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Microsoft expand their free SQL offers in Azure. Back in February 2025 they launched the free Azure SQL Database offer which allows you to create up to 10 General Purpose databases in each of your Azure Subscriptions with the first 100,000 vCore seconds, 32 GB of data, and 32 GB of backup storage free per month for the lifetime of the Subscription. The new offer launched in May 2025 is for one Azure SQL Managed Instance in each of your Azure Subscriptions and gives you 720 vCore hours of compute and 64 GB of storage every month for 12 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the Azure SQL Database offer announcement here:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/4mW016N<\/a>, and the Azure SQL Managed Instance offer announcement here:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/4l4T4id<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft expand their free SQL offers in Azure. 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