Azure SQL Revealed

1. Front Matter

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2. SQL Server Rises to the Clouds

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 1-37

3. What Is Azure SQL?

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 39-80

4. SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 81-139

5. Deploying Azure SQL

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 141-202

6. Configuring Azure SQL

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 203-234

7. Securing Azure SQL

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 235-303

8. Monitoring and Tuning Performance for Azure SQL

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 305-372

9. Availability for Azure SQL

   • Bob Ward

   Pages 373-439

10. Completing Your Knowledge of Azure SQL

    • Bob Ward

    Pages 441-470

11. Go Big with the Cloud

    • Bob Ward

    Pages 471-486

12. Back Matter

    Pages 487-501

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Access detailed content and examples on Azure SQL, a set of cloud services that allows for SQL Server to be deployed in the cloud. This book teaches the fundamentals of deployment, configuration, security, performance, and availability of Azure SQL from the perspective of these same tasks and capabilities in SQL Server. This distinct approach makes this book an ideal learning platform for readers familiar with SQL Server on-premises who want to migrate their skills toward providing cloud solutions to an enterprise market that is increasingly cloud-focused. 

If you know SQL Server, you will love this book. You will be able to take your existing knowledge of SQL Server and translate that knowledge into the world of cloud services from the Microsoft Azure platform, and in particular into Azure SQL. This book provides information never seen before about the history and architecture of Azure SQL. Author Bob Ward is a leading expert with access to and support fromthe Microsoft engineering team that built Azure SQL and related database cloud services. He presents powerful, behind-the-scenes insights into the workings of one of the most popular database cloud services in the industry.





What You Will Learn

• Know the history of Azure SQL
  
• Deploy, configure, and connect to Azure SQL
  
• Choose the correct way to deploy SQL Server in Azure
  
• Migrate existing SQL Server instances to Azure SQL
  
• Monitor and tune Azure SQL’s performance to meet your needs
  
• Ensure your data and application are highly available
  
• Secure your data from attack and theft
  

Who This Book Is For


This book is designed to teach SQL Server in the Azure cloud to the SQL Server professional. Anyone who operates, manages, or develops applications for SQL Server will benefit from this book. Readers will be able to translate their current knowledge of SQL Server—especially of SQL Server 2019—directly to Azure. This book is ideal for database professionals looking to remain relevant as their customer base moves into the cloud.  

• Azure
• Azure SQL
• Cloud Computing
• Cloud
• Microsoft
• SQL Server
• Azure SQL Database
• Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
• Hyperscale
• Azure SQL Performance
• Cloud Database
• Azure SQL Virtual Machine
• Security
• High Availability

• North Richland Hills, USA

  Bob Ward

Bob Ward is a principal architect for the Microsoft Azure Data Server team, which owns the development for all SQL Server versions. He has worked for Microsoft for more than 27 years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2019, including Azure SQL. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and performance at events such as PASS Summit, Red Hat Summit, Microsoft //build, SQLBits, SQLIntersection, Microsoft Inspire, and Microsoft Ignite. You can follow him at @bobwardms and linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the Apress books Pro SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server 2019 Revealed.

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