Microsoft announced a new virtual machine (VM) 'D-Series' today that expands VM sizing options for organizations using Microsoft Azure cloud services.

Microsoft adds a new series of VMs to its Azure cloud service for companies running big data, analytics or data-intensive applications.

Since we know we're a database heavy application, we make sure the database has resources to spare. In Azure, the VM size is large. We attach a disk for SQL Data, SQL Log, and SQL Archive.

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.