Managing Elastic Pools and Pooled Databases in Azure

45 minutes
  • 2 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

In this hands-on lab, we will learn how to create an elastic pool and tie databases to that pool using the Azure Portal.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Configure an Elastic Pool Using the Azure Portal
  1. Create a SQL database.

    • Provide a unique server name in (US) East (US).
    • The server should have 10 DTUs and 100 MB of storage in the Standard tier.
    • Name the SQL database "lalearning1".
    • For Want to use SQL elastic pool?, choose No.
  2. Create a second SQL database.

    • Use the server from the first instance.
    • The server should have 10 DTUs and 100 MB of storage in the Standard tier.
    • Name the second SQL database "lalearning2".
    • For Want to use SQL elastic pool?, choose No.
  3. Create an elastic pool.

    • Use the server from the SQL database creation.
    • Choose the Basic tier with 50 eDTUs.
Attach and Manage an Elastic Pool
  1. Attach both databases to the elastic pool.

  2. Review the available monitoring options to determine resource utilization.

  3. Detach the databases and de-provision the pool.

Additional Resources

Log in to the environment with the credentials provided.

For detailed instructions on how to complete this lab, expand each learning objective below, or click the Guide tab above the video player.

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