Azure versus AWS

Question

Hello Team,

We are planning to migrate our SCOM application to cloud and looking at our options, Azure and AWS primarily. I have a question regarding this.

Have the DBA's detailed any improvements managing SQL instances in Azure versus AWS? Would it be possible to leverage a SQL MI (managed instance) DB or DW?

Please advise

Answer 1

Hi,

I don't think there's any big differences, however there might be some differences in the pricing, for SCOM it doesn't matter which cloud provider you choose.
SCOM is currently only supported on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaas), so in other words you cannot use SQL Managed Instance for the SCOM database and data warehouse.

SCOM will receive it's own "SCOM as a Service" soon, you can read some more about this here:
http://www.opsman.co.za/coming-soon-scom-as-a-service/

Regarding the SQL, from what I know SQL runs best on Azure, it's a Microsoft product after all, you can read more about this here:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sql-server-runs-best-on-azure-heres-why/

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Hi PY,
I few comments also from me:

• If you want to move SCOM to a Cloud platform I would certainly take Azure. Being able to leverage other services (like Azure Monitor) over the same agent is of course priceless.
• I would not use a Managed SQL instance, because this would limit your control over your backend and SCOM needs sometimes a little "push" when configuring its Databases. More about this can be found here:

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Group Performance Optimizations

• You can get familiar with the step here:

SCOM 2019: Fast track setup on an Azure VM

• Please pay also attention to the Link Leon provided, which refers to the plans of Microsoft to offer SCOM "as a Service" directly from Azure. This will be a game changer and in my opinion the strongest argument to take a turn to Azure.

I hope I could help.

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Stoyan

Answer 3

Hi,

Choosing between Azure and AWS is a more of a business decision and depends on the requirements of the organization. For example, if an organization is in need of a strong Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider or needs Windows integration, Azure would be the preferable choice. Also, Microsoft has long been synonymous with larger enterprise customers. Microsoft Azure makes it easy for those currently using Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange, and other Microsoft technologies to move to the cloud.

Here are some articles list the comparison between Azure and AWS for the reference:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/azure-vs-aws/
https://www.otava.com/reference/aws-vs-azure-key-differences/
https://stackify.com/azure-vs-aws-comparison/
Note: non microosft link, just for the reference.

Hope it can help.

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Answer 4

Hello @SChalakov @Crystal-MSFT @Leon Laude ,

Good day.

I know it is been long since the last time i asked this question. Just want to post a humble inquiry if SCOM is now supported on PaaS.

Thanks.
py

Answer 5

I really don't think so that there is a big difference as much between AWS and Azure but the little difference you feel is the pricing difference only. For SCOM you can choose any of these provider.