Specification
Service: Azure SQL Database (managed cloud database)
Tier: General Purpose
Compute: Gen5 (Standard-series)
Architecture: vCore-based purchasing model
Redundancy: Zone Redundancy (data replicated across multiple availability zones)
Deployment: Single Database or Elastic Pool
Processor: Intel E5-2673 v4, Intel SP8160 (Skylake), or Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.5 GHz
vCore: 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread
Features: Automatic patching, backups, monitoring; adaptive performance tuning
Scaling: On-demand scaling available
Multi-modal storage: Supports structured, semi-structured, and non-relational data