The cloud is just somebody else's data center. The tools are essentially the same as what you've always been using on-premises.
Not when it comes to the former differences between Azure and "regular" SQL Server. Not when it comes to latency differences. And certainly not when it comes to price and possible security differences... especially when you think of it as "just somebody else's data center". At least not for me. 😉
So, somebody moved the T-SQL cheese and now we must learn some new keywords and rules? :rolleyes:
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho