Microsoft today announced the release of_new optimized SQL Server images in the Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Gallery. These new SQL server_images are optimized for transactional and Data Warehousing workloads. The following four new pre-configured VM images are now available in the Azure VM Gallery: SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Optimized for Transactional Workloads on Windows Server 2012 R2 SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Optimized for Data Warehousing on Windows Server 2012 R2 SQL Server 2012 SP2 Enterprise Optimized for Transactional Workloads on Windows Server 2012 SQL Server 2012 SP2 Enterprise Optimized for Data Warehousing on Windows Server 2012 You can have these images on VM instances that allow up to 16 data disks attached to provide the highest throughput and these instances are Standard Tier A4, A7, A8 and A9 and Basic tier A4. Read more about it here.

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