# Azure Synapse SQL Pool Idle | ZopNight

> A dedicated SQL pool bills for its provisioned DWU level until it is paused; idleness alone does not pause it. ZopNight finds it across Azure.

Source: https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/azure-synapse-sql-pool-idle

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_Idle resources · Medium severity_

## Azure Synapse SQL Pool Idle

A dedicated SQL pool bills for its provisioned DWU level until it is paused; idleness alone does not pause it.

- Azure — provider
- Medium — severity
- Savings — where it shows up
- Guided — fix, after a review

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## Found, explained, fixed.

Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.

- 01. Detect — ZopNight checks this automatically across Azure, with read-only access to the account.
- 02. Explain — Every finding says exactly what to change: Pause the idle Synapse SQL pool. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.
- 03. Fix — After a guided review, where you confirm the change, ZopNight pauses the service, then checks the change took.

- applies_to_fallback: Any resource in the account
- where_it_appears: The Savings tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.

## Related

- [Azure Firewall Idle](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/azure-firewall-idle)
- [Azure ML Online Deployment Idle](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/azure-ml-online-deployment-idle)
- [Bedrock Marketplace Endpoint Idle](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/bedrock-marketplace-endpoint-idle)
- [Bedrock Provisioned Throughput Idle](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/bedrock-provisioned-throughput-idle)
- [GCP Cloud Spanner Instance Idle](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/gcp-cloud-spanner-instance-idle)
- [Idle Aurora Cluster, No Connections](https://zop.dev/zopnight/rules/idle-aurora-cluster-no-connections)

## See the idle resources in your account.

Connect a read-only role and the first pass runs on your own estate. This check, and the rest of the catalogue, with it.

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