Azure SQL Revealed: A Guide to the Cloud for SQL Server Professionals

© Bob Ward 2021

B. WardAzure SQL Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5931-3_1

1. SQL Server Rises to the Clouds

Bob Ward¹  

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North Richland Hills, TX, USA

 

In late 2005, Microsoft as a company was humming (I’m a little biased here) in the enterprise space and so was the SQL Server product. In October of 2005, we were close to releasing SQL Server 2005 (code name Yukon) which was unfortunately 5 years in the making (that is a story for another book; just ask Paul Randal). I was in Microsoft Support in those days, and despite the delay in getting SQL Server 2005 to market, I was very proud of the release. Windows, Windows Server, Office, and Xbox 360 were all popular products from Microsoft.

In October of 2005, an architect new to Microsoft ...