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samples/manage/README.md

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 Samples are coming soon!
 
 
+## Collect and monitor resource usage data across multiple pools in a subscription  
+This Solution Quick Start provides a solution for collecting and monitoring Azure SQL Database resource usage accross multiple pools in a subscription. When you have a large number of databases in a subscription, it is cumbersome to monitor each elastic pool separately. To solve this, you can combine SQL database PowerShell cmdlets and T-SQL queries to collect resource usage data from multiple pools and their databases for monitoring and analysis of resource usage.   
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+[Manage Mulitiple Elastic Pools in SQL Database Using PowerShell and Power BI](https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/tree/master/samples/manage/azure-sql-db-elastic-pools) in the GitHub SQL Server samples repository provides a set of powershell scripts and T-SQL queries along with documentation on what it does and how to use it.  
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+## Get started using Elastic Pools in a SaaS scenario  
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+This Solution Quick Start provides a solution for a Softwware-as-a-Solution (SaaS) scenario that leverages Elastic Pools to provide a cost-effective, scalable database back-end of a SaaS application. In this solution, you will walk-though the implementation of a web app that lets you visualize the load created on an Elastic Pool by a load generator using a custom dashboard that supplements the Azure Portal.  
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+[saas-scenario-with-elastic-pools](https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/tree/master/samples/manage/azure-sql-db-elastic-pools-custom-dashboard) in the GitHub SQL Server samples repository provides a load generator and monitoring web app along with the documentation on what it does and how to use it.  

samples/manage/azure-sql-db-elastic-pools/readme.md

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-# Elastic Pool Telemetry using PowerShell
+# Solution Quick Start: Elastic Pool Telemetry using PowerShell
 
-This sample provides a set of PowerShell scripts for off-loading elastic pool and elastic database telemetry data into a separate telemetry database.
+This Solution Quick Start sample provides a set of PowerShell scripts for off-loading elastic pool and elastic database telemetry data into a separate telemetry database.
 
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 This readme applies to the PowerShell scripts: PoolTelemetryJobRunner.ps1 and PoolTelemetry.ps1.
 
+## About this sample
+
+- ***Applies to:*** Azure SQL Database
+- *** Key features:*** Elastic Pools
+- ***Workload:*** n/a
+- ***Programming Language:*** PowerShell, Transact-SQL, DAX
+- ***Authors:*** Carl Rabeler, Srini Acharya
+- ***Update history:*** n/a
+
 ### Contents
 
 [What do the PowerShell scripts do?](#what-do-the-powershell-scripts-do?)<br/>