Azure Classroom series – 30/Apr/2020

DTU vs vCore

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  • Refer Here for understanding vCore vs DTU
  • For using DTU’s azure recommends users to use the calculator as mentioned over here Preview
  • vCore is all about choosing custom CPU and storage unlike DTU. Preview
  • In vCore we have two compute tiers
    • Provisioned:
      • Guaranteed Speed/Performance consistently so use this for databases which are used all the time
    • Serverless:
      • Use this for inconsistenly used datbases, Can save the bills if your database is not consistently used throughout the data Preview

Reservations

  • Microsoft further reduces the bills for reservations, you can give a commitment to use a database for 1 or 3 years and you can save a lot of amount. Refer Here

Azure CLI To create SQL Server

  • Launch Cloudshell Preview]
  • If you are creating cloud shell for first time, you will observe a prompt for storage creation and create it Preview
  • Select Bash for this exercise, but Azure cli works in powershell also Preview
  • Now create a SQL Server from Azure CLI following this document

Azure Powershell to Create SQL Server

  • Launch Cloudshell Preview]
  • If you are creating cloud shell for first time, you will observe a prompt for storage creation and create it Preview
  • Select Powershell for this exercise Preview
  • Now Create a SQL Server from Azure Powershell following this document

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