Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database-as-a-service based. It shares the SQL Server 2016 codebase. It is compatible with SQL Server 2014 and 2016 and supports most of the features available in SQL Server 2016.
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 2009 [04]
- Former Names
- SQL Azure, SQL Server Data Services, SQL Services, Windows Azure SQL Database
- Project Type
- Commercial
- Written in
- C++
- Derived From
- SQL Server
- Inspired By
- SQL Server
- Compatible With
- SQL Server
- License
- Proprietary
Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database-as-a-service based. It shares the SQL Server 2016 codebase. It is compatible with SQL Server 2014 and 2016 and supports most of the features available in SQL Server 2016.
History[03]
Microsoft Azure SQL Database in 2009 was announced as a child of Microsoft SQL Server that is optimized and built for deployment on cloud environments. The cloud service went live in 2010.
Citations
4 sources- Cloud Computing Services | Microsoft Azure microsoft.com
- Microsoft Azure SQL Database - Wikipedia wikipedia.org
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sql-azure-the-year-in-review/ microsoft.com
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sql-data-services-announces-plans-to-accelerate-core-relational-database-features microsoft.com
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