Azure SQL Pricing

In the first half of this article, we’ll present complete Microsoft Azure SQL Database pricing options in a tabular format  – and we’ll explain the concepts behind the pricing along with administrative best practices in the second half.

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is offered as part of Microsoft Azure’s public cloud platform, and allows developers to utilize an intelligent and scalable relational database service. It conforms to all the characteristics of a genuine cloud service, one being that you only have to pay for what you use.

Azure SQL Pricing

Estimating Microsoft Azure SQL Database pricing can be challenging due to the multiple configurations available. For illustration, consider the following options to get an idea of how many permutations there are:

• 2 purchase models: DTU (Database Transaction Unit), vCore (Virtual Core)
• 3 deployment models: Single Database, Elastic Pool, Managed Instance
• 3 service tiers: General Purpose, Business Critical, Hyperscale
• 2 compute models: Provisioned, Serverless
• 4 hardware types: Gen 5, DC-Series, Fsv2-seres, M-Series

Map of Available Options for Azure SQL

The number of choices available can be overwhelming at first. We recommend starting your cost optimization exercise by first starting with what your requirements are. Once you have a clear understanding of what you need, you can use the Azure SQL Database pricing page filter shown in the following image to narrow down the various options.

Azure SQL Pricing Page

Azure SQL Database Single Database Pricing

DTU Pricing

Service Tier	Name	DTUs	Included Storage	Max Storage	Price per Hour
Basic	B	5	2 GB	2 GB	$0.0068/hour
Standard	S0	10	250 GB	250 GB	$0.0202/hour
Standard	S1	20	250 GB	250 GB	$0.0404/hour
Standard	S2	50	250 GB	250 GB	$0.1009/hour
Standard	S3	100	250 GB	1 TB	$0.2017/hour
Standard	S4	200	250 GB	1 TB	$0.4033/hour
Standard	S6	400	250 GB	1 TB	$0.8066/hour
Standard	S7	800	250 GB	1 TB	$1.6130/hour
Standard	S9	1,600	250 GB	1 TB	$3.2260/hour
Standard	S12	3,000	250 GB	1 TB	$6.0488/hour
Premium	P1	125	500 GB	1 TB	$0.6251/hour
Premium	P2	250	500 GB	1 TB	$1.2500/hour
Premium	P4	500	500 GB	1 TB	$2.5000/hour
Premium	P6	1,000	500 GB	1 TB	$5.0000/hour
Premium	P11	1,750	4 TB	4 TB	$9.4088/hour
Premium	P15	4,000	4 TB	4 TB	$21.5054/hour

vCore Provisioned Compute Pricing

Gen 5 Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour	Hyperscale Cost per Hour
2	10.2 GB	$0.5044/hour	$0.6871/hour	$1.3589/hour	$0.5653/hour
4	20.4 GB	$1.0088/hour	$1.3741/hour	$2.7178/hour	$1.1306/hour
6	30.6 GB	$1.5131/hour	$2.0611/hour	$4.0767/hour	$1.6958/hour
8	40.8 GB	$2.0175/hour	$2.7482/hour	$5.4355/hour	$2.2611/hour
10	51.0 GB	$2.5219/hour	$3.4352/hour	$6.7944/hour	$2.8263/hour
12	61.2 GB	$3.0262/hour	$4.1222/hour	$8.1533/hour	$3.3916/hour
14	71.4 GB	$3.5306/hour	$4.8092/hour	$9.5121/hour	$3.9568/hour
16	81.6 GB	$4.0350/hour	$5.4963/hour	$10.8710/hour	$4.5221/hour
18	91.8 GB	$4.5393/hour	$6.1833/hour	$12.2299/hour	$5.0873/hour
20	102.0 GB	$5.0437/hour	$6.8703/hour	$13.5887/hour	$5.6526/hour
24	122.4 GB	$6.0524/hour	$8.2444/hour	$16.3065/hour	$6.7831/hour
32	163.2 GB	$8.0699/hour	$7.7936/hour	$21.7420/hour	$9.0441/hour
40	204.0 GB	$10.0874/hour	$13.7406/hour	$27.1774/hour	$11.3051/hour
80	396.0 GB	$20.1747/hour	$27.4811/hour	$54.3548/hour	$22.6101/hour

