If you're still using anything other than 2014,InfoWorld says it's worth the upgrade, getting a hard-to-get 9.5 out of 10. One of themain features that brought such great feedback was the inclusion of cloud technology, which continues to be a main focus in Microsoft's product portfolio. And if you're too scared to upgrade to the full cloud model, you can take their less scary hybrid model.Inclusion of Microsoft Azure is front and center in SQL 2014, most likely to push more jobs and roles onto their cloud platform and generate greater usage. For example, in addition to a backup to Azure (introduced in SQL Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 2), you can use the new Cloud Migration Wizard through SQL Server Management Studio 2014 to migrate your on-premises database to SQL Azure and take you step-by-step through the process.
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