Azure VM sizes range from a single virtual CPU with 768MB of RAM all the way up to 416 CPUs with nearly 12TB of RAM, so the computing power to meet your needs is available if you have the budget.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in practice. When leading London-based firm Atrium Underwriters wanted to modernize its over 800 databases, it turned to Microsoft for help.

SQL on Azure virtual machine implementations also get three free years of extended security updates. ... to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Installation of Spark and HDFS comes along for the ride, ...