1. Lead SQL DBA @ BankofAmerica Blog: SQLHarry.com
6/5/2018
Hari Reddy
Lead SQL BankofAmerica
Blog: SQLHarry.com

2. Edition & Pricing 6/5/2018 SQL Server SQL Azure Edition Pricing
Web Edition
Business Edition
Server+CAL
Core Based
DB Size Pricing Cost
Enterprise
$6,874
0 to 100 MB
Flat $4.995
Business Intelligence
$8,592*
Greater than 100 MB to 1 GB
Flat $9.99
Standard
$898*
$1,793
Greater than 1 GB to 10 GB
$9.99 for first GB, $3.996 for each additional GB
Developer
$50 Per License
Greater than 10 GB to 50 GB
$ for first 10 GB, $1.996 for each additional GB
*CAL (Client Access License)
$209 Per CAL
Greater than 50 GB to 150 GB
$ for first 50 GB, $.999 for each additional GB
5 GB: ($9.99 for the first GB + $3.996 per GB for the next 4 GB) / 31 days = $.84
15 GB: ($ for the first 10 GB + $1.996 per GB for the next 5 GB) / 31 days = $1.81

3. Database Choices Resources “Friction”/Control Dedicated On-premise
SQL Server or other s/w on-premise
Resource machine
DB Server/OS
Value Props:
Full h/w control – size/scale
100% compatibility
Roll-your-own HA/DR/scale
Value Props:
100% of API surface area
Roll-your-own HA/DR/scale
Dedicated
Hosted
Hosted SQL Server or other
Resource VM
DB Server/OS
SQL Azure (RDBMS)
Value Props:
Auto HA, Fault-Tolerance
Friction-free scale
Self-provisioning
High compatibility
Virtual DB server
Resource LDB
LDB
Resources
Shared
Low
“Friction”/Control
High

4. Scale Out with SQL Azure
Elastic Provisioning of Databases
Create DATABASE and go
No VMs, No Servers
Pay-as-you-go business model
Don’t need it – Drop it
Zero Physical Administration
Built-in High Availability, Patching, maintenance
Database Copy, SQL Azure Data Sync

5. DBA Tasks Limitations SQL Azure No Ability to Control Database Layout.
Instance-Level options
FileGroups
Disk Placement
Database-Level options
Backup & Restore not supported
No Point in time Recovery
Create a COPY
Work Around for a Backup
Track the copies using sys.dm_database_copies

6. Troubleshooting Troubleshooting SQL Server SQL Azure
Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) and System Catalog Views
Profiler and Server Side Traces
Windows Performance Monitor
Built in performance reports in SSMS
Query Plans
Database Tuning Advisor
SQL Azure
Limited Subset if Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
Query Plans

7. Connectivity and Limitations
SQL Server
SQL Azure
SQL Server Management Studio, SQL CMD
SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL 2012, SQL CMD
Windows Authentication SQL Authentication
SQL Authentication only
Non Default Port can be used for SQL Server
Default port 1433
Limitations
SQL Server
SQL Azure
Not Applicable
Connections that have been idle for 30 minutes or longer
Long Running Queries over 5 Minutes
Excessive resource usage
Failover because of server failures

8. Limitations Feature SQL Server SQL Azure SQL Server SQL Azure
Schema/Structure
No Such Limitations
Table Must have a Clustered index
TSQL Supportability
All TSQL Support is Available
Some TSQL are not Supported
* Supported Transact-SQL:
* Partially Supported Transact-SQL:
* Unsupported Transact-SQL:
High Availability feature
Replication, Mirroring, LogShipping
All are Supported
Not surpported as Cloud host inbuilt solutions
SQL Agent
Job Scheduling Event Notification
Fully Supported
SQL Server is not available in SQL Azure
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Can run SSIS on-premise
SSIS Service is not available on Azure platforms
Upgrade
Manual Upgrade
Has its own Upgrade Strategy
Backward Compatible
SQL Server
SQL Azure

9. SQL Azure Demo 1 SQL Azure CREATE a Server CREATE a Database
ADD Firewall Rule
Compare SQL Server to SQL Azure

10. SQL Azure : Database Replicas
Single Database
Multiple Replicas
Replica 1
Single Primary
Replica 2 DB
Replica 3

11. SQL Azure : Accessing Databases
Web Portal
(API)
Your App
SQL Azure
TDS
Change Connection String

12. SQL Azure Data Sync SQL Azure Elastic Scale No-Code Sync Configuration
Schedule Sync
Conflict Handling
Logging and Monitoring
Benefits
Share Data with remote and retail offices, bringing data closer to end users.
Lower latency – data access doesn’t require round trips
Higher Availability – App Still runs if Server is unreachable
Reduced network utilization – most data access is local

13. SQL Azure Data Migration
Migration Options
Generate Script Wizard
Produce a SQL Script
SQL Server Migration Assistant (Downloadable)
MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server..
SQL Azure MW
Useful for Catching Unsupported feature in SQL Azure
Moves Data Efficiently
Unofficially Supported
Data-tier Application Component (DAC)
New Unit of Deployment for TSQL Apps
Support Install, Uninstall
Contains developer intent as policies

14. SQL Azure Demo 2 SQL Azure Create a Database COPY
Create a Table to SQL Azure
Use SSIS to Migrate the Data to SQL Azure
Demo on Data Sync

15. SQL Server vs SQL Azure
Conclusion
IT DEPENDS !!!

16. SQL Server vs SQL Azure References
Copying Databases in Windows Azure SQL Database
Migrating Databases to Windows Azure SQL Database
Compare SQL Server with Windows Azure SQL Database