As mentioned in #7440, I seem to have the issue of queries hanging against Azure SQL Databases. No pattern to what type of query causes it. Sometimes happens just when trying to expand Object Explorer ...

Copilot for Azure SQL Database has limited private preview and no pricing information. Microsoft has indicated to me that this will be a paid offering but has offered no pricing model.

Azure SQL database. To start, log in to Microsoft Azure using your administrative credentials. From the Home or Dashboard screen, click the Create a resource (+) link.

Azure SQL Database caused some annoyance over the weekend with admins on the US east coast unable to connect to the service following a network infrastructure power failure. The disruption started at ...

Either way, SQL Server is generally licensed by the CPU core, which means that in Azure, it may seem like you need to buy a lot more cores to get the amount of RAM your workload requires.