Move Your SQL Server to Azure VMs. Then Build on It.

Move your SQL Server workloads to Azure while retaining control over the operating system and database environment. Pam Lahoud explains when Azure Virtual Machines are the right fit and how to choose compute and storage based on your workload's memory, IOPS, and throughput requirements. Learn to decode VM naming conventions, use constrained cores to optimize SQL Server licensing costs, and evaluate Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk. Explore assessment tools and SQL migration skills that support migration planning, then discover how Azure management services, Fabric mirroring, and Microsoft Foundry can extend what you build after the move.