August 2017
Intermediate to advanced
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Azure SQL Database is a PaaS database service and is priced per database per service tier. The performance tier is determined by Database Transaction Units (DTUs) and the maximum available size.
DTUs are a blended measure of CPU, memory, and IO. To get more details on the performance and specifics of each SQL Azure service tier, visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-service-tiers#understanding-dtus , and for more details on DTUs, visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-what-is-a-dtu.
The available service tiers are Basic, Standard, and Premium. Scaling between tiers requires a user action.
The Basic tier is best suited for development and test workloads, the ...