Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a cloud relational database service based on the Microsoft SQL Server engine that provides scalability, performance, and mission-critical capabilities. Azure SQL supports all the existing tools, libraries, and APIs available for the on-premise option.
Azure SQL is available with the following service tiers (all with 99.99 percent SLAs):
Basic: This is useful for small databases or with small transactions.
Standard: This is the recommended option for standard production-ready cloud applications. This is the minimum tier required for a Dynamics NAV production environment.
Premium: This is useful when you have a high transactional application and you require the maximum database performances. For intense workloads, this is the recommended tier to choose.
The interesting fact is that you can start from a small service tier and then scale in or out manually or programmatically at any time without downtime.
There are applications where usage patterns (resources...
