Azure SQL also provides the benefit of being able to replicate the database to a different region, also known as a secondary region. The database at the secondary region can be read by applications. It allows for readable secondary databases. This is a great business continuity solution as the readable database is available at any point in time. With geo-replication, it is possible to have up to four secondaries of a database on different regions or the same region. These are readable databases. With geo-replication, it is also possible to failover to a secondary database in the case of a disaster. Geo-replication is configured at the database level, as shown in the following screenshot:

If you scroll down on this screen, the regions that can act as secondaries are listed, as shown in the following screenshot: