Sometime having the right command in place opens up new doors to test things, like a failover for example. In this post we will take a look at a new ability that has recently surface within the Azure eco-system to help manage fail-overs. Let’s jump to it.
High availability is a crucial component for data professionals, even when operating in a cloud environment such as Azure. Thankfully, Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) is architected in a way that offers high availability for service right out of the gate. This helps to ensure that your databases, such as Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instances, are always available without having to lift a finger. What even better is Microsoft now offers the ability to manually control a failover over for these resources which gives data professionals more granular control.