ML, HA, etc.
Security and compliance
SQL Graph
Leads
A
O
B C D
Manages
works_for
works_at works_at
works_at
location location
131. Graph objects
Query language extension
Integrated in SQL Engine
Tooling and ecosystem
Existing tools will all work out of the box, including backup
and restore, import and export, etc.
SQL Graph
Leads
A
O
B C D
Manages
works_for
works_at works_at
works_at
location location
132. Machine Learning Services in Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database
Model
training
Data
transformations
Scoring Model
DB
Applications
Predictions
Transactions
Applications
Transactions
Predictions
New data
Model
operationalization
Data movement
Model
training
Data
transformations
Model
Analytics service
Separate service or
embedded logic
Scoring
133. Machine Learning Services in Azure SQL Database
/* Input table schema */
create table Iris_Data (name varchar(100), length int, width int);
/* Model table schema */
create table my_iris_model (model varbinary(max));
declare @iris_model varbinary(max) = (select model from my_iris_model);
exec sp_execute_external_script
@language = 'R'
, @script = '
IrisPredict <- function(data, model){
library(e1071)
predicted_species <- predict(model, data)
return(predicted_species)
}
IrisPredict(input_data_1, model);
'
, @parallel = default
, @input_data_1 = N'select * from Iris_Data'
, @params = N'@model varbinary(max)'
, @model = @iris_model
with result sets ((name varchar(100), length int, width int
, species varchar(30)));
Values highlighted in yellow are SQL queries embedded in the original R script
Values highlighted in aqua are R variables that bind to SQL variables by name
Running R script in Azure SQL Database:
Capabilities
Extensible in-database analytics, exposed through T-SQL
Preview with R, Python coming soon
No data movement, resulting in faster time to insights
Real-time analytics on transactional data with native PREDICT
Integration with existing application workflows
Unified governance across analytics and storage
135. • Select a migration strategy
• Find recommended tools
136. DMS, DMA, SSMS, DEA
Azure SQL Database
Managed Instance
Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Database Migration Service (DMS)
Enables offline & online migrations to Azure SQL Database
Data Migration Assistant (DMA)
Assess database compatibility and feature parity
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Integrated environment for managing SQL Server
Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA)
Evaluate target version of SQL Server for a given workload
Tools and services for your migration journey
On-premises data
https://datamigration.microsoft.com
138. Accelerate your transition to Azure
A seamless, end-to-end solution for moving on-premises databases to Azure
Orchestration Scale migration Near-zero
downtime
Homogeneous
sources
Heterogeneous
sources
139. Assess on-premises SQL Server instance(s)
for migrating to Azure SQL database(s)
Discover issues that can affect an upgrade
Migrate an on-premises SQL Server instance
to a modern SQL Server instance
Data Migration Assistant
141. Azure Database Migration Service
On-premises
network
Subnet used for DMS
On-PremiseCustomer SubscriptionMicrosoft Subscription
Azure Storage Account
Service Bus Queue
DMS Resource
Provider
CLI commands
PowerShell
Virtual Machine
Azure Portal
My
M
y
142. Subnet used for MI
Virtual Network (VNET)
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance example
1
2
3
4
Subnet used for DMS
Azure Blob Storage
SMB Network Share
On-premises
Cloud network
SQL DB
Managed Instance
2
3
1
4
143. Migrate a compatible database using SQL
Server Management Studio
Use SSMS to deploy to Azure SQL Database
Use SSMS to export a BACPAC and then import it to
Azure SQL Database
SQL server management studio
2. Import
1. DeployOR
1. Export
Target
DB
Source
DB
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server
SSMS
144. Migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to
Azure SQL Database
The Migration Cookbook describes various
approaches you can use to migrate an on-premises
SQL Server database to the latest Azure SQL
Database Update
Download: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/resources/choosing-your-database-migration-
path-to-azure/en-us/
Migration Centre: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/migration/
Migration Cookbook
146. Learning Objectives
Always encrypted
Transparent data encryption
Vulnerability Assessment
Information Protection
Row-level security
Dynamic data masking
Threat detection
Auditing and compliance
147. Regulatory compliance
Leverage ISO/IEC 27001/27002,
Fed RAMP/FISMA, SOC, HIPPA,
and PCI DSS compliance
Azure Active Directory
Centrally manage and control
identity and user access
Auditing and threat
detection
Get notified of potential threats
with auditing tools and
anomalous activity alerting
Data protection
Protect data at rest,
in motion, or in use
Row-Level Security
Control which users can access
specific row-level data
Encryption
Encrypt a database, associated
backups, and log files at rest—
without changing your app
Layers of protection
Vulnerability Assessment and
Data Discovery & Classification
Discover and classify sensitive data and
discover and remediate insecure
configurations.
