Azure’s Platform as a Service solution, SQL Azure is a compelling solution for many who don’t want to manage their own highly available SQL implementation. SQL Azure, however, does not replicate all of the services of on-premises SQL, and one of those missing is the SQL Agent.

This session looks at what alternatives exist for running and managing SQL jobs in Azure without SQL Agent. In particular, we focus on Elastic Database Jobs, Azure Automation and Azure Functions. The presentation includes a brief overview of these services and how they are applicable to SQL workloads, followed by demos creating and running SQL jobs.