What Is Sql Azure Federations?

1.	What Is Sql Azure Federations?
Answer» SQL Azure federation provides tools that allow developers to scale out (by sharding) in SQL Azure. Here are some of the benefits of a sharded DATABASE: Taking advantage of greater resources WITHIN the cloud on demand. Allowing customers to have their own database, to share databases or to access many databases. Reducing the exposure of a single POINT of FAILURE. Benefiting from the LOWER costs of using cloud resources on an as-needed basis and releasing them when done. Reducing I/O bottlenecks and SQL Azure throttling. SQL Azure federation provides tools that allow developers to scale out (by sharding) in SQL Azure. Here are some of the benefits of a sharded database:

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SQL Azure federation provides tools that allow developers to scale out (by sharding) in SQL Azure.

Here are some of the benefits of a sharded DATABASE:

Taking advantage of greater resources WITHIN the cloud on demand.
Allowing customers to have their own database, to share databases or to access many databases.
Reducing the exposure of a single POINT of FAILURE.
Benefiting from the LOWER costs of using cloud resources on an as-needed basis and releasing them when done.
Reducing I/O bottlenecks and SQL Azure throttling.

SQL Azure federation provides tools that allow developers to scale out (by sharding) in SQL Azure.

Here are some of the benefits of a sharded database:

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