148. Enterprise-grade security that is easy to use
PHYSICAL SECURITY
NETWORK SECURITY
CLUSTER SECURITY
ACCESS MANAGEMENT
THREAT PROTECTION
CUSTOMER DATA
INFORMATION PROTECTION 17
552
207
90
59
33
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Vulnerabilities(2010–2018)
149. Overview
Manage user identities in one location
Enable access to Azure SQL Database and other
Microsoft services with Azure Active Directory user
identities and groups
Benefits
Alternative to SQL Server authentication
Limits proliferation of user identities across
databases
Allows password rotation in a single place
Enables management of database permissions by
using external Azure Active Directory groups
Eliminates the need to store passwords
Azure Active Directory authentication
Azure SQL Database
Customer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
150. Database files, backups,
Tx log, TempDB
Customer data
In transit At restIn use
Types of data encryption
Data encryption Encryption technology Customer value
In transit
Transport Layer Security (TLS) from the
client to the server
Protects data between client and server against snooping and
man-in-the-middle attacks
*Azure SQL Database is phasing out Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 and TLS 1.0 in favor of TLS 1.2
At rest
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for
Azure SQL Database
Protects data on the disk
Key management is done by Azure, which makes it easier to obtain compliance
In use (end-to-end)
Always Encrypted for client-side
column encryption
Data is protected end-to-end, but the application is aware of encrypted columns
This is used in the absence of data masking and TDE for compliance-related scenarios
Column encryption
151. All customer data encrypted at rest
Encryption keys managed by Azure
Application changes kept to a minimum
Transparent encryption/decryption of data
in a TCE-enabled client driver
Support for equality operations (including
joins) on encrypted data
Bring You Own Key (BYOK) supported
Transparent Data Encryption
SQL Database
152. Overview
Protect data at rest and in motion, on premises
and in the cloud
Transparent client-side encryption, while SQL Server
executes T-SQL queries on encrypted data
Benefits
Sensitive data remains encrypted and queryable at
all times
on-premises and in the cloud
Unauthorized users never have access to data or
keys
No application changes
Always Encrypted
TCE-enabled
ADO .NET
library
Master key Encrypted columnar key
No app
changes SQL
153. Encrypted sensitive data and its corresponding keys are never seen in plaintext in SQL Server
How Always Encrypted works
Untrusted – SQL Server
ADO.NET
Name
Jim Gray
Name
0x19ca706fbd9a
Result setResult set
Trusted – Client
Name SSN Country
0x19ca706fbd9a 0x7ff654ae6d USA
dbo.Customers
ciphertext
"SELECT Name FROM Customers WHERE SSN = @SSN",
0x7ff654ae6d
ciphertext
"SELECT Name FROM Customers WHERE SSN = @SSN",
"111-22-3333"
SQL
154. Client-side encryption
Sensitive data and related encryption keys are never
revealed to the database engine
Encryption transparency
Client driver transparently encrypts query
parameters and decrypts encrypted results
Queries on encrypted data
Support for equality comparison on columns
encrypted using deterministic encryption
Protect data from high-privileged, unauthorized users
plaintext ciphertext
Enhanced
client
driver
SQL
155. Limitations of Always Encrypted
Data needs to be moved out of the database for initial encryption and key rotation
Reduced functionality of queries on encrypted columns
156. Overview
Confidential computing allows data to be protected inside a
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), also known as an
enclave
An enclave is a protected region of memory that appears as a
black box to the containing process and the OS
Microsoft supports SGX and VSM TEEs
Benefits
Only authorized code is permitted to run inside
an enclave
Both the data and the code inside the enclave are
inaccessible from the outside and protected from malicious
insiders, hackers, and malware
Confidential computing
Hardware
Hypervisor
Operating system
App App
Code
Data
157. Secure computations inside the enclave
When processing queries, the SQL Server database
engine delegates rich computations and
cryptographic operations on encrypted columns to
the enclave, where the data is safely decrypted and
processed
