Azure SQL offers up a world of benefits that can be captured by consumers if implemented correctly. It will not solve all your problems, but it can solve quite a few of them. When speaking to clients I often run into misconceptions as to what Azure SQL can really do. Let us look at a few of these to help eliminate any confusion.
You can scale easier and faster
Let us face it, I am old. I have been around the block in the IT realm for many years. I distinctly remember the days where scaling server hardware was a multi-month process that usually resulted in the fact that the resulting scaled hardware was already out of date by the time the process was finished. With the introduction of cloud providers, the ability to scale vertically or horizontally can usually be accomplished within a few clicks of the mouse. Often, once initiated, the scaling process is completed within minutes instead of months. This is multiple orders of magnitude better than the method of having to procure hardware for such needs.