Slide deck from our Cloud Saturday 2015 presentation. The session was a combination of case study and how to. We discussed how to build a fault tolerant SQL Server 2014 environment using Azure IaaS Virtual Machines.

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Who are these guys?
Michael Blumenthal
• Sr. Solution
Architect
• 20 years in IT
Consulting
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Bill Lee
• Infrastructure
Solution Architect
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• Senior Consultant
• SQL Developer
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This is about you
• Use Azure today?
• Use SQL Server today?
• On Prem?
• Virtualized?
• Hosted in Azure
• Hosted elsewhere?
• SQL Azure?
• SSIS?
• Use O365?

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Agenda
The Business Problem
Why Cluster?
Which SQL?
What is SSIS?
Azure IaaS
Demos: O365, Failover
Q&A + Raffle

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Mind the Gap
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Business Requirements
Regulatory Compliance
Growing Membership
New Lines of Business

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Technical Requirements
Store Relational Data
Daily Data Imports
Provide Reports to End Users
Secure
Reliable

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Mapping Reqs to Tech
•SQL Server 2014Relational
•SSISImports
•SSRS, PowerBIReports
•SSLSecure
•Geo-ClusterReliable

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On Premises
Youscale,makeresilientandmanage
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Managedbyvendor
Youscale,make
resilient&manage
Platform
(as a Service)
Scale,resilienceand
managementbyvendor
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Hosting models
Software
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Business model
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Scale,resilienceand
managementbyvendor
IaaS vs PaaS

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SQL Azure vs SQL 2014 in Azure
PaaS: SQL Azure
• No VM, just port 1433
• No File System
• No Windows Auth
• Frequent upgrades
• Previews vs production
• 500 Gigabytes DB Limit
IaaS: SQL 2014 on Azure VMs
• VM
• File Systems
• SQL and Windows Auth
• SSIS
• SSRS
• 512 Petabytes DB Limit
IOPS Limits

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A SQL Cluster
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A SQL Cluster
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SQL Server Integration Services
DESIGN PROCESS / TOOLING

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SQL Server Fills the Gap
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Displaying Data
SSRS
• Website on SQL Server
• Not on O365
• Parameterized Reports
MS Access
• CRUD operations
• Desktop Solution
Drawbacks
PowerPivot
• O365 Web Part
• Direct Queries
• Internet Route

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Security
• Leverage
Azure
• Add SSL for
DB
Connections
• Certificate
Server

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BILL LEE
Azure IaaS

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SQL 2014 Overview

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SQL 2014 Overview

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SQL 2014 Overview

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Azure Network Layout
West East
Central
VNET to VNET VPN Tunnels

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Site to Site Connectivity
ISP VPN TUNNEL
Building
1
Building
2

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TCO Azure Pricing
• 3 year TCO is comparable
• No Physical Hardware
• Storage and Support
• Complexity
• Upgrading

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ANJANI RANJAN
Displaying Data

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BILL LEE
SQL Failover Demo

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Review
The Business Problem
Cluster for Reliability
SQL 2014, not Azure SQL
SSIS for Imports
Azure IaaS
Demos: O365, Failover

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Book Raffle

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Ask us your Azure questions!
Thank you.
•Michael Blumenthal
Sr. Solution Architect
PSC Group, LLC
• MBlumenthal@psclistens.com
• www.psclistens.com
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• Michaelblumenthal.me
• Twitter: @MichaelBL
• SPYam & MWC Yam
•Bill Lee
Infrastructure Architect
PSC Group, LLC
•WLee@psclistens.com
•www.psclistens.com
•Twitter:@PSCGroup
•Anjani Ranjan
Senior Consultant
PSC Group, LLC
• ARanjan@psclistens.com
• www.psclistens.com
• Twitter:
@MrAnjaniRanjan
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