Episode

Top 10 things developers should know about Azure SQL Hyperscale

with Arvind Shyamsundar

Azure Developers - SQL Conf() 2025

There are many options for running Microsoft SQL Server in Azure. In this session, we talk about the most exciting and leading cloud-native option, called Azure SQL Hyperscale. We will describe some of the key capabilities and considerations you need to know so that you can develop great new cloud applications leveraging Hyperscale!

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Welcome and Intro
  • 00:58 - Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
  • 01:20 - Microsoft SQL - ground to cloud fabric
  • 02:08 - Azure SQL database options
  • 02:27 - Hyperscale - its not just for big databases
  • 03:40 - Hyperscale is a fully managed experience
  • 04:50 - Demo
  • 06:38 - Rich tooling - Variety of clients
  • 07:59 - Hyperscale architecture
  • 09:34 - Demo
  • 10:18 - Scalable
  • 10:58 - Demo
  • 13:03 - Name replicas - scaling horizontally
  • 13:48 - Demo
  • 16:32 - End to End walkthrough of using Hyperscale for CQRS
  • 16:48 - OLTP & HTAP
  • 17:48 - Demo
  • 19:32 - Security
  • 21:40 - Resiliency
  • 21:55 - Demo
  • 25:54 - Value for money
  • 28:08 - Resources (links below)

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SQL Server