SQL Performance Supercharged: Strategies for Azure SQL Performance and Cost Optimization - Part 1

Performance tuning in the cloud isn’t just a matter of bigger cores and faster disks, it’s about choosing the right deployment model and knowing which levers you can (and can’t) pull. In part 1 of our 2 part session, we will start with a pragmatic tour of Azure SQL options, then contrasts performance tuning when you manage the infrastructure yourself on SQL on Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) versus when you move to a managed platform with Azure SQL (PaaS). We’ll map familiar DBA responsibilities (IO, memory/CPU, tempdb, HA/DR, patching, and maintenance) to their cloud equivalents, and add the cost angle: right-sizing compute, understanding consumption vs reserved capacity, and recognizing when performance “fixes” simply shift spend to another meter. You’ll see what you still control, what changes, and what the platform takes off your plate to supercharge your environments.