The lesser-known cloud services that can be helpful to database administrators.

If you are a database administrator (DBA), you probably have databases set up on a virtual machine (VM) and may be already using managed cloud databases. However, you may not yet know what other essential DBA functions can be performed in the cloud.

The following types of cloud services can help you accomplish DBA [database administrator] tasks:

Identity: Control access to your infrastructure by managing user identities across devices, applications, and data.

Management: Automate many of the management tasks for your cloud resources, including regulatory compliance.

Migration: Provide guidance, tools, and other resources that help you migrate your infrastructure to the cloud.

Mobile: Monitor and manage your cloud infrastructure from your mobile device.

Networking: Connect the components of on-premises and cloud infrastructure, including other cloud services.

Security: Protect your infrastructure from threats, manage events, and provide information on security.

Storage: For applications, data, and workload on the cloud need to be secure and massively scalable.

Backup: Helping protect data from human error and ransomware.