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Learning Microsoft Azure Storage

You're reading from Learning Microsoft Azure Storage Build large-scale, real-world apps by effectively planning, deploying, and implementing Azure storage solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785884917

Length 276 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Mohamed Waly

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Understanding Azure Storage 101 FREE CHAPTER

2. Delving into Azure Storage

3. Azure Storage for VMs

4. Implementing Azure SQL Databases

5. Beyond Azure SQL Database Management

6. Azure Backup

7. Azure Site Recovery

8. Extending Your Azure Storage Management

Why Azure SQL Database?

Besides the reasons I've covered in the previous chapters as to why the cloud is always better than a traditional infrastructure, there are lots of other reasons for using Azure SQL Database, especially:

Scalability: Azure SQL Database can be scaled according to your needs and usage, and more information about that topic will be covered later in the chapter.
Online scaling: No downtime is needed to scale your database size. For example, you can start your application with a size that fits it in the beginning, and Azure SQL Database can respond to the database's requirements by scaling whenever necessary without causing any downtime.
Hardcore monitoring: Azure SQL Database provides built-in monitoring and alerting tools that can be used to identify potential problems and even recommend actions to be taken in order to fix an issue. Alerts can also be generated based on the monitoring metrics, so you can receive an alert that something has gone wrong according to your baseline...

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