DC-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour	Hyperscale Cost per Hour
2	9 GB	$0.8830/hour	Not Available	$2.116/hour	$1.8400/hour
4	18 GB	$1.7659/hour	Not Available	$4.233/hour	$6.9599/hour
6	27 GB	$2.6498/hour	Not Available	$6.349/hour	$15.3598/hour
8	36 GB	$3.5328/hour	Not Available	$8.466/hour	$27.0318/hour

Fsv2-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour	Hyperscale Cost per Hour
8	15.1 GB	$1.8684/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
10	18.9 GB	$2.3355/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
12	22.7 GB	$2.8026/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
14	26.5 GB	$3.2697/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
16	30.2 GB	$3.7368/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
18	34.0 GB	$4.2039/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
20	37.8 GB	$4.6710/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
24	45.4 GB	$5.6052/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
32	60.5 GB	$7.4735/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
36	68.0 GB	$8.4077/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
72	136 GB	$16.8154/hour	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available

M-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour	Hyperscale Cost per Hour
8	235.4 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$16.4303/hour	Not Available
10	294.3 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$20.5379/hour	Not Available
12	353.2 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$24.6454/hour	Not Available
14	412.0 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$28.7530/hour	Not Available
16	470.9 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$32.8605/hour	Not Available
18	529.7 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$36.9681/hour	Not Available
20	588.6 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$41.0757/hour	Not Available
24	706.3 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$49.2908/hour	Not Available
32	941.8 GB	Not Available	Not Available	$65.7210/hour	Not Available
64	1.839 TB	Not Available	Not Available	$131.4420/hour	Not Available
128	3.678 TB	Not Available	Not Available	$262.884/hour	Not Available

vCore Serverless Compute Pricing

Minimum vCores	Maximum vCores	Minimum Memory	Maximum Memory	Price
0.5	40	2.02 GB	120 GB	$0.0001450/vCore-second ($0.5218/vCore-hour)

Azure SQL Database Elastic Pool Pricing

DTU Pricing

Service Tier	eDTUs per Pool	Included Storage per Pool	Max Storage per Pool	Max no. of Database per Pool	Max eDTUs per Database	Price per Hour
Basic	50	5 GB	5 GB	100	5	$0.1009/hour
Basic	100	10 GB	10 GB	200	5	$0.2017/hour
Basic	200	20 GB	20 GB	500	5	$0.4034/hour
Basic	300	29 GB	29 GB	500	5	$0.6051/hour
Basic	400	39 GB	39 GB	500	5	$0.8067/hour
Basic	800	78 GB	78 GB	500	5	$1.6134/hour
Basic	1,200	117 GB	117 GB	500	5	$2.4200/hour
Basic	1,600	156 GB	156 GB	500	5	$3.2267/hour
Standard	50	50 GB	500 GB	100	50	$0.1511/hour
Standard	100	100 GB	750 GB	200	100	$0.3021/hour
Standard	200	200 GB	1 TB	500	200	$0.6042/hour
Standard	300	300 GB	1.25 TB	500	300	$0.9063/hour
Standard	400	400 GB	1.5 TB	500	400	$1.2084/hour
Standard	800	800 GB	2 TB	500	800	$2.4167/hour
Standard	1,200	1.17 TB	2.5 TB	500	1,200	$3.6250/hour
Standard	1,600	1.56 TB	3 TB	500	1,600	$4.8334/hour
Standard	2,000	1.95 TB	3.5 TB	500	2,000	$6.0417/hour
Standard	2,500	2.44 TB	4 TB	500	2,500	$7.5521/hour
Standard	3,000	2.93 TB	4 TB	500	3,000	$9.0626/hour
Premium	125	250 GB	1 TB	50	125	$0.9376/hour
Premium	250	500 GB	1 TB	100	250	$1.8750/hour
Premium	500	750 GB	1 TB	100	500	$3.7500/hour
Premium	1,000	1 TB	1 TB	100	1,000	$7.5001/hour
Premium	1,500	1.5 TB	1.5 TB	100	1,000	$11.2500/hour
Premium	2,000	2 TB	2 TB	100	1,750	$15.0000/hour
Premium	2,500	2.5 TB	2.5 TB	100	1,750	$18.7500/hour
Premium	3,000	3 TB	3 TB	100	1,750	$22.5000/hour
Premium	3,500	3.5 TB	3.5 TB	100	1,750	$26.2500/hour
Premium	4,000	4 TB	4 TB	100	4,000	$30.0000/hour

