The Bridge - How Azure Arc brings cloud innovation to SQL Server anywhere
The ability to effectively manage data is more critical than ever and increasingly complex — with organizations hosting data on-premises, at the edge, and across multiple clouds. With the increasing need for businesses to maximize existing resources, one thing is clear: Today’s organizations need a bridge to bring cloud innovation to data estate across all environments – a consistent and efficient experience for managing, governing and security data. That bridge is Microsoft’s Azure Arc.
Arc enabled Azure migration & modernization journey
This blog explains how SQL Servers connected to Azure Arc can make the migration and modernization process to Azure SQL easier and faster. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc allows SQL Server instances hosted outside of Azure to access Azure services. This results in operational efficiencies and cost reductions. Moreover, it also offers a simple migration path to Azure with minimal or no downtime.SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc, now assists in selecting the best Azure SQL target
To make the SQL Server migration journey more efficient, the SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc can now help our customers assess the readiness of their SQL Server workloads for Azure SQL migration and assist them in choosing the most suitable Azure SQL configuration.
Released: Preview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Server
We are making available the private preview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Server. The preview includes the following features: Use the Azure Portal to register and track the inventory of your SQL Server instances across on-premises, edge sites, and multi-cloud in a single view. Use Azure Security Center to produce a comprehensive report of vulnerabilities in SQL Servers and get advanced, real time security alerts for threats to SQL Servers and the OS. Investigate threats in SQL Servers using Azure Sentinel. You can register any Windows or Linux based SQL Server to track your inventory. Azure Security Center's advanced data security works on Windows-based SQL Server version 2012 or higher, running on physical or virtual machines and hosted on any infrastructure outside of Azure. Here’s a video of the Arc enabled SQL Server experience with Azure Security Center. If you are interested in participating in this preview, please fill out the sign-up form and select the option Server Management (SQL Server).
