Creating a serverless database

Let's start by looking at how to provision a serverless database using the Azure portal:

1. Open the Azure portal, https://portal.azure.com. In the search box, type sql database and then select SQL databases from the search drop-down list:
   

   Figure 12.4: Searching for SQL databases

   On the SQL databases page, click Add to add a new SQL database:

   

   Figure 12.5: Creating a new SQL database

2. On the Create SQL Database page, provide information for Subscription, Resource Group, Database name, and Server. If you don't have an existing server, you can create a new Azure SQL Logical Server by clicking Create new and following the instructions:
   

   Figure 12.6: The Create SQL Database pane

   Click on the Configure database link to configure the database properties.

3. On the Configure page, under the General-Purpose tab (vCore pricing model), select Compute tier as Serverless.

   Set Min vCores to 1 and Max vCores to 8:

   Note

   The amount of memory available depends...