Azure SQL Databases, databases as a service. You've heard all the tales and read all the marketing materials. Are you planning to migrate workloads from on premises to Azure? Or have you migrated your workloads but are you in doubt if you've made the correct choice?

In this session, I'll walk you through the different options that are available and tell you about the experiences I've had when working with them. I've been involved in a number of projects and most tiers and SKU's have been tried and tested. Not all and before you know it, there are new ones.

Some were successful, some weren't but all depending on their loads and characteristics. To give each database a fair chance, I've been using a set of scripts to get a good comparison. A script that I will share with you, along with my way of using that.

Azure SQL DB performance comes at a price, so I'll cover the costs as well to give a complete picture.

When you leave the session, you'll have a better understanding of the Tier and SKU differences and a starting point on how to test it for your workload.