I am experimenting with cloud computing.

A client of mine who is currently using a Microsoft SQL Server based

application, wishes to have the SQL Server database in the cloud so it

can be accessible by all his company's branches.

I would like to know if Amazon is offering SQL Server as a service. I am

aware that if you contract a Virtual Machine with SQL Server inside you

would have the problem solved, but I wonder if it is possible to use SQL

Server without the need to have a VM as well

In the case of Google Cloud Computing, you must have a virtual machine

and SQL Server inside

I have tried Azure and I've seen that they offer SQL Server as a

service, but if you want to get in a single select statement data from

two different databases, that is not possible, unless you try a

convoluted solution that I got from the web and that would involve

modifying my application code a lot. This I will not do (the client

won't pay for the time involved in reprogramming)

OTOH, the information provided in any of those sites is so huge and

confusing, that I do not know what to choose, where to look and......too

much for this old programmer.

Can anybody enlighten me, please?

Remember, I am looking for a simple SQL Server as a service solution,

without the need to get a VM as well. Is this possible?

Rafael Copquin

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