Brian Davis shows us how to pause Azure SQL Data Warehouse:
This is where automation comes to the rescue again! Most of our SQLDWs can be paused after 6:00 PM on weekdays, as well as the entire weekend. Now, I could manually go and pause each individual SQLDW at the end of the day, but what happens if I have plans for dinner or something else during that time? I decided that I needed an automated process to check each SQLDW and pause it if it is running. Using Azure Automation andAzure Runbooks, I was able to create a scheduled task that looks for any running SQLDW and pauses it.
Here are the basic steps to implement the automated solution I came up with:
Create a credential in your automation account with access to all SQL Data Warehouses.
Create a PowerShell Workflow Runbook with the code below.
Create and link the schedule(s) needed for it to run.
Azure gripe #4 for me is that they’re so inconsistent about what I can do not to pay money. Apparently you can pause Azure SQL Data Warehouse, which is good. But DocumentDB or HDInsight? Nope, deletion is the only way to stop running up charges. Check out Brian’s script if you use Azure SQL Data Warehouse and save your company a bit of cash.