Azure SQL Database

4 engineers on Hacker News describe using Azure SQL Database first-hand: 1 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.

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4first-hand users

3in production

endorse 1mixed 0regret 1uses, no opinion

“poorly optimized queries that are being throttled because they somehow exceed the ever mysterious DTU”

regret · production · mattmanser · 2019-12-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“I especially like SQL Azure.”

endorse · personal · hughesdan · 2011-11-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“we moved to Azure SQL with entra mfa which Heidi doesn't current support.”

neutral · production · JoeBOFH · 2026-05-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“It would be fine in dev with 50-100 rows and a localhost SQL and blow up in prod with 1000s of rows and a separate Azure SQL.”

neutral · production · rspeele · 2024-05-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?