CHAPTER 7

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Azure SQL Database

In the pre-cloud era, the cost of building software was so high that we often have to define a scope and leave out functionality, which we feel doesn’t fetch the ROI for automation. [The] cloud makes whatever was previously left out of scope a candidate for automation now! Thanks to simplification, access, and affordability brought by IaaS and PaaS.

—Suresh Sambandam (Founder & CEO, OrangeScape)

There is no doubt that the database is a core and irreplaceable component in a software application, regardless of the database’s type or format. Taking Microsoft as an example, you clearly see that SQL Server services its ...

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