{"id":1050,"date":"2025-02-04T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:36:34","slug":"introducing-the-enhanced-azure-sql-database-free-offer-now-generally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/introducing-the-enhanced-azure-sql-database-free-offer-now-generally-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Enhanced Azure SQL Database Free Offer: Now Generally Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce the general availability of our new Azure SQL Database free offer. Now, each Azure subscription includes not just one, but 10 serverless databases. Each database comes with a complimentary allocation of 100,000 vCore seconds of compute, 32 GB of data storage, and 32 GB of backup storage every month, for the lifetime of your subscription. This enhanced free offer is ideal for new Azure customers looking to develop for free, learn SQL, or create a proof of concept, as well as existing Azure customers that are considering adding another database.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lia-media-object lia-media-is-center lia-media-size-default\" data-image-alt=\"\"><button class=\"lia-media-unstyled-btn\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Enlarge Image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/s\/gxcuf89792\/images\/bS00MzcyNDE4LUtnbktDdw?image-dimensions=750x750&amp;revision=9\" alt=\"\" \/><\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get started today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the offer, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/FreeDBoffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure SQL Database documentation<\/a>. If you already have an Azure account, you can head straight to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/freedb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure SQL Database provisioning page<\/a>\u00a0and select the Apply offer button in the banner at the top of the page. This offer is now live in all regions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lia-media-object lia-media-is-center lia-media-size-default\" data-image-alt=\"\"><button class=\"lia-media-unstyled-btn\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Enlarge Image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/s\/gxcuf89792\/images\/bS00MzcyNDE4LWVJTkdiNQ?image-dimensions=750x750&amp;revision=9\" alt=\"\" \/><\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/azuresqlblog\/introducing-the-enhanced-azure-sql-database-free-offer-now-generally-available\/4372418\">Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce the general availability of our new Azure SQL Database free offer. Now, each Azure subscription includes not just one, but 10 serverless databases. Each database comes with a complimentary allocation of 100,000 vCore seconds of compute, 32 GB of data storage, and 32 GB of backup storage every month, for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azure","category-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}