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Reasons Azure SQL Databases Cannot Move to Serverless

Ahmed Mahmoud troubleshoots an Azure SQL Database migration issue:

We sometimes see customers cannot move their SQL database from provisioned compute tier to serverless while the scaling operation fails with error signature like:

Failed to scale from General Purpose: Gen5, 2 vCores, 32 GB storage, zone redundant disabled to General Purpose: Serverless, Gen5, 2 vCores, 32 GB storage, zone redundant disabled for database: .
Error code: .
Error message: An unexpected error occured while processing the request. Tracking ID: ‘xxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx’

Click through for several possible reasons.