As the graph shows above. Which type of sql server edition is for the production? I know the "Developer" version is for the development. Also I already got the Azure VM and have the "Developer SQL Server" on my VM, how can I install the production SQL Server in my VM? Is this free?
My purpose is to make a production SQL Server database. Is there two options for me? One is install a production SQL Server in my VM, another is to create a new Azure SQL database. Which one would be the best way to do this?
As the graph shows above. Which type of sql server edition is for the
Production? I know the "Developer" version is for the development.
Also I already got the Azure VM and have the "Developer SQl server" on
my VM, how can I install the production sql server on my VM? Is this
free?
Developer is not licenced for production - you aren't allowed to use it for production purposes.
Express is licenced for production but if your database gets bigger that 10Gb then it is unsuitable for your use
My purpose is to make a production sql server database. Is there two
options for me? One is install a production sql server on my VM,
another is to create a new Azure SQL database. Which one would be the
best way to do this?
"Best" doesn't mean anything. What are your constraints? Are you creating a brand new database? What tools will be connecting to and using the database? Does it need to be accessible from the internet?
If this is a brand new application / database, and you have limited capability for maintaining a VM then I definitely recommend using SQL Azure instead of a VM
Most importantly, and based on you other question, make sure you understand the term "Production"
Can Azure SQL Server on VM be the production database?
For example, you usually don't provision a 'production' environment without also provisioning at least a dev environment.
It would also help to give us some background on "My purpose is to make a production sql server database". It sounds like this is a request someone has given you but maybe you don't fully understand the term 'production'
None of them are sql azure. They are all sql server on premise on a virtual machine on azure.
If you want to add a sql server azure, you go on your main azure portal page, then on the left panel at the top "create a resource", then chose "SQL Database" on the popular column. Then follow instructions.
If you want as less pain as possible, clearly choose sql azure instead of a sql server on premise on a virtual server on azure. It is by very far the only reasonable choice if you work on azure: cheap, strong, backup automatically done, disaster recovery extremely easily applicable without any prior setup, extremely easy to up size its capacity in case of overload, perfectly secured without any prior setup either.
The only problem of this is the security: it can be accessed only by recognized IP addresses that you mention on the azure portal. So typically, you mention the IP address of you development computer. If your website is on your azure subscription as well, you don't need to worry, it will go through the azure firewall with no setup.
If you reeeeeeally want to use a sql server on premise, well, don't use the developer edition. If you want to avoid performance and load issues, don't use express. The entreprise is very complete, but not useful in most of cases for simple application (like web applications).
If you want most of features, go for the Standard edition, if you want to keep focused on the database engine for your web application, go for the Web edition.
Finaly, if you wanna have a licence free edition on a virtual server, the express is free of charges, but not powerful and extremely limited. The developer edition is free of charges as well and contains every possible and impossible features of sql server. The only pb of this edition is that you are not allowed to use it in production. Only for tests and developments.
As you are already having Azure VM with Developer edition installed you can go for either of the below options.
If you are comfortable to manage the Azure VM yourself, go for IAAS(Infrastructure as a Service) approach: Install SQL Server Standard Edition or SQL Server Enterprise Edition (based on your application needs). Read the capability difference between them. If SQL Server Express edition would be suitable for your needs, then install the same. It does have limited features and many constraints. See the scalability support for different editions in the same link above.
If you want to offload the database server management, go for PAAS(Platform as a Service) approach: Create a Azure SQL database and point your application to it. Azure SQL database is more like SQL Server Enterprise Edition with some limitations like CLR not being supported. Read Azure SQL database differences with SQL Server editions
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I'm preparing a migration plan to migrate on-premises SQL Server to Azure. On our on-prem there are two sql instance (DevSQL01\Dev and DevSQL01\Demo) running on single VM. Can we create a same scenario on azure, i.e. can we create two SQL instance on a single Auzure SQL VM or is their any other option?
I know i can create a windows VM on Auzre and install SQL Server and create two instance manually, but i like to find out options like managed instance, elastic pool, etc.. has the feature to host named instance by default.
Forgive me if this is noob question, I just started exploring cloud technologies.
On all flavors of Azure SQL PaaS (Managed Instance, DTU-model, vCore, Serverless, Hyperscale) the concept of named instance does not exist. Your best option is a SQL VM where you can run SQL Setup and install multiple instances.
It seems you need it for development purposes, then you may want to install SQL Server Developer Edition to avoid licensing costs as mentioned here. If this will be a Production server, remember to balance memory usage across the two SQL Server instances and leave some memory for the operating system to avoid impact on the server performance.
I need to host a web application in IIS in Azure, if I take a virtual machine with Windows 2012 standard, how do I install SQL Server? Or is there any other option?
Getting most out of the Azure platform, I would suggest to use Azure Web Apps and Azure SQL Databases for that.
Using VMs only make sense, if you need control over the underlying systems (e.g. OS settings, Advanced SQL Server features like SSRS).
