Arun Sirpal takes us through finding the right size for Azure SQL Database:
Do you want to identify the correct Service Tier and Compute Size ( was once known as performance level) for your Azure SQL Database? How would you go about it? Would you use the DTU (Database Transaction Unit) calculator? What about the new pricing model vCore? How would you translate you current on-premises workload to the cloud?
It can be a form of trial and error especially if you are new to this but I really do recommend trying out the PowerShell script that you can access once you have installed DMA – Database Migration Assistant.
Read on to see how to run this tool and potentially save some money.