vCore Provisioned Compute Pricing

Gen 5 Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Max no. of Databases per Pool	Business Critical Max no. of Databases per Pool	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour
2	10.2 GB	100	Not Available	$0.5044/hour	$0.6871/hour	Not Available
4	20.4 GB	200	50	$1.0088/hour	$1.3741/hour	$2.7178/hour
6	30.6 GB	500	100	$1.5131/hour	$2.0611/hour	$4.0767/hour
8	40.8 GB	500	100	$2.0175/hour	$2.7482/hour	$5.4355/hour
10	51.0 GB	500	100	$2.5219/hour	$3.4352/hour	$6.7944/hour
12	61.2 GB	500	100	$3.0262/hour	$4.1222/hour	$8.1533/hour
14	71.4 GB	500	100	$3.5306/hour	$4.8092/hour	$9.5121/hour
16	81.6 GB	500	100	$4.0350/hour	$5.4963/hour	$10.8710/hour
18	91.8 GB	500	100	$4.5393/hour	$6.1833/hour	$12.2299/hour
20	102.0 GB	500	100	$5.0437/hour	$6.8703/hour	$13.5887/hour
24	122.4 GB	500	100	$6.0524/hour	$8.2444/hour	$16.3065/hour
32	163.2 GB	500	100	$8.0699/hour	$10.9925/hour	$21.7420/hour
40	204.0 GB	500	100	$10.0874/hour	$13.7406/hour	$27.1774/hour
80	396.0 GB	500	100	$20.1747/hour	$27.4811/hour	$54.3548/hour

DC-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour
2	9 GB	$0.8830/hour	Not Available	$2.116/hour
4	18 GB	$1.7659/hour	Not Available	$4.233/hour
6	27 GB	$3.3328/hour	Not Available	$6.349/hour
8	36 GB	$2.8498/hour	Not Available	$8.466/hour

Fsv2-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour
8	15.1 GB	$1.8684/hour	Not Available	Not Available
10	18.9 GB	$2.3355/hour	Not Available	Not Available
12	22.7 GB	$2.8026/hour	Not Available	Not Available
14	26.5 GB	$3.2697/hour	Not Available	Not Available
16	30.2 GB	$3.7368/hour	Not Available	Not Available
18	34.0 GB	$4.2039/hour	Not Available	Not Available
20	37.8 GB	$4.6710/hour	Not Available	Not Available
24	45.4 GB	$5.6052/hour	Not Available	Not Available
32	60.5 GB	$7.4735/hour	Not Available	Not Available
36	68.0 GB	$8.4077/hour	Not Available	Not Available
72	136 GB	$16.8154/hour	Not Available	Not Available

M-series Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	Business Critical Max no. of Databases per Pool	General Purpose Locally Redundant Cost per Hour	General Purpose Zone Redundant Cost per Hour	Business Critical Cost per Hour
8	235.4 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$16.4303/hour
10	294.3 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$20.5379/hour
12	353.2 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$24.6454/hour
14	412.0 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$28.7530/hour
16	470.9 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$32.8605/hour
18	529.7 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$36.9681/hour
20	588.6 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$41.0757/hour
24	706.3 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$49.2908/hour
32	941.8 GB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$65.7210/hour
64	1.839 TB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$131.4420/hour
128	3.678 TB	100	Not Available	Not Available	$262.884/hour