Data protection inside a Trusted Execution Environment
plaintext ciphertext
Enhanced
client
driver
SQL
Enclave
plaintext
158. Protect your data in use from high-privilege
but unauthorized users, including:
Malicious insiders, hackers and malware, and third-
party access without consent
Avoid the pain of moving data
Execute rich computations in client apps without
needing to move sensitive data to the client side
Perform initial encryption or key rotation without
moving data with in-place encryption
Benefits of Always Encrypted using enclaves
CreditCardNo
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-5796
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-1978
159. Configure an enclave-enabled column master key (CMK)
ENCLAVE_COMPUTATIONS property is specified in CMK metadata
The CMK is used to protect column encryption keys (CEK)
Configure a enclave-enabled column-encryption key (CEK)
A CEK that is encrypted with an enclave-enabled CMK
Only enclave-enabled CEKs are permitted to be shared with the enclave
Create enclave-enabled columns
Columns encrypted with enclave-enabled CEKs
Data stored in enclave-enabled columns can be processed inside the enclave
Steps to employing Always Encrypted using enclaves
1
2
3
160. A new era in cybersecurity—confidential
computing brings secure enclaves to Azure
Trusted execution environments protect data in use
First cloud to offer Intel Software Guard Extensions
(SGX) enclaves
Sign up for an early access preview
https://aka.ms/SQLEnclavesPreview
Always Encrypted using enclaves
162. Get visibility
Discover sensitive data and potential security holes
Remediate
Actionable remediation and security hardening
steps
Customize
Baseline policy tuned to your environment, allowing
you to focus on deviations
Report
Pass internal or external audits to facilitate
compliance
Vulnerability Assessment
Azure SQL
Database
Vulnerability Assessment Developer/DBA
SQL Server on-premises
Azure SQL Database
SQL
163. Using Vulnerability Assessment
Run a scan
View a report
Drill-down to results
Remediate issues
Set a baseline
Detect deviations
1
2
3
4
5
6
167. Control access of specific rows in a database table
Help prevent unauthorized access when multiple
users share the same tables, or implement
connection filtering in multitenant applications
Administer via SQL Server Management Studio or
SQL Server Data Tools
Easily locate enforcement logic inside the database
and schema bound to the table
Row-level security
SQL Database
Customer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
168. Database
Policy manager
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_securitypredicate(@wing int)
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
return SELECT 1 as [fn_securitypredicate_result] FROM
StaffDuties d INNER JOIN Employees e
ON (d.EmpId = e.EmpId)
WHERE e.UserSID = SUSER_SID() AND @wing = d.Wing;
CREATE SECURITY POLICY dbo.SecPol
ADD FILTER PREDICATE dbo.fn_securitypredicate(Wing) ON Patients
WITH (STATE = ON)
Filter
Predicate:
INNER
JOIN…
Security
policy
Application
Patients
Nurse
SELECT * FROM Patients
SEMIJOIN APPLY dbo.fn_securitypredicate(patients.Wing);
SELECT Patients.* FROM Patients,
StaffDuties d INNER JOIN Employees e ON (d.EmpId = e.EmpId)
WHERE e.UserSID = SUSER_SID() AND Patients.wing = d.Wing;
RLS in three steps
SELECT * FROM Patients
169. Real-time data
masking, partial
masking
✓ Auto-discovery of potentially sensitive data to
mask
✓ Configurable masking policy from Azure Portal
or via DDL in the Server
✓ On-the-fly obfuscation of data in query results
✓ Flexibility to define a set of privileged SQL users
for un-masked data access
Dynamic data masking
CreditCardNo
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-5796
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-1978
SQL Database
Table.CreditCardNo
4465-6571-7868-5796
4468-7746-3848-1978
4484-5434-6858-6550
Limit the exposure of sensitive data by hiding it from users
170. Dynamic data masking
ALTER TABLE [Employee] ALTER COLUMN [SocialSecurityNumber]
ADD MASKED WITH (FUNCTION = ‘SSN()’
ALTER TABLE [Employee] ALTER COLUMN [Email]
ADD MASKED WITH (FUNCTION = ‘EMAIL()’)
ALTER TABLE [Employee] ALTER COLUMN [Salary]
ADD MASKED WITH (FUNCTION = ‘RANDOM(1,20000)’)
GRANT UNMASK to admin1
SELECT [Name],
[SocialSecurityNumber],
[Email],
[Salary]
FROM [Employee]
admin1 logonother logon
