What are you looking to do with SQL Azure? The industry is finding that relational databases don't always scale to the Internet. Originally, Azure wasn't going to have SQL, but Microsoft listened to customers complain that it "had to be there" and added it in.


>I'm only really looking at the Azure SQL stuff which I can see a use for but got drawn into the somewhat bewildering array of other options (eg. VM etc) and the pricing constructs are pretty confusing.
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>I suppose what I'm really looking for is first hand experiences of anyone who is actually using Azure SQL......