4. Subtitle color

5. From Windows Azure From Outside Microsoft Datacenter From Windows Azure & Outside Microsoft Datacenter Application / Browser Windows Azure SQL Azure Code Near App Code / Tools SQL Azure Microsoft Datacenter Code Far Hybrid Microsoft Datacenter SQL Azure SQL Server Microsoft Datacenter Windows Azure SQL Azure Data Sync App Code / Tools

7. Replica 1 Replica 2 Replica 3 DB Replica 4 !

8. Application Internet LB TDS (tcp) Apps use standard SQL client libraries: ODBC, ADO.Net, PHP, … Load balancer forwards ‘sticky’ sessions to TDS protocol tier Gateway Scalability and Availability: Fabric, Failover, Replication, and Load balancing SQLSQLSQLSQL SQLSQL Gateway: TDS protocol gateway, enforces AUTHN/AUTHZ policy; proxy to backend SQL

9. Account Account Server Server Database Database

13. DBA role places more focus on logical management

14. Support existing and new forms of deployment

15. Security model is compatible with on-premise SQL

17. Tables require clustered indexes