How to reduce your SQL Database costs on Azure
summary
Shows concrete cost moves for Azure SQL: use the portal Pricing tier blade, read the workload chart, and drop idle dev/QA instances instead of guessing. Demonstrates Standard S2 → Basic reduces cost ~6.5x by switching tiers, compares DTU vs vCore tradeoffs and recommends vCore for control and DTU for simple sizing. Calls out Hyperscale for very large databases and using Availability Zones to improve SLA, plus automated backups and built-in security to cut admin overhead.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:33What is cloud computing
- 4:29Elasticity vs scalability
- 5:17Why use Azure SQL Database
- 7:29SQL models in Azure
- 11:01Purchasing models DTU vs vCore
- 13:35SLA and recovery options
- 15:02Reducing costs in Azure SQL
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