1. Security officer defines dynamic data masking policy in T-SQL over sensitive data in the Employee
table
2. The app user selects from the Employee table3. The dynamic data masking policy obfuscates the sensitive data in the query results
Security officer
Business app
171. Detect anomalous database activities that
could indicate a potential threat
Configure threat detection policy in Azure
Portal
Receive alerts from multiple database threat
detectors that identify anomalous activities
Explore audit log around the time of an
event
Threat detection
Azure SQL Database
Threat detection
Malicious insider
External attacker
Web app
Alert
SQL
173. Application data
Gain insight into database events and streamline
compliance-related tasks
✓ Configurable audit policy via the Azure portal and
standard API
✓ Audit logs reside in your Azure Storage account,
or can be sent directly to Log Analytics or Event
Hub
✓ Azure portal viewer and SSMS for analysis of audit
log
✓ Compatible with SQL Server box auditing,
including high granularity in defining audit policy
Azure SQL Database Auditing
SQL Database
Azure storage
Auditing
SQL
Audit
log
175. Initially, all access to your Azure SQL
Database server is blocked by the firewall
In order to begin using your Azure SQL
Database server, you must go to the
Management Portal
Securing your database with firewalls
SQL Database Server
Yes
NoClient IP address
in range?
Database-level firewall
rule for database 4
SQL Database firewall
Server-level firewall rules
Client IP address
in range?
Connection fails
Database with a
database-level
firewall rule
Microsoft AzureInternet
Windows Azure Platform
DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4
Yes
No
176. Azure Active Directory and Azure SQL Database
Trust architecture
SQL Server Management Suite
Azure Active Directory Authentication Library
for SQL Server (ADALSQL)
SQL Server Data Tools
On-premises active directory
Azure Active
Directory
Azure
SQL Database
ADFS
ADALSQL
ADO .NET
4.6
App
177. Create a security policy for row-level security
The following examples demonstrate the use of the
CREATE SECURITY POLICY syntax
For an example of a complete security policy
scenario, see Row-Level Security
Create a security policy
-- The following syntax creates a security policy with a filter
predicate for the Customer table
CREATE SECURITY POLICY [FederatedSecurityPolicy]
ADD FILTER PREDICATE
[rls].[fn_securitypredicate]([CustomerId])
ON [dbo].[Customer];
-- Create a new schema and predicate function, which will use the
application user ID stored in CONTEXT_INFO to filter rows.
CREATE FUNCTION rls.fn_securitypredicate (@AppUserId int)
RETURNS TABLE
WITH SCHEMABINDING
AS
RETURN (
SELECT 1 AS fn_securitypredicate_result
WHERE
DATABASE_PRINCIPAL_ID() = DATABASE_PRINCIPAL_ID('dbo') -
- application context
AND CONTEXT_INFO() = CONVERT(VARBINARY(128),
@AppUserId));
GO
178. By default, Azure blocks all external
connections to port 1433
Enable in the following ways in Azure portal:
Classic portal: Server level – Configure page
New portal: Settings > Firewall > Firewall settings
blade
Firewall configuration using portals
180. Managing firewall rules through REST API must be
authenticated
For information, see Authenticating Service Management
Requests
Server-level rules can be created, updated, or
deleted using REST API
To create or update a server-level firewall rule,
execute the POST method
To remove an existing server-level firewall rule,
execute the DELETE method
To list firewall rules, execute the GET
Firewall configuration using REST API
POST
https://management.core.windows.net:8443/{subscriptionId}
/services/sqlservers/servers/Contoso/firewallrules
REQUEST BODY
<ServiceResource
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
<Name>myRule1</Name>
<StartIPAddress> 12.1.1.1 </StartIPAddress>
<EndIPAddress> 12.1.1.1 </EndIPAddress>
</ServiceResource>
DELETE
https://management.core.windows.net:8443/{subscriptionId}
/services/sqlservers/servers/Contoso/firewallrules/myRule
1
GET
https://management.core.windows.net:8443/{subscriptionId}
/services/sqlservers/servers/Contoso/firewallrules
181. Customer can verify that the database is
encrypted in portal or via PowerShell/T-SQL
Customer experience
Get-AzSqlDatabaseTransparentDataEncryption
[-ServerName] <String>
[-DatabaseName] <String>
[-ResourceGroupName] <String>
