---
names:
  full: Azure SQL Database is underutilized
  contextual: Database is underutilized
description: "Identify Azure SQL Databases that are underutilized to optimize costs\
  \ and improve efficiency. Instances are considered underutilized if their\
  \ average DTU, CPU utilization is consistently below 20%, or App Memory utilization\
  \ is below 40%, and storage utilization is below 10% over a 30-day period."
type: "COMPLIANCE_POLICY"
categories:
  - "COST"
  - "PERFORMANCE"
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/cost-efficiency-and-optimization/resource-right-sizing"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-performance/workload-efficiency"