What are the Database features which are **[only available]** in Business Critical that are not available in Genral Purpose ?

[Frankd4]

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The Link section :

Notable exceptions where you cannot change the service tier of a database are:

Databases using features which are [only available]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scale-resources?view=azuresql-mi

(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/features-comparison?view=azuresql-mi#features-of-sql-database-and-sql-managed-instance) in the Business Critical / Premium service tiers, cannot be changed to use the General Purpose / Standard service tier.

What are the Database features which are [only available] in Business Critical that are not available in Genral Purpose, this document is confusing to understand. I need to understand what will prevent from a Reverse Migration from Business Critical to General Purpose for a SQL MI. One of the CX has asked this question

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• ID: 370740f7-68cf-0583-0d0b-3774f9f93511
• Version Independent ID: 31e44d78-92ea-93e1-c949-da5b947f63fd
• Content: Scale resources - Azure SQL Database
• Content Source: azure-sql/database/scale-resources.md
• Service: sql-db-mi
• Sub-service: performance
• GitHub Login: @dimitri-furman
• Microsoft Alias: dfurman

[SaibabaBalapur-MSFT]

@Frankd4 Thanks for your feedback! We will investigate and update as appropriate.

[Frankd4]

Thank you, @SaibabaBalapur-MSFT

[shaktisingh-msft]

Hi @dimitri-furman,

Could you please look into this document request, thanks.

[MashaMSFT]

Hi @Frankd4 , thanks for contacting Microsoft and bringing this to our attention! Currently, only In-memory OLTP is a feature that's only available in Business Critical and not General Purpose. We've updated the documentation to reflect this. I'll go ahead and close out this Git Issue but please feel free to comment should you need anything further.

Thanks again for reaching out and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! Masha from the SQL Docs team

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[Frankd4]

Thank you @MashaMSFT

Please could you point me to the section where the change was made ?

[Frankd4]

Hi @MashaMSFT

Please could you point me to the section where the change was made as I need to update the CX

[dimitri-furman]

Hi @Frankd4 - the change was made in the same note that you mentioned in the beginning of this issue, in Dynamically scale database resources with minimal downtime. We added a clarifying sentence:

[Frankd4]

Thanks a lot Dimitri. That is very help. I will update the CX.