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-AzSqlDatabaseTransparentDataEncryption ServerName "server01" -ResourceGroupName "resourcegroup01" -DatabaseName "database01"
182. Existing application queries will not be affected
Sensitive data masked in the result set of a query
Option to restrict masking policy is available to
exclude specific developers
Complementary to other security features that
protect sensitive data
Limit access by setting firewall rules and user roles
with minimal permissions
Encrypt sensitive data at rest
Use auditing for tracking discrepancies and
anomalous activities
Minimal impact on applications
183. Security administration overview
Point of difference On-premises SQL Server Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Where you manage
server-level security
The Security folder in SQL Server Management Studio's Object
Explorer
The master database
Server-level security role
for creating logins
securityadmin fixed server role
For more information, see Server-Level Roles
loginmanager database role in the master database
Commands for
managing logins
CREATE LOGIN
ALTER LOGIN
DROP LOGIN
CREATE LOGIN
ALTER LOGIN
DROP LOGIN
(There are some parameter limitations and you must be connected
to the master database)
View that shows all logins
sys.syslogins (sys.sql_logins for SQL Server authentication
logins)
sys.sql_logins
(You must be connected to the master database)
Server-level role for
creating databases
dbcreator fixed database role
For more information, see Server-Level Roles
dbmanager database role in the master database
Command for creating a
database
CREATE DATABASE CREATE DATABASE
(There are some parameter limitations and you must be connected
to the master database)
Dropping databases
DROP DATABASE DROP DATABASE
If a user is in the dbmanager role, they have permission to DROP any
database, regardless of which user originally created it.
View that lists all databases sys.databases (view) sys.databases (You must be connected to the master database)
186. Common app scenarios
ISVs going SaaS
Re-architect applications to transition
from selling software licenses to
subscription-based SaaS
Cloud-born SaaS
Disrupting traditional apps and
business models
Enterprise apps serving employees
New or re-architected apps for internal use,
reducing CAPEX and OPEX
Enterprise apps serving customers
Create new or re-architect apps to meet customer needs
to augment their products and services
Common app types
Mobile/social
e-Commerce
Accounting
Payroll
Global marketing sites
Catalog
Gaming/voting
…and many others
$
187. Tenant isolation
Low
High
Shared-single
All tenants in a single
(large) database
Database-per-tenant
Every tenant gets its own DB
Multi-tenant data models
Shared-sharded
Multiple tenants per DB,
sharded across many DBs
1-99 100-199 200-299
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5
#1 #2 #3 #9 #5
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5
188. Tenant isolation
Low
High
move/split
Multi-tenant data models – hybrid sharded
#23 #39 #144 #211 #265
1-99 100-199 200-299
Shared-single
All tenants in a single
(large) database
Database-per-tenant
Every tenant gets its own DB
Shared-sharded
Multiple tenants per DB,
sharded across many DBs
189. Canonical database-per-tenant SaaS app
Cust 1 Cust 2 Cust 3 Cust N
Apps
Catalog
Tenant catalog
Tenant databases
Scalable, load balanced Holds mapping of tenants to
databases, tenant meta data
Scalable, load
balanced
190. Common app scenarios
ISVs going SaaS
Re-architect applications to transition
from selling software licenses to
subscription-based SaaS
Cloud-born SaaS
Disrupting traditional apps and business models
Enterprise apps serving employees
New or re-architected apps
for internal use, reducing
CAPEX and OPEX
Enterprise apps serving customers
Create new or re-architect apps to meet customer needs to
augment their products and services
Common app types
Mobile/social
e-Commerce
Accounting
Payroll
Global marketing sites
Catalog
Gaming/voting
…and many others
$
191. Multi-user app, shared data
Multi-user app(s) accessing single logical database with shared data
Scale database up/down to support workload, storage requirements
Shard database for massive scale
Enterprise cloud app workload patterns
…
192. Multiple tenants, tenant data in shared
database
Use when per-tenant data value and size is low,
isolation is modest concern
Each tenant gets isolated space in shared database:
