Azure Database Services Documentation
Explore the comprehensive range of database solutions offered by Microsoft Azure. From relational databases to NoSQL, managed services to data warehousing, Azure provides scalable, secure, and globally distributed database platforms to meet diverse application needs.
Key Database Offerings:
Azure SQL Database
A fully managed relational database service based on the Microsoft SQL Server engine. Offers intelligent performance, security, and availability.
Azure Cosmos DB
A globally distributed, multi-model database service that enables you to create highly responsive and consistently performant applications.
Azure Database for MySQL
A fully managed relational database service built on the MySQL community edition. Ideal for applications using MySQL.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
A fully managed relational database service built on the PostgreSQL community edition. Offers high availability and performance.
Azure SQL Managed Instance
A cloud-based managed instance of the SQL Server database engine that provides near 100% compatibility with on-premises SQL Server.
Azure Synapse Analytics
An integrated analytics service that accelerates time to insight across data warehouses and big data systems.
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a cloud-native, fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) database engine. It's designed for modern cloud applications and offers:
- Intelligent Performance: Automatically adapts to your workload, optimizing performance without manual intervention.
- Built-in Security: Advanced security features including threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and Always Encrypted.
- High Availability: Guarantees 99.99% availability with automatic failover and backups.
- Scalability: Scale compute and storage resources up or down as your needs change.
Learn more about:
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service. It offers:
- Turnkey Global Distribution: Replicate data to any Azure region with zero operational effort.
- Multiple Data Models: Support for document, key-value, graph, and column-family data.
- Guaranteed Throughput and Latency: Offers comprehensive SLAs for throughput, latency, availability, and consistency.
- Elastic Scalability: Scale throughput and storage elastically and independently.
Key APIs include:
Explore quickstarts for:
az cosmosdb sql database create --name MyDatabase --resource-group MyResourceGroup --account-name MyCosmosDBAccountAzure Database for MySQL
This service provides a managed MySQL database in the cloud. Key benefits include:
- Built on MySQL community edition.
- Automated backups and patches.
- High availability options.
- Flexible compute and storage options.
See deployment guides and connection strings.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
A fully managed PostgreSQL database service that offers:
- Flexible server deployment options (Single Server, Flexible Server).
- High availability and disaster recovery.
- Built-in security and compliance.
- Support for various PostgreSQL extensions.
Find pricing details and migration tools.
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance offers compatibility with your existing SQL Server applications and resources in a managed cloud environment. It's ideal for:
- Migrating existing SQL Server workloads with minimal changes.
- Modernizing on-premises applications.
- Leveraging familiar SQL Server tools and features.
Read about instance features and migration strategies.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is an enterprise analytics service that brings together data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It enables you to:
- Ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data from disparate sources.
- Unify data warehousing and Big Data analytics.
- Use SQL, Spark, and Data Explorer engines.
- Integrate with other Azure services like Power BI and Azure Machine Learning.
Discover Synapse Studio and data integration capabilities.