description="This reference provides links and details to elastic database pool articles and programmability information." For SaaS developers who have tens, hundreds, or even thousands of databases, ...

[**Elastic Database jobs**](sql-database-elastic-jobs-overview.md) can be installed via PowerShell or through the Azure portal.You can gain access to create and ...

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...

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Microsoft has added a new Azure SQL option called Elastic Pools which automatically scales cloud databases up or down as conditions dictate. Azure SQL Database elastic pools were first announced ...

Developers and independent software vendors who often run hundreds — or even thousands — of separate databases for their customers now have a new option to manage them while keeping costs predictable.