If you are going to use AZURE make sure you read a little about what you can and cannot do on AZURE. For example there is no SQL Server Agent or global temp tables. I like the requirement that all tables require a clustered index. You may not.
Here are two articles that list some of the differences but these are an incomplete list:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureedu/2016/07/15/what-features-are-not-supported-in-azure-sql-database/
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Azure+SQL+database/143076/
To install SQL Server on Azure follow this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-portal-sql-server-provision
I want to start a rather big project (in the end). My tool of choice is basically ASP.NET MVC/WEB Api.
I would like to develop this in the beginning by using SQLite or SQL Developer edition.
Then when i go live i would plan to go to a shared hosting by using SQL Server 2012/2014 instance.
My target is that if everything is ok to convert to cloud and Azure.
So my plan that i would like to enhance/verify is:
Frontend:
Since my knowledge of AngularJS/Knockout e.t.c is lomited. I will start by using the normal Jquery/web API approach and gradually i will conver tot latest best practices and standards.
Backend:
Program to an Interface. I will have an interface for my DAL
Implement different interface for my different cases (sqlite/sql server/azure e.t.c)
In order to get a fast start to building it i would start with a good domain class design and then head to SQLite in combination of a light ORM (Dapper) in order to have my logic up and running fast.
This post: SQl Azure offline , suggests that i could start developing for sql azure right away, but i don't know if i can afford from the beginning to go to azure.
Sql Azure is basically the same as Sql Server 2014. If you start with the free SQL Server Express edition then you will have very few problems moving to SQL Azure later, especially if you use a tool like the SQL Server Migration Wizard and pehaps setup a free Azure trial account so you can test as you go?
You can just use your local Sql edition as mentioned by #Neil Thompson, If you are using SQL Server Database Project, there is an option to target your deployment to SQL Azure database instead of full version of Sql Server,
I have been using above option without much problem.
Sql Federation in Azure which is I think the only major non-supported feature in on-premise/local Sql edition that you would need Sql Azure for day-to-day development/testing.
I have succeeded in creating a basic tables running on the azure emulator in Visual Studio 2012 and I have also managed to create a couple of SQL Server databases that work with applications on a single computer. I was wondering how you would combine these to create a SQL Server database running on my local azure emulator ,that allows other computers and mobile devices to connect to it.
I have done a bit of research on this and there are quite a few topics about it, but it seems like you have to create the database on the Azure online portal and then connect to it, but I was hoping to skip this since I want to avoid connecting to any online resources.
If someone could just please point me in the right direction , because I'm still pretty unsure about using azure and all it's features. It would be great if I could create a SQL Server database on visual studio and then just specify a connection string to it through azure. (Must connect through Azure)
"For local testing, you can use a local SQL Server (full, express or even CE) within your app - just use local connection string's in place of the SQL Azure ones in your .cscfg or .config files - then the local compute instance will connect just like any other local process would." Quoted from How do I test locally against SQL Azure?
I have read that question post, but the answer was a bit too vague for rooky programming knowledge.
I think it might be able to help me if someone could also maybe elaborate on it.
Thanks in advance !
there is no emulator for Azure SQL Database.
As the post you referenced pointed out, you use a local SQL instance (CE, server, express, localdb) to simulate your database operations.
when you're ready to move to Azure SQL Database, you just change your connection string to point to your Azure SQL Database instead of your local database.
please take note though that Azure SQL Database and your typical SQL installation have feature differences, so that into account. you may be able to run some T/SQL on your local instance that is not supported in Azure SQL
I am getting a little bit confused about the difference of the followings:
SQL Server Express
SQL Server Compact
localDB
My requirement is to develop a desktop application that will use basic RDBMS features. I need to package the application and allow the user to install a single distributed package. I don't want the user to install even SQL server express.
In this case, which DB I should use? SQLite is not considered as too much re-coding has to be done.
Thank you.
SQL Server Express is full featured DBMS, with some limitations in terms of database size and resources it is allowed to use. You can see it's limitations (relative to SQL Server) on microsofts site (Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2012)
SQL Server CE is embedded database, meaning that it runs in user mode, it's easy to deploy (requires you to copy just few assemblies), lightweight but fast, can be run by a low privileged user. It's supported by NHibernate. However, has more limitations. To me most notable is that there are problems when you try to have multiple connections to same database. Although MS claims that this is supported, if you try this in Windows 2008 server, you will fail. And what's worse, such use scenario may lead to DB corruption. This means that you will effectively not be able to use some Management tool to update data while your service/website is running. Also, SQL Server Management studio doesn't support SQL CE anymore, so you will have to use a 3rd party tool, like Database.NET. It also does not support subqueries.
localDB, having not used it, sounds like a compromise. It's a standalone database which is executed in user mode (can be used by low privilege user), but must be installed so you will need administrative privileges for that part. Offers set of capabilities of SQL Server Express. It's much larger than SQL CE, and also requires to be installed (unlike CE which is just binary drop in). Shortest overview of this DBMS can be found here.