Azure SQL Database

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

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.

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sql-azure-the-year-in-review/

Website

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/sql-database/

Developer

Microsoft

Country of Origin

US

Start Year

2009

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sql-data-services-announces-plans-to-accelerate-core-relational-database-features/

Former Name

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

Operating Systems

Hosted, HP-UX, Illumos

Licenses

Proprietary

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure_SQL_Database