Microsoft launched a performance tool option known as Azure SQL Database elastic pool option. This option features automatic scalability of cloud databases up and down according to the required condition. The announcement of the Microsoft Azure SQL database elastic pools were made last year at the Microsoft Build conference and its general release hits the market last week.
The enterprises are targeted by this new Azure feature that is a cost-effective option available which reduces cost arise due to over-provisioning of resources when anticipating spikes in application usage. This feature also improves the application performance when there are not enough database resources available. Microsoft Azure SQL partner group program manager, Tracy Daugherty wrote, “Each elastic database in the pool gets the resources it needs when it needs it, and eliminates the complexity of managing the performance of individual databases”.
He further wrote, “You can control the performance assigned to a pool, add or remove elastic databases on demand, and define the performance of elastic databases without affecting the overall cost of the pool. This means you don’t have to worry about managing the usage of individual databases.” This auto scalability option can be used according to the customer requirement.
Last year, Microsoft released its Premium Azure CDN tied to Verizon’s infrastructure. In the last week, Microsoft declared that they plan to expand opportunity to the customers streaming with Azure CDN from Akamai, which is already in preview phase from last year. A content delivery network is functioned by the Akamai, which includes 200,000+ servers in 120 countries.
The partner director of Azure CDN services and Microsoft Azure Media, Sudheer Sirivara said, “By joining forces with both Verizon and Akamai, Azure CDN creates new opportunities for our customers to achieve more with the power of the cloud – enabling them to select the right CDN for the regions in which they operate, as well as load balance across CDNs.”
Microsoft’s list of releases includes another name, Recovery Services, launched last week as an infrastructure management solution for its Azure Resource Manager. This facilitates its admins to deploy, track and manage the cloud resource together rather than individually. The recovery services can be used to both combine and automate the cloud and on premise backups. The release list is concluded with the Azure Test Drives service which is now live that allows the user to test the solutions which require test data or configuration on the Azure Virtual machine.
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