Microsoft is retiring its SQL Web and Business cloud-database service tiers in April 2015 and replacing them with new Basic, Standard and Premium ones.



From All About Microsoft:

Microsoft officials announced that the company will be retiring its SQL Database Web and Business service tiers on April 24, 2015. At the same time, the company is rolling out previews for new Basic and Standard tiers, officials said in an April 24 blog posting. (Microsoft officials said they will ensure customers have at least six months of general availability of the new tiers before retiring the old ones, even if that involves extending the retirement date.)

Microsoft already unveiled plans for a new Premium tier for its Azure SQL Database. But it wasn't until today, April 24, that preview releases of all three SQL Azure tiers -- Basic, Standard and Premium -- were made pubicly available.

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