

In Azure, SQL is always up to date with the latest updates and patches being automatically applied, eliminating end-of-support hassles.
#Azure data studio redshift manual#
When Amazon RDS supports a new version of a database engine, you can upgrade your DB instances to the new version however, this is a manual process that requires some downtime, not much different as if it were a regular SQL Server VM. When you set up an Amazon RDS DB instance for Microsoft SQL Server, you must specify the version of SQL Server to use.

With Azure Availability Zones, SQL Database can place different replicas of the Business Critical database to different availability zones in the same region to provide zone-redundant availability at no extra cost. Azure SQL Database high availability is achieved by using multiple compute nodes which are provided even in the lower price Basic, Standard and General Purpose service tiers. AWS Multi-AZ deployments cost extra, as much as twice the cost of Single-AZ deployments. Amazon RDS for SQL Server provides high availability by offering Multi-AZ DB instances, which are implemented using either SQL Server Database Mirroring or SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups to provide zone redundancy. Free built-in High Availability and Zone Redundancy.In Azure you can take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit, which allows you to use existing SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to pay a reduced rate on Azure SQL Database, usually saving over 35%-50% in licensing costs.
#Azure data studio redshift software license#
When you set up an Amazon RDS DB instance for Microsoft SQL Server, the software license is included it cannot be purchased separately. However, Azure SQL Database can provide additional benefits not available in Amazon RDS for SQL Server: It provides a fully managed relational database service that offers SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019 while offloading database administration tasks like managing backups. Why move from Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database?Īmazon RDS for SQL Server is a popular choice for SQL Server workloads in the cloud. For many general-purpose workloads, Azure SQL Database can be a very cost-effective alternative to running the full SQL Server product, so it is a common scenario to move databases from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) database engine that automates backups and other operational tasks and is always running on the latest stable version of SQL Server.
