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SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN IF YOU'VE USED AZURE in the past, you probably know that there are two main ways to deploy SQL Server on Microsoft's cloud-Azure SQL Database, the PaaS offering; and Azure VMs running SQL Server. [...]don't forget that there is an Azure Migration Database Migration Service (DMS) to help you "liftand shift" an existing on-premise SQL Server application into Azure. Pricing by Cores and Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server Microsoftis also offering a new pricing model for Azure SQL Managed Instances based on the number of virtual cores (vCores), giving you a lot more flexibility to price by storage and compute since the compute consumption is directly comparable to physical cores in an on-premises server. The database platforms offer 99.99% availability, elastic scaling for up to 32 vCores, a new Memory Optimized tier, an independent storage option, and multiple backup options.