Azure Machine Learning is an integrated data science solution for data scientists and MLops to model and deploys ML applications at a cloud-scale. As the below architecture diagram suggests, Azure Machine Learning Datasets make it easier to access and work with your data. By creating a dataset, one can reference the data source location and a copy of its metadata. The information to the Azure Machine Learning comes from the Azure SQL Database, which is a fully managed platform as a service database engine that handles most of the database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and monitoring without user involvement.