{"id":84382,"date":"2019-02-23T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T00:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/?p=21434"},"modified":"2019-02-23T00:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T00:15:36","slug":"azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/23\/azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" alt=\"Angelos Petropoulos\" class=\"avatar avatar-58 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-58 alignnone photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Angelos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<p>February 22nd, 2019<\/p>\n<p> &lt;!&#8211;<span class=\"posted-on\">Posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2019-02-22T17:15:36+00:00\">February 22, 2019<\/time><\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/author\/angelos-petropoulosoutlook-com\/\">Angelos Petropoulos<\/a><\/span><\/span>&#8211;&gt; <\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --> <\/p>\n<p>In my <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/migrating-your-existing-on-prem-sql-server-database-to-azure-sql-db\/\">previous blog post<\/a> I talked about how to migrate data from existing on-prem SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database. If you haven\u2019t heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/sql-server-2008\">SQL Server 2008 end of support is coming this summer<\/a>, so it\u2019s a good time to evaluate moving to an Azure SQL Database.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to try Azure, chances are you will not be able to immediately move 100% of your on-prem databases and relevant applications in one go. You\u2019ll probably come up with a migration plan that spans weeks, months or even years. During the migration phase you will be spinning up new instances of Azure SQL Database and turning off on-prem SQL Server instances, but for a little bit of time there will be overlap.<\/p>\n<p>To help manage the cost during such transitions we offer the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/hybrid-benefit\/\">Azure Hybrid Benefit<\/a>. You can convert 1 core of SQL Enterprise edition to get up to 4 vCores of Azure SQL Database at a reduced rate. For example, if you have 4 core licenses of SQL Enterprise edition, you can receive up to 16 vCores of Azure SQL Database.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/hybrid-benefit\/faq\/\">Azure Hybrid Benefit FAQ<\/a> and don\u2019t forget, if you have any questions around migrating your .NET applications to Azure you can always <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnet.microsoft.com\/apps\/cloud\/migrate-to-azure\">ask for free assistance<\/a>. If you have any questions about this post just leave us a comment below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"authorinfoarea\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" alt=\"Angelos Petropoulos\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-96 alignnone photo\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelos February 22nd, 2019 &lt;!&#8211;Posted on February 22, 2019 by Angelos Petropoulos&#8211;&gt; In my previous blog post I talked about how to migrate data from existing on-prem SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database. 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