Cloud anywhere:
Azure for hybrid and multicloud environments
24
Where to go next?
Azure Arc for data services, including SQL
and PostgreSQL (Microsoft Ignite)
The energy company can bring data
services to whatever location needs
access. A fully managed database service,
such as Azure SQL Database, removes
the burden of patching and upgrades
for customers who have migrated their
databases to Azure. An Azure Database
managed instance creation allows you
to pick where you want to deploy.
You do not have to deploy into Azure;
you can deploy to an environment on
premises, or to another cloud provider.
With Azure Arc, for the first time,
customers—such as the energy
company—can access Azure's unique
security capabilities from the Azure
Security Center for their on-premises data
workloads. They can protect databases
with features like advanced threat
protection and vulnerability assessment
in the same ways they do in Azure.
Updates can be handled by upgrading
a secondary system and failing over
to the system after a sufficient testing
period. These rolling upgrades allow
a company to bring each database
to a desired compatibility level.
Advanced data security gives you
vulnerability assessments that allow
you to find weaknesses in your security
posture. Advanced Threat Protection
can help you identify patterns that
may represent specific threats.
