Service plan migration for SQL DB

Question

Is it possible to migrate from SQL DB small plan to premium plan? Assume we have started with the small plan and data exceeds 10GB. Can the plan be migrated to premium? If yes, does this include data movement?

Answer 1

No, currently there's no way to automatically migrate your data. You have to manually migrate from the small to the premium plan. You should be able to use the SQL Database console to manually export your data, then once you've subscribed to the premium plan, you should be able to load the data via the SQL DB Console as well.