Old question, but still relevant.

I have a number of Dev Resources configured; most of which are not in use... but I dont want to delete them as I often refer back to the older configuration when I am starting a new project. I have also shelved projects that I want to go back to, but dont want the Dev/Test resources available.

While I can archive then delete the resources (probably a good practice to keep security sanitized) this reduces the value of using azure for Dev by adding an administrative burden (wasnt the original "move to cloud" rational reducing the administrative burden of managing infrastructure?)

anyhow. refering to a comment above. Is there a way to set a sql db into single user mode OR to disable new connections (other than management portal) to a db instance? Normal Sql not a problem, Azure Sql?