Azure SQL Database offers a relational database in the cloud. It uses the SQL Server on-premises code base, but by using Azure SQL Database over SQL Server on-premises, you don't have to manage the underlying platform, the operating system, or buy any licenses. Besides that, Microsoft releases updates for Azure SQL Database first, and then for SQL Server.
Azure SQL Database offers scalability without causing any downtime for your databases. It offers column base indexes, which make your queries perform much faster. There is built-in monitoring for your databases and built-in intelligence for increasing the performance of your database automatically, and it provides high availability by providing automatic backups and Point-in-time restores. You can also use active geo-replication, for global applications.
Azure SQL Database offers the following tiers for...