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The hyperscale serverless tag on WindowsForum.com covers Azure SQL Database Hyperscale serverless, particularly the arrival of auto-pause and auto-resume in public preview. The discussion explains how idle Hyperscale serverless databases can now stop running compute charges and restart automatically when activity returns, a capability General Purpose serverless has offered for years. It also notes Microsoft's preview status, which allows non-production use and testing, and cautions against treating the feature as production-ready. Cost behavior, service limits, and setup considerations are the main practical themes for administrators evaluating whether Hyperscale serverless fits workloads that sit idle much of the time.
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    Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Serverless Auto-Pause Preview: Costs, Limits and Setup

    Azure SQL Database Hyperscale serverless can now pause itself when nobody is using it. Microsoft has put auto-pause and auto-resume for Hyperscale serverless into public preview. The feature lets idle databases stop running up compute charges and start again when activity returns. General...