This document provides an introduction to Azure SQL Database. It describes Azure SQL Database as a fully managed relational database service. It notes that Azure SQL Database differs from SQL Server in some ways, such as not supporting certain T-SQL constructs and commands. The document also discusses server provisioning, database deployment, monitoring, and new service tiers for Azure SQL Database that offer different levels of scalability, performance, and business continuity features.

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5. Windows Azure Data Management — Overview

6. A Continuous Offering
From Private To
Public Cloud

7. Windows Azure SQL Database (PaaS)
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8. What is Azure SQL Database?
A relational database-as-a-service, fully managed by Microsoft.
Delivers predictable performance, elastic scale, business continuity and programmatic functionality.
For cloud-designed apps when near-zero administration and enterprise-grade capabilities are key.
Perfect for cloud architects and developers looking for programmatic DBA-like functionality.
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9. A Server Is Not A Machine

10. How is it different from VMs?
Best for…
SQL Server in a VM Azure SQL Database
Features
Resources

11. • Missing platform components
• Non supported T-SQL DDL constructs
• Non supported T-SQL DML commands
• Other gremlins
Unlikely that anything but the most trivial on-premises DB will be migrated
without at least some changes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ff394102.aspx
Windows Azure SQL Database != SQL Server

12. Tables without a clustered index and/or primary key
XML Schema on XML columns, XML indexing
User defined CLR types
FILESTREAM type
Etc. …
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336281.aspx
Non-supported DDL Easy to identify

13. BULK INSERT
OPENROWSET, OPENQUERY, OPENXML
Several of the Database Console Commands (DBCC)
EXECUTE AS LOGIN
Etc. …
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336253.aspx
Non-supported DML Harder to identify

14. Limitations on certain user names (sa, admin, root etc…)
USE {database} is not supported for DB context switching on a
single connection
Must specify the database name in the connection string
ALTER INDEX REORGANIZE (Must REBUILD)
Etc. …
Other gremlins

15. Architecture

16. How It Works

17. High Availability
Replica 1
Replica 2
Replica 3
DB
Single Database Multiple Replicas
Single Primary
Replica 4
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18. The basics

19. The Basics

20. Server Provisioning

21. Create db

22. Create Database…

23. Enhanced Tooling

24. Database Deployment

25. Secure db

26. There Are Two
Ways To Secure
A Database:

27. Server Benefits

28. Database Benefits

29. SQL Database Firewall

30. SQL Database Firewall

31. Application Connectivity
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<connectionStrings>
<addname="AdventureWorks"connectionString=
"Data
Source=[server].database.windows.net;
Integrated Security=False;
Initial Catalog=ProductsDb;
User Id=[login];
Password=[password];
Trusted_Connection=False;
Encrypt=true;"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

32. Monitoring

33. Database Monitoring
Query Plans
Extended Events
DMVs
Event Table
There is no SQL Profiler – Use DMVs

34. DMVs for Performance Monitoring

35. News

36. Introducing new service tiers
Elastic scale & performance: Six performance levels across three tiers for scale up and
down based on throughput needs. Better resource isolation Improved billing
experience.
Business continuity: A spectrum of business continuity features from light-weight to
mission-critical across the tiers. Customers can dial up the control over data recovery
and failover.
Familiar & Self-managed: Unprecedented efficiencies as your applications scale with a
near-zero maintenance service and a variety of familiar management tools &
programmatic APIs.

37. Azure SQL Database New Service Tiers
App Scalability & Performance
Business Continuity
Developer Efficiency
Massive scale & performance
Business continuity & data protection
Familiar management tools & APIs, Self-managed
*SLAs will take effect at time of GA, Azure previews are subject to different service terms, as set forth in preview supplemental terms.
**Not all restore & disaster recovery features are available today, visit the disaster recovery documentation page to learn more.

38. Dashboard views of metrics
Quickly understand DB resource usage via percent of resources
consumed for each resource type over time and database sizeMonitor
Available in the management
portal & via APIs
In contrast to a VM, no system-
related overhead—focused on
just the resources used to run
your database workload
In-depth views (DMVs) are also
available for deeper
understanding and trouble-
shooting (for example, at the
query level)

39. Self-service restore
Auto backups, transactional logs every
5 min
Backups in Azure Storage and geo-
replicated
Creates a side-by-side database copy,
non-disruptive
REST API, PowerShell or Azure Portal
Backups retention policy:
• Basic, last known state up to 24 hrs
• Standard, up to 7 days
• Premium, up to 35 days
Programmatic “oops recovery” of data deletion or alteration
Geo- replicated
Restore from backup
SQL Database
Backups
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Azure Storage
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40. Available in Basic, Standard and Premium
Built on self-service restore technology
Recover to any Azure region
Emergency data recovery when you need it most
Basic Recovery
Geo- replicated
SQL Database
Backups
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Azure Storage
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Restore to any
Azure region

41. Opt-in with Standard*
Creates passive secondary
Replicate to pre-paired Azure region
Automatic data replication, asynchronous
Opt-in via REST API, PowerShell or Azure Portal
Microsoft-managed, RTO<24h, RPO<1 hr
Opt-in business continuity for greater geo-redundancies
Geo-replication
Geo- replicated

42. Active Geo-Replication
Self-service activation in Premium
Create up to 4 readable secondaries
Replicate to any Azure region
Automatic data replication, asynchronous
REST API, PowerShell or Azure Portal
RTO<1h, RPO<5m, you choose when to failover
Mission-critical business continuity on your terms, via programmatic APIs
Up to 4
secondaries

43. Transitioning to the new tiers

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