title: ARM Template for Web App + SQL Database using an existing Azure SQL Server
body: <p>We're using the <em>Visual Studio Team Services Release</em> Feature and I'm in the process of building an fully automated CI / CD Pipeline.</p>
  
  <p>I've created an <em>Azure Resource Manager</em> template using the VS Template that creates the typically <em>SaaS</em> artifacts, namely a Web App + SQL Database.</p>
  
  <p>I've created the three standard <em>VSTS</em> Release environments dev, staging and prod. Each environment now uses the <em>ARM</em> Template to create an isolated product environment in azure.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Release Environnment ( e.g. dev | staging | prod )
   ARM Template 
    - Hosting Plan
    - SqlServer
      - Database
    - Website
    - AppInsights
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Because each product environment / ARM template also creates an Azure SqlServer I've hit the Azure SQL Server limit of 6 per Azure Account after 2 <em>VSTS</em> Projects.</p>
  
  <p>After I hit this limit of six Azure SQL Server's by account I felt like going down the wrong road by creating an Azure SQL Server for each VSTS Release Environment.</p>
  
  <p>How should I deploy this kind of simple Azure PaaS / SaaS application by using <em>VSTS</em> and <em>ARM</em> Templates without drawing myself into a corner of limits?</p>
  
  <p>Appreciate</p>