Azure SQL Database: Free App Backend

Key insights

• Azure SQL Database free offer
  Microsoft provides a monthly free serverless tier for Azure SQL Database that developers can use for learning, prototypes, and small apps. It works across subscription types and targets development rather than heavy production use.
• Included resources
  Each free database gets 100,000 vCore seconds of serverless compute, 32 GB of data storage, and 32 GB of backup storage per month, and you can create up to 10 free General Purpose databases per subscription.
• Managed PaaS benefits
  Azure SQL is a fully managed relational database service, so Microsoft handles patching, backups, upgrades, and monitoring, letting you focus on app logic instead of infrastructure.
• Turn spreadsheets into an app backend
  You can move messy spreadsheet data into Azure SQL, have a small app write feedback directly to the database, then use SSMS and T‑SQL to query, rank results, and find items that need follow-up.
• Billing, limits, and scaling
  The free tier renews each calendar month and only bills you if you exceed the free limits or opt into paid capacity; you can scale to paid tiers when you need more resources.
• Azure SQL Managed Instance difference
  Azure SQL Managed Instance is a separate free offer with different limits and duration, designed for other migration and hosting scenarios, so choose the option that fits your project needs.

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