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Pricing

vCore Pricing – Single Instance

Gen 5 Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	Included Storage	Price per Hour
4	20.4 GB	First 32 GB per month	$1.01/hour
8	40.8 GB	First 32 GB per month	$2.02/hour
16	81.6 GB	First 32 GB per month	$4.04/hour
24	122.4 GB	First 32 GB per month	$6.06/hour
32	163.2 GB	First 32 GB per month	$8.07/hour
40	204.0 GB	First 32 GB per month	$10.09/hour
64	326.4 GB	First 32 GB per month	$16.14/hour
80	396.0 GB	First 32 GB per month	$20.18/hour

vCore Pricing – Instance Pools

Gen 5 Hardware Type

vCore	Memory	Included Storage	Price per Hour
8	40.8 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$2.02/hour
16	81.6 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$4.04/hour
24	122.4 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$6.06/hour
32	163.2 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$8.07/hour
40	204.0 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$10.09/hour
64	326.4 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$16.14/hour
80	396.0 GB	First 32 GB per instance per month	$20.18/hour

Microsoft Azure SQL Database Pricing Concepts

Selecting the correct Microsoft Azure SQL Database pricing model for your solution can be challenging. With so many options and variations available, choosing the right combination of deployment model, purchase model, compute tier, service tier, and hardware type is complicated. However, understanding what each of these components offers can help you determine your solution’s best configuration.

Azure SQL Deployment Models

If you want to leverage Microsoft Azure SQL Database as your database solution, you can choose between three deployment models.

• Single Database: The single database resource type creates a database with its own set of resources that you manage via a server.
• Elastic Pool: The elastic pool deployment model offers auto-scaling of database resources (either vCore or DTU) that are shared among multiple databases. Administrators set a minimum and maximum for the entire pool according to their budget, and also set a minimum and maximum for resource usage for each database, and then simply pay by the hour of total usage.
• Managed Instance: The Azure SQL Managed Instance deployment model offers the best compatibility benefits and licensing flexibility designed to incentivize migration from on-premise environments. A fully-featured SQL solution running on an Azure VM is compatible with the latest on-prem SQL Server Enterprise Edition, and offers automatic patching, backups, and high availability.

Azure SQL Purchase Models

Azure SQL Database offers two purchase models for the Single Database and Elastic Pool deployment options: Database Transaction Unit (DTU) and vCore. The Managed Instance deployment model does not have DTU as an option and only offers vCore.

The difference between the two models are the resources provisioned.

• DTU: bundles compute and storage resources. A DTU represents a composite measure of CPU, memory, reads, and writes.
• vCore: allows you to provide an exact amount of computing resources via the provisioned compute model.

Azure SQL Compute Tiers

If you choose to leverage the vCore purchase model for the Single Database deployment option, you can opt for Provisioned or Serverless. Note that these compute tiers are only available for this deployment model. The Elastic Pool and Managed Instance deployment models only offer a provisioned solution. The table below outlines the recommended usage, scaling, and billing scenarios for each tier.

	Provisioned	Serverless
Usage Scenario	Regular usage patterns with higher compute utilization over time.	Irregular, unpredictable usage patterns with lower average compute utilization over time.
Scaling	Manual  (Managed by Customer)	Automatic (Managed by Azure)
Billing	Per hour	Per second

Azure SQL Service Tiers

vCore Service Tiers

Microsoft Azure SQL Database offers three service tiers under its vCore purchase model: General Purpose, Business Critical, and Hyperscale. However, depending on the deployment you select, not every option is available. The table below correlates the availability of each service tier with the relevant deployment model.