separated by tenant key or schema
Scale database as tenant population grows
Shard database for massive scale
SaaS app 1 workload patterns
…
… …
…
…
… … …
…
… … …
…
… … …
193. Requires multi-tenant-aware app logic and schema (tenant keys, RLS on tables, etc.)
Tenant data isolation is app responsibility
Additional management complexities, including:
Difficult to restore isolated customer
Difficult to monitor, audit individual customers
Shard management (e.g. split, merge)
Load balancing individual tenants
Handling churn
Custom schema difficult
Outcomes from SaaS app 1 workload patterns
194. SaaS app 2 workload patterns
Multiple tenants, database per tenant
Use when per-tenant data has high value, needs
significant storage, and isolation is critical
Each tenant has own database, ensures maximum
isolation, independent management
Scale tenants by adding databases
Each tenant database can scale independently if
usage is predictable, or use pooled resources if
unpredictable
…
… …
…
… … …
pool
…
… … …… …… …
195. Simpler application logic
Straightforward cloud migration from existing app
Many databases, but management is often easier with:
Easy per-customer and pooled resource governance
Ability to restore single customer
Monitor, audit per-customer
Custom schema
Management at scale via scripts/jobs
Outcomes from SaaS app 2 workload patterns
196. Single tenant per database
Each tenant’s data is stored in a different database
for better tenant isolation
Multiple tenants per database
For less isolation of tenants as compared to single
tenant model
Hybrid model
Some tenants share databases, others get their own
database
Temporal model
Sharding based on date/time
Sharding and tenancy models
Multi-tenant per database
DB1
Customer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
DB2
Customer 4
Customer 5
Customer 6
…
Single-tenant per database
DB1
Customer 1
DB2
Customer 2
…
197. Large, (mostly) uniform
active data set
Distribute partition-able
tables across shards as
necessary
Some shards can
become way more
active than others
Pin hot users to dedicated
databases
Move users to balance
workload between
databases
Scale to proper service tier
to deal with increased
workload
Split-merge actions are
required to fully exploit
elasticity
Mostly data dependent
routing with key lookup
queries
Few fan-out queries may be
required (for example,
leaderboards and inventory
management)
High scale OLTP
202. ISVs going SaaS
Re-architect for cloud to transition from
selling software licenses to subscription-based
SaaS provider
Cloud-born SaaS
Disrupt traditional apps and business models
Enterprise apps serving employees
Create or re-architect apps to cloud for
internal use, built by internal development staff
Enterprise apps serving customers
Create new or re-architect apps to meet customer needs to augment their
products and services
Common development scenarios
Common app types
Mobile/social app
e-Commerce app
Multitenant app
Global marketing sites
Catalog
Gaming/voting
…and many others
$
203. Komatsu achieves breakthrough
performance gains and savings
with Azure SQL Database Managed
Instance
Challenge
Had multiple mainframe applications for different
types of data, and needed to consolidate them into a
single system so that different parts of the
organization can easily get a holistic view of data
from different sources
Impact
Moved the entire database and the Discovery Hub analytics
implementation to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance in
less than two weeks, and since then we’ve seen a 49 percent
cost reduction and 25 to 30 percent performance gains.”
“We determined Azure SQL Database
Managed Instance was the best choice
for us in terms of scalability, cost, and
performance.… We’ve seen a 49
percent cost reduction and 25 to 30
percent performance gains..”
Nipun Sharma: Analytics Architect, Business
Technology and Systems
Komatsu Australia
204. World-class, cloud-enabled time
and labor application.
Challenge
Flex Time by Paychex handles 13 million timecards
and 3 million distinct punches on any given day. With
an increasing volume of customers, however,
managing that environment became very
cumbersome. Guaranteeing uptime meant constant
investments in new hardware, which was both time-
consuming and capital-intensive.
Impact
Paychex engineers are freed from managing
infrastructure, licensing, and database spin up and
spin down. Built-in intelligent features like automatic
tuning optimize database performance, leaving them
to focus on what they do best: understand how
clients are accessing the app and provide value in
their continuous delivery pipeline.
“Azure SQL Database allows us to
execute upgrades and releases without
our customers ever knowing it, which is
critical for an application that runs
24/7/365.”
