Azure is a truly amazing environment, allowing the deployment of objects at will, but what if you had to make the "perfect" SQL Server deployment, with your features, your configuration, put into a pipeline so it could be deployed on demand whenever and whereever.

Come and join me to see the process for picking apart any SQL Server installation, and create an image in order to have the ultimate control and turn your "pets" into "cows", fully usable objects that can be replaced at anytime with minimal downtimes.

Warning - we will cover automation tools, HA/DR, and other concepts while discussing this procedure. Come with questions and the willingness to learn!