	Single Database	Elastic Pool	Managed Instance
General Purpose	Available	Available	Available
Business Critical	Available	Available	Available
Hyperscale	Available	Not Available	Not Available

Each tier offers various performance and SLA guarantees. The option you choose depends on your business requirements. As with every other Azure service, the higher the performance and SLA, the higher the cost.

• General Purpose: This tier is the default selection for Single Database and Managed Instance. It offers a fully managed database engine with a 99.99% SLA and storage latency between 5 ms and 10 ms.
• Business Critical: This tier offers better performance than the General Purpose option. It has an SLA of 99.995% and storage latency of between 1ms and 2ms.
• Hyperscale: The Hyperscale tier leverages highly scalable storage and compute performance. It offers support for databases of 100TB in size, much faster backups and restores, faster log throughput and transaction commit times, and rapid scale-up and scale-out.

DTU Service Tiers

The Single Instance and Elastic Pool deployment models offer a DTU purchase model in addition to vCore. As with the vCore option, the DTU alternative offers three service tiers: Basic, Standard, and Premium. As mentioned previously, a DTU is a blended measure of CPU, memory, reads, and writes. The following table from Microsoft details the features of each DTU service tier.

	Basic	Standard	Premium
Target workload	Development and Production	Development and Production	Development and Production
Uptime SLA	99.99%	99.99%	99.99%
CPU	Low	Low, Medium, High	Medium, High
Maximum Backup Retention	7 days	35 days	35 days
IOPS (approximate)	1 to 4 IOPS per DTU	1 to 4 IOPS per DTU	25 IOPS per DTU
IO latency (approximate)	5 ms read, 10 ms write	5 ms read, 10 ms write	2 ms read and write
Columnstore indexing	Not Available	S3 and above	Supported
In-memory OLTP	Not Available	Not Available	Supported

Azure SQL Hardware Types

All three Azure SQL deployment options offer a vCore purchase model. As with the service tiers, you can also select the hardware that will host your Azure SQL database solution. There are four hardware types. However, the options available depend on the service tier and deployment model selected.

• Gen 5: The Gen 5 hardware type provides a balance between compute and memory resources. It is suitable for most data workloads that do not require higher memory or CPU.
• Fsv2-series: The Fsv2-series is compute-optimized. It delivers lower CPU latency and higher clock speeds. This hardware type is ideal for compute-intensive data workloads.
• M-series: The M-series is memory-optimized. It offers 29 GB per vCore, increasing the memory limit relative to a Gen 5 by a factor of eight.
• DC-series: The DC-series is ideal for secure workloads. It uses Intel processors with Software Guard Extension technology. Like Gen 5, it offers a balance between compute and memory.

Azure SQL Cost Optimization

As with all Azure services, optimizing your Microsoft Azure SQL Database can help you increase efficiency while reducing cost. Azure offers several pricing and configuration options that ensure you get the most resources for every dollar spent.

Pricing Options

When configuring your Azure SQL Database solution, Microsoft offers various pricing options. These include Reserved Capacity and the Azure Hybrid Benefit.

Reserved Capacity

Azure Reserved Capacity can reduce the compute cost of your Azure SQL significantly. However, this cost-saving feature is only available for the vCore Gen 5 options. Savings can range from 16% to 33%, depending on the service tier and Reserved Capacity commitment length. For example, on a vCore Gen 5 General Purpose configuration, a one-year commitment can save you 21% and a three-year commitment 33%. If you upgrade your service tier to Business Critical, the savings are 16% for one-year and 25% for a three-year commitment.

Azure Hybrid Benefit

The Azure Hybrid Benefit is another cost-saving option that can reduce your Azure SQL costs. By leveraging the licensing from an Enterprise Agreement’s Software Assurance, you can realize savings of up to 55% depending on the hardware type and service tier. Azure Hybrid Benefit discounts are available for all vCore hardware types. However, this discount is not an option if you select the DTU purchasing model.

Configuration Options

Besides the various direct cost-saving options, you can also optimize your Azure SQL solution by configuring it efficiently. Using the correct combination of deployment model, purchase model, compute tier, service tier, and hardware type can provide you with the performance you need and deliver it and the lowest possible cost.

