-Elastic databases, Elastic database pools
-Pooled resources leveraged by many databases
-Standard elastic pool provides 200-1200* eDTUs for up to 100* database
-Elastic Standard databases can burst up to 100 eDTUs (S3 level)
-Create/configure pool via portal PowerShell, REST APIs
-Move databases in/out using portal, PowerShell, REST APIs, T-SQL
-Databases remain online throughout
-Monitoring and alerting is available on both pool and databases