Microsoft SQL Server is a well-known and widely used SQL database server that has gained much popularity and is considered a default choice for many projects ranging from very simple websites to enterprise-class services that handle high load and are considered critical for a business. As cloud technologies gain more and more popularity, the natural consequence of such a situation is the expectation that by moving an application to Azure, it is also possible to move its database. To meet such needs, Microsoft has developed Azure SQL Service—a PaaS version of Microsoft SQL Server that is managed and upgraded by their teams; the only things you are responsible for are configuration and data management. There is also one more offering from Azure called SQL Server VMs, which is one more option for using this database in...