The recent trend proves that the adoption of the Cloud has much greater significance and importance in modernizing IT. If you are working on migrating the on-premises SQL Server to Microsoft Azure cloud, you need to have a better understanding of the key differences between Azure SQL databases and SQL Server on Azure VMs and options that work best for you.
One of the key decision points for organization and Azure users is whether to deploy Azure SQL Database or SQL Server on Azure VMs for their relational database needs. Azure SQL Databases and SQL Server on Azure VM are optimized for different requirements. Let us deep dive further to understand the key differences.
In this article, you will see:
- Introduction and overview
- Azure SQL database design concepts
- Difference between Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure VMs
- And more…
Overview
Azure SQL Database is great in several scenarios — when there is a challenge to provision and manage many databases without building the datacenter infrastructure; when there is a need to reduce the risk—as the management and patching overhead is completely owned by the vendor, which helps organizations and application owners concentrate on just the design-and-usage of the database.
Azure SQL databases are optimized for scenarios where there is a need for quick turnaround time in building the application (go-to-market time) and lower cost requirements (TCO – Total Cost of Ownership), reduced risks, and improved productivity.
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