SQL Database serverless

SQL Database serverless automatically scales compute based on workload demand and bills for the amount of compute used per second. Serverless databases can also be configured to automatically pause during inactive periods when only storage is billed and automatically resume when database activity returns.

Serverless is available for single database deployments in the General Purpose tier of the vCore purchasing model at the time of writing this book.

Serverless use cases

Auto-scaling and auto-pausing and resuming in serverless often provide an optimal balance between performance and compute cost trade-offs for both production or development databases.

Serverless databases are well suited to the following scenarios:

• Databases with intermittent, unpredictable usage patterns interspersed with periods of inactivity and lower average compute utilization over time.
• New databases without usage history or SQL Server migrations where compute...