Microsoft SQL Azure - Cloud Based Database Datasheet

Microsoft SQL Azure - Cloud Based Database Datasheet

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  Microsoft® SQL Azure™Database is a cloud-based relational database service built for Windows® Azure platform. It provides a highly available, scalable, multi-tenant database service hosted by Microsoft in the cloud. SQL Azure Database enables easy provisioning and deployment of multiple databases. Developers do not have to install, setup, patch or manage any software. High Availability and fault tolerance is built-in and no physical administration is required. SQL Azure supports Transact- SQL (T-SQL). Customers can leverage existing tools and knowledge in T-SQL based familiar relational data model for building applications. Cloud based Database Elastic scale across multiple According to analysts, more than as a Service DBs - Security management. 70 percent of a typical IT budget Databases can be scaled up or is spent on infrastructure such as SQL Azure is built on the enterprise- down based on business needs. servers, operating systems, storage, class SQL Server relational database Pay as you grow. and networking. The cost of and Windows Server® technologies. managing this infrastructure It provides the following benefits: Business Scenarios is increasing. It helps developers to quickly Organizations are seeing an explosion Customers want highly secure build or extend applications to of data and applications that access access to information on any run in the cloud environment. and manage the growing amount device from anywhere. It helps maintain low-cost of data. management with a highly New types of data-driven Typical database scenarios include: scalable infrastructure. Web 2.0 applications are Scalable Web Applications: Small It helps maintain business- emerging. Developers want to customers, hobbyists or startups continuity with reliability, build interconnected database with web applications of all scale security and availability. applications quickly and integrate that have RDBMS needs end-to-end mash-ups with existing ISV Packaged/Custom LOB applications. They want to focus Applications: Traditional SaaS ISVs SQL Azure Database and custom developers extending more on innovating with data and Highlights less on setting up infrastructure. their offerings or packaged/custom Businesses are looking for ways software hosted in the cloud Symmetry with SQL Server - Departmental Application: to lower their upfront CapEx costs, Support for T-SQL based relational Enterprises building departmental/ quickly scale to meet growing data model. Integration with existing workgroup applications demands, and offset rising data SQL Server tools. management costs. Self-Managing across multiple DBs - Data Hub: Companies using SQL No need to install or patch software Azure to consolidate multiple data or other physical administration. sources in the Cloud and enable Auto High availability and Fault secure access from multiple locations, tolerance. Simple provisioning and desktop and/or devices. deployment of multiple databases.
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  Developer Agility With SQL Azure Database, you can Business-Ready SLAs explore relational data model to Use the proven Microsoft data By using SQL Azure Database, build the next generation of Internet platform infrastructure and large developer agility and quick services and implement centralized geo-dispersed data centers. Take deployments are ensured through data storage for multiple users, advantage of the SQL Server a familiar data access interface applications, and devices relational database architecture and a relational data model that that extends to the cloud to include supports tools developers are Elastic Scale security, compliance, and high already familiar with. availability. Web service ISVs can Gain business flexibility and scale with easily create multi-tenant solutions, TSQL-based relational Data Model the ability to pay as you grow without providing the required isolation and Familiar Tool Support limits; remove database procurement between tenant data while SQL Azure Database is built on the and management needs, and access simplifying provisioning Microsoft CloudDB platform; a highly data virtually anytime, anywhere. and management. scalable database platform for the Scale databases easily with low Internet based on the solid foundation upfront costs and a pay as you grow Protect Against Data Loss of SQL Server. The relational data model. Provision only the data storage Microsoft SQL Azure manages model used by Microsoft SQL Azure you need, and then extend your multiple replicated copies of the data provides the same core database storage solution as your application and provides transactional consistency features as SQL Server; making it easy grows or to cope with cyclical across multiple copies. to develop an application in an on- database utilization increases. premise SQL Server instance and then Secure Your Data deploy the database schema and data Self-managing Help maintain confidentiality to the SQL Azure Database. and privacy through highly SQL Azure Database provides self secure login access. Applications access SQL Azure managing capabilities for multiple Database across the Internet by databases that enable developers Additional Information using the same Tabular Data Stream to focus on developing business For more information, see: endpoint as SQL Server. This enables applications and removes concerns Product page: developers to use the same network about provisioning multiple http://www.microsoft.com/azure/sql. libraries, data access components, databases. No need to install, patch mspx and development tools as they use and upgrade software. MSDN Developer Center: to access on-premise SQL Server Self-provisioning and self-deployment http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/ data stores. capabilities remove the manual steps sqlserver/dataservices/default.aspx required for physical administration. Blog: Developers can use familiar data http://blogs.msdn.com/ssds access technologies like ADO. Access Any Amount of Data Training: NET, ODBC, and JDBC; and take Virtually Anytime, Anywhere http://www.microsoft.com/ advantage of new innovations in on the Web downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID= data programmability through SQL Azure Database offers near 413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309- technologies like LINQ, the ADO.NET anytime access to your data. Using 53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en Entity Framework, and ADO.NET your credentials, almost any device Data Services. with an Internet connection can access it. Create Innovative New Solutions Microsoft SQL Azure Database is the Business-Ready Reliability, relational database as a service for Security Features, the Microsoft Windows Azure. As you build new solutions that take and Continuity advantage of the possibilities of Gain reliability and security features cloud-based software services, you with the enterprise-class Microsoft can take advantage of the relational data infrastructure and features that database services provided by offer high levels of data protection. Microsoft SQL Azure to complement the Windows Azure Storage. © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This datasheet is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY.