Total argument on this. If it's confusing, then you don't understand it. There's a learning opportunity. It ain't boring because it's taken away the dull stuff (do you really like setting up backup scripts?). It's exciting. You can focus on all the fun stuff like setting up Geo-Replication using Powershell in only two lines of code. I'll bet you can't do that on your personal machines back in the office. Azure SQL Database (and all the Platform as a Service offerings, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, etc.) are where are learning has to come from in the future. That's where lots of companies are going to move to with some of their load. It ain't boring.