Three hidden Azure SQL database gotchas
Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform offering. It allows end users to leverage the power of SQL Server in the cloud without the expense and complexity of building a private infrastructure. Additionally, this offering simplifies database maintenance tasks while providing seamless high availability and disaster recovery capabilities. Although DBaaS offerings are still crawling out their infancy, with the correct planning and use cases, implementing an Azure SQL Database solution can be a relatively straightforward process. However, as this platform continues to mature, you can expect to encounter some “Ghosts in the Machine”. Hopefully this post will allow you to avoid some of these unexpected behaviors.
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