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SQL Azure database Interview question for fresher and experienced
Question 1: What is SQL Azure?
Answer: SQL Azure is a cloud based relational database as a Service offered by Microsoft.SQL Azure Database provides predictable performance, scalability, business continuity, data protection, and near-zero administration for cloud developers.
Question 2: What is cloud computing?
Answer: "Cloud computing is a general term for the delivery of hosted services over the internet".
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Question 3: What happens when the SQL Azure database reaches Max Size?
Answer: Data Read/Fatch operations will continue to work but create/insert/update operations are stoped. You can drop/delete/truncate data.
Question 4: What is the current limitation of the size of SQL Azure DB?
Answer : Maximum size of a SQL Azure database is 250 GB (s0, s1, s2 and s3) and 500GB (p1,p2,p3 and p6 ) and 4TB (p11 and p15). For More Details
Question 5: What encryption security is available in SQL Azure?
Answer: Only SSL connections are supported. SET Encryption = TRUE.
Question 6: What is SQL Azure Firewall?
Answer: SQL Azure firewall is a security mechanism that blocks requests based on its IP address.
Question 7: How many databases can we create in a single server?
Answer: 150 databases (including master database) can be created in a single SQL Azure server.
Question 8: How many servers can we create in a single subscription?
Answer: We can create six(6) servers under a single subscription.
Question 9: Tell me something about security and SQL Azure.
Answer: SQL Azure service allows blocking a request based on its IP address through SQL Azure firewall. It uses SQL server Authentication mechanism to authenticate connections. Also connections to SQL Azure are SSL-encrypted by default.
Question 10: What is the difference between web edition and business edition?
Answer: SQL Azure Web edition database Max Size is 5 GB whereas the business edition supports Max Size up to 50 GB.
Web edition database can be increased/decreased of 1 GB whereas the size of a business edition can be increased/decreased of 10 GB.
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Brijesh Kumar
Database Developer
I have more then 6 years Experience in Microsoft Technologies - SQL Server Database, ETL
Azure Cloud - Azure SQL Database, CosmosDB, Azure Data Factory, PowerBI, Web Job, Azure Function, Azure Storage, Web Apps, Powershall
and Database Migration On-Premise to Azure Cloud.
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