Deployment Options

If your solution does not need a dedicated Azure SQL server, then opting for the Elastic Pool deployment model is a better cost option. As you are only paying for the resources you use, this option is highly cost-effective for intermittent or ad hoc data workloads.

Service Tier Options

Both the DTU and vCore purchase models offer various service tiers. Each tier offers different performance and cost features, with the premium or business-critical ones being the most expensive. Selecting the tier that best matches your business requirements is vital. For example, choosing the business-critical or premium tier for a dev/test environment is far from the ideal SQL optimization scenario.

Compute Tier Options

The vCore purchase model allows you to select either a provisioned or serverless compute tier. If your Azure SQL Database workload has irregular, unpredictable usage patterns with lower average compute utilization over time, then this option can also deliver significant cost savings. As you only pay for the resources you use, and billing is per second instead of per hour, selecting the serverless compute option increases the efficiency of your Azure SQL spend.

Hardware Types

The vCore purchase model offers four different hardware types. Depending on the option you choose, prices can vary significantly. For example, the FsV2-series and M-series are not as cost-effective as the Gen 5.

In addition to selecting the correct hardware type, choosing the vCore option that best matches your requirement can also reduce your Azure spend. For example, opting for an 8 vCore solution when your needs do not exceed 6 cores and 30 GB is an inefficient use of resources.

Storage

Storage is often one of the more significant portions of a subscription’s Azure spend. As this component makes up a considerable part of any Azure SQL solution, optimizing the storage you utilize is vital in containing costs. Good database hygiene, such as archiving off older data and storing it on more cost-effective alternatives, should form part of any Azure SQL optimization exercise.

Best Practices for Administering Azure SQL

Ongoing operational management and maintenance of your Azure SQL environment are vital in ensuring its efficiency and security. Unlike traditional SQL Server deployments that require maintenance tasks that include regular log shrinking, Azure SQL is a Platform as a Service (PaaS), which means Microsoft takes care of the traditional infrastructure tasks for you. However, you should apply a few configuration settings to secure and monitor your Azure SQL solution.

Security

Azure SQL security controls have two major functions: protecting data and controlling access.

Protecting Data with Encryption

Microsoft recommends that you encrypt data on Azure while it is in transit and at rest. You should leverage Transport Layer Security (TLS) while data is moving across networks. If you are using a client to connect to your Azure SQL instance, Tabular Data Stream over TLS is another requirement.

While data is at rest, leveraging Transparent Data Encryption secures it from malicious offline activity. This technology is enabled by default. However, existing Azure SQL databases created before May 2017 and SQL databases created through restore, geo-replication, and database copy are not. Databases residing on a Managed Instance deployment model are also encrypted by default. However, this encryption only applies to databases created after February 2019.

Control Access

Leveraging the principle of least privilege, you should limit direct access to Azure SQL data. Only services and individuals that need to query the information directly should be given the relevant authorization. Microsoft recommends implementing Multi-Factor Authentication where possible and limiting the use of password-based authentication for applications.

Monitoring

Azure offers several monitoring tools you can use to monitor your Microsoft Azure SQL Database’s efficiency and performance. The option to utilize depends on the metric you need to track. The list below highlights the features of each one.

• Azure Portal: Navigating to the Resources tab on the Overview Blade can give you insight into CPU, memory, and network performance.
• Azure SQL Analytics: This tool that runs with Azure Monitor helps you track all your Azure SQL databases’ performance across multiple subscriptions. It provides you with a single view collecting and visualizing key performance metrics.
• Activity Logs: This feature also runs on Azure Monitor and provides insight into subscription-level events such as adding, creating, or deleting a database.
• Azure Security Center: This Azure resource provides a centralized security view of all your Azure resources. It assesses your environment and its configuration and provides recommended actions to remediate any security vulnerabilities. It also raises security-related alerts when it detects an anomaly or when certain activities exceed a particular threshold.