SQL Azure Client Access Architecture

This diagram sample illustrates Microsoft Azure SQL Database client access architecture. It was designed on the base of the Wikimedia Commons file: SQL Azure Client Access Architecture.png. [commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SQL_Azure_Client_Access_Architecture.png] This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. [creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] "Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure, SQL Server Data Services, SQL Services, and Windows Azure SQL Database) is a managed cloud database (SaaS) provided as part of Microsoft Azure. A cloud database is a database that runs on a cloud computing platform, and access to it is provided as a service. Managed database services take care of scalability, backup, and high availability of the database." [Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Wikipedia] The Azure architecture diagram example "SQL Azure Client Access Architecture" was designed using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Azure Architecture solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.