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Azure SQL Database Hyperscale – lower, simplified pricing!

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Nov 15, 2023
Azure is a cloud platform designed to simplify building powerful and economical modern applications. Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a leading relational database service offering for cloud-born app...
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Nov 22, 2023

RobinSue thanks for your comment. I’d like to complete your description of the storage: “cheap, plentiful and high performance storage”. The new pricing for storage accurately reflects the value of the performance and scalability that we are delivering, while costs are based on the storage size alone and not on I/O operations.