SQL Azure Reviews

Gaston Nusimovich

Software Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Aug 02 2017

Provides memory-optimized tables, elastic scale, and portal management tools.

What is most valuable?

* Memory-optimized tables * Elastic scale * Azure portal management tools

How has it helped my organization?

Some customers' applications require very large tables (large number of records). Here are examples of how this solution… more»

What needs improvement?

SQL Azure only supports distributed transactions with other instances of SQL Azure. This has been an obstacle for us.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Even if you are an experienced SQL Server DBA, there is some learning to do to be able to develop, deploy and manage SQL… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

For some customers' applications, we switched from memory optimized tables with on premise instances to SQL Azure… more»

What other advice do I have?

For any potential customer who is considering migrating an app to SQL Azure, my advice is: * Spend enough time analyzing… more»

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Pradip K. Wani

Manager of Architecture/Design with 51-200 employees

Mar 22 2017

You can arrange training and demos based on the client’s budget.

What is most valuable?

* Cloud products reduce the cost of the production of software products * You do not have to buy the product at the… more»

How has it helped my organization?

We developed our product with a small team of .NET developers for a client, a law university in Delhi, India. We received… more»

What needs improvement?

Microsoft has delivered on its promise by providing a free, developer-student (community) edition of Visual Studio.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Every region of a country has cheaper locations that can provide cost advantages, and data center growth must be equally… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We switched due to the advantages I mentioned earlier.

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft Cloud is reliable and dependable.

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Anonymous User

Data Management Architect at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees

May 14 2017

Provides an option for maintaining structured data in smaller databases.

What is most valuable?

There is significant abstraction from beginner to intermediate database administration responsibilities. In this way, I can focus on my business… more»

How has it helped my organization?

It provides faster turnaround time to getting solutions customer facing.

What needs improvement?

It could have closer parity to on-premises capabilities. Introduce a graph database engine component.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's an elastic service, at least in its simplest definition, and a proactive one with some reactive capability. Therefore, there is value in… more»

What other advice do I have?

SQL Azure is a good option for maintaining structured data, especially for smaller databases (0 - 25GB). My solutions today leverage a plethora of… more»

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Anonymous User

IT Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Mar 13 2017

You can change the plan of a service in terms of DTUs, point of restore, and auditing.

What is most valuable?

* Availability and scalability * Ability to understand the application and not necessarily the structure of your database… more»

How has it helped my organization?

We have configured this solution into a worldwide application based on Microsoft SQL with SQL Azure and with SQL Azure… more»

What needs improvement?

Maybe the portal should have a more detailed and granular way to query data. You can use API for this purpose. Azure is… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

You need to be careful about the size of your database or pool in order to fit it exactly within your budget.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

Other databases like PostgreSQL and SQL Server were evaluated. We decided to switch because our .NET application works… more»

What other advice do I have?

The best use of this product is the combination with other SaaS services. Evaluate communication on premise if you need… more»

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