Dave Wilson: Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure and
Architecture
205. Transitioning to an all-cloud
IT environment
Challenge
Organization had over 30 terabytes of unstructured
data on 15 on-premises file servers, some of it more
than 12 years old
Wanted to eliminate content clutter and move to a
cloud-only IT strategy
Impact
Decommissioned more than 80 servers and
eliminated the need to invest in new equipment and
tools
Saved over $20,000 a month in maintenance costs
Cut archive costs by two-thirds
Reduced 30 terabytes of data on file servers to less
than 8 terabytes on Azure
Phased, policy-based migration to Azure
“We use critical Azure out-of-the-box
capabilities like redundancy, scalability,
and identity integration to save time
and money, and focus our efforts on
what matters most: serving students in
schools.”
Welles Hatch
Chief Information Officer, City Year
206. Processing invoices 24 times
faster with the cloud
Challenge
Electronic invoicing solution was unable to scale as needed to
accommodate increased invoice submissions during billing
cycles
Impact
Processed 2.5 million invoices in the first three months after
launching
Reduced time to process 28,000 invoices from 2 data to 2
hours
Increased transaction speed to 74 validations per second
Moved eBillingHub to the Azure cloud
“We used Azure to help transform
eBillingHub into a suite of advanced
billing services for our customers, and
to lower the barriers to entry for small
and midsized law firms..”
Madhu Nair
Director of Technology, Thomson Reuters Legal
Enterprise Solutions
207. Managing and growing
assets worth €350 million
Challenge
Financial startup needed to build an enterprise platform that
could support their algorithms, meet compliance, and
safeguard data
Wanted easy scalability and reliable business continuity
Impact
Ability to update and enhance services faster and easier, at
less cost
Scalable compute and storage allows Metori to manage €350
million in assets, trade €30 billion a year, and execute
transactions worth €150 million a day
Hosted management service on
Microsoft Azure
“Without Azure, it might have cost us
10 times more to build an environment
that could cope with the future we
expect.”
Nicolas Gaussel
CEO, Metori Capital Management
208. Real-time product
recommendations for
15.4m customers
Challenge
Global online fashion retailer wanted to provide a more
personalized shopping experience and speed order updates
Needed to make real-time product recommendations for their
85,000 items with 5,000 new added each week
Impact
Real-time product recommendations and instant order
updates for 15.4 million customers
Served 167 million customer requests in 24 hours, handling
3,500 requests and 33 orders a second with an average
response time of 48 milliseconds
Relational customer data stored in
Azure SQL DB
“We can provide a delightful discovery
and shopping experience for our
customers while freeing our software
designers and engineers to focus on
creating competitive advantage rather
than looking after server
infrastructure.”
Bob Strudwick
Chief Technology Officer, ASOS
209. Enhancing the coverage
of Virginia elections
Challenge
Media agency wanted an effective way to visualize election
results
Needed to maintain the up-to-the minute coverage that
they’re known for during key races
Impact
Created compelling and interactive live data visualizations to
share news more quickly
Ability for readers to interact with data themselves, regardless
of screen size
Live election night results visualization illustrated results faster
than AP’s own internal monitoring tools
Real-time election updates using Power BI
“Using AP’s election data, the Power BI
solution at times illustrated results
faster than some of our internal
monitoring systems.”
Troy Thibodeaux
Data Journalism Editor, The Associated Press
210. Next-generation enterprise
content management
Challenge
Enterprise content management vendor had too many
different content systems and storage destinations
IT administration was acting as an obstacle to development
Impact
Experienced 6x faster growth than the pace of the ECM market
10x faster queries in critical workloads
1,000 databases in 12 data centers cost 3-10x less by using
elastic database pools instead of standalone database
instances
Elastic database pools adjust to shifting
customer needs
“The addition of updatable non-clustered
columnstore indexes in Azure SQL
Database and in Microsoft SQL Server 2016
helped us achieve over 10 times faster
queries in critical workloads...”
Anitti Nivala,
Founder and CTO, M-Files
211. Serving the latest tech news
to 2 million readers
Challenge
As popularity and site traffic increased, performance issues
emerged that were difficult to diagnose
Unpredictable 5-10x increases in traffic required the ability to
scale on the fly with no downtime for the website
Impact
Cut costs by 45% while still scaling on-demand
Ability to support more traffic at a lower cost
Extremely low page load times
Migrated WordPress site to
Microsoft Azure platform
“Our page load times are very low, and
we’re able to do it on a more powerful and
scalable infrastructure that costs us 45
percent less.”
