SQL Padre checks out Stretch database:
As you can see, we now have a new path in our query plan with an operator called “Remote Query”. Basically the local server queries the remote query then using the local Primary key Concatenates them back together to produce the desired result. So can we update the data?
Nope, sure can’t. Once the data lives in Azure, the data is READ ONLY.
Check it out. He’s a bit more sanguine about Stretch than I am, so maybe it will fit your use cases.