Kevin Lisota
Web Developer, GeekWire
212. Doubling sales and handling
up to 33 orders per second
Challenge
Online retailer needed an app that could scale to meet
seasonal demand
Existing on-premises infrastructure risked a single point of
failure
Impact
30 globally distributed datacenters ensure high levels of
performance and availability for customers in any location
Ability to easily tailor front-end services without modifying
back-end infrastructure
30% revenue growth year after year with more responsive
apps that deliver personalized customer experiences
Migrated SQL-based commerce platform
to Azure
“Azure SQL Database underpins many of
our key microservices for retail, the fast
performance, scale-out, and multi-region
resiliency…keep user data available at all
times and ensure continuous service for
customer worldwide.”
Bob Strudwick,
Chief Technology Officer, ASOS
213. Doubling key database’s
workload for less
Challenge
ISV needed massive scale to monitor oil and gas data in real-
time
Current rate of innovation far exceeds a traditional
infrastructure model
Database that stores incoming data from customers’ devices
was nearing its data-ingestion limits
Impact
70% reduction in DTU consumption
Memory-optimized tables manage dramatic and
unpredictable spikes in demand
Memory-optimized tables in elastic pools
“The addition of In-Memory OLTP tables
and native-compiled stored procedures to
one SQL Database immediately reduced
our DTU consumption by 70 percent and
allowed us to support rapid growth
without investing significant effort.”
Mark Freydll
Solution Architect, Quorum
214. Combing and analyzing 150k
articles daily
Challenge
IT company was seeking a cost-effective, resilient, and
enterprise friendly IT infrastructure solution
Impact
Developed and deployed an entire application in just 6 weeks
Decreased lines of code by 10x with extensive use of micro
services from Azure PaaS
Estimated 60% cost savings on developing and deploying a
new app
Real-time media monitoring with
Azure SQL Database
“The Azure platform has helped us build
modern applications, which offer simplicity
and great user experience with extensive
leverage of open source technology.”
Kamal Sharad Shah
General Manager and Head of Applications,
Information Systems, Wipro Limited
215. Creating greener solutions with
open source on Azure
Challenge
HVAC equipment provider wanted to create an easier, more
automated way to aggregate data and provide detailed
intelligence on systems running worldwide
Needed seamless implementation of on-premises Linux-based
clusters
Impact
Hyper-scalability and support for open source software
enabled global rollout
Optimal flexibility, fast time-to-market, and improved energy
efficiency
Connected over 5,000 rooftops and 40,000 subsystems to
Azure
Open source software and big data
“The adaptability, security, scalability, and
reliability of Microsoft’s platform along
with the support for open source appeals
to us. We like working with Microsoft—it’s
a partnership.”
Sudhi Sinha,
VP, Product Development, Johnson Controls
216. 100 Trillion transactions per day
Challenge
Online marketplace was unable to build and manage the
datacenters and development infrastructure to meet their
growth strategy
Unpredictable customer traffic required rapid and flexible scaling
Goal to become one of the leading e-commerce destinations in
just 18-36 months
Impact
50% faster time to market
Ability to scale across regions, processing 100 trillion
transactions per day
20TB of data analyzed per day to monitor price history and
market dynamics
Scaling an e-commerce platform with a
data-powered customer experience
“Being able to leverage so many
off-the-shelf services and tools
from Azure enabled us to go from
zero to a full-fledged e-commerce
marketplace in just about 12 months.”
Mike Hanrahan: CTO, Jet.com
218. The intelligent relational cloud database service
Azure SQL Database — Everything built-in
Scales
on the fly
Intelligent
performance
Works in your
environment
Advanced threat
protection
Business
continuity
Realize automatic
performance improvements
from continuous
assessment and innovation
Change service tiers,
performance levels,
and storage dynamically
without downtime
Easily manage and
monitor business critical
functions for reliable
operations
Develop your app
and connect to SQL
Database with the tools
and platforms you prefer
Build security-enhanced
apps with built-in
protection and industry-
leading compliance