diff --git a/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource.go b/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource.go
index 1e48729907b1..727d05fe6ce5 100644
--- a/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource.go
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ func resourceMsSqlDatabaseCreate(d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	// NOTE: If the database is being added to an elastic pool, we need to GET the elastic pool and check
 	// if the 'enclave_type' matches. If they don't we need to raise an error stating that they must match.
 	elasticPoolId := d.Get("elastic_pool_id").(string)
+	elasticPoolSku := ""
 	if elasticPoolId != "" {
 		elasticId, err := commonids.ParseSqlElasticPoolID(elasticPoolId)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -288,12 +289,18 @@ func resourceMsSqlDatabaseCreate(d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 			return fmt.Errorf("retrieving %s: %s", elasticId, err)
 		}
 
-		if elasticPool.Model != nil && elasticPool.Model.Properties != nil && elasticPool.Model.Properties.PreferredEnclaveType != nil {
-			elasticEnclaveType := string(pointer.From(elasticPool.Model.Properties.PreferredEnclaveType))
-			databaseEnclaveType := string(enclaveType)
+		if elasticPool.Model != nil {
+			if elasticPool.Model.Properties != nil && elasticPool.Model.Properties.PreferredEnclaveType != nil {
+				elasticEnclaveType := string(pointer.From(elasticPool.Model.Properties.PreferredEnclaveType))
+				databaseEnclaveType := string(enclaveType)
 
-			if !strings.EqualFold(elasticEnclaveType, databaseEnclaveType) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("adding the %s with enclave type %q to the %s with enclave type %q is not supported. Before adding a database to an elastic pool please ensure that the 'enclave_type' is the same for both the database and the elastic pool", id, databaseEnclaveType, elasticId, elasticEnclaveType)
+				if !strings.EqualFold(elasticEnclaveType, databaseEnclaveType) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("adding the %s with enclave type %q to the %s with enclave type %q is not supported. Before adding a database to an elastic pool please ensure that the 'enclave_type' is the same for both the database and the elastic pool", id, databaseEnclaveType, elasticId, elasticEnclaveType)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if elasticPool.Model.Sku != nil {
+				elasticPoolSku = elasticPool.Model.Sku.Name
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -613,7 +620,7 @@ func resourceMsSqlDatabaseCreate(d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 			securityAlertPolicyPayload.Properties = shortTermSecurityAlertPolicyProps
 		}
 
-		if strings.HasPrefix(skuName, "HS") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(skuName, "HS") || strings.HasPrefix(elasticPoolSku, "HS") {
 			securityAlertPolicyPayload.Properties.DiffBackupIntervalInHours = nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource_test.go b/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource_test.go
index 77150fc08e34..033a4dfe36b5 100644
--- a/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/mssql/mssql_database_resource_test.go
@@ -1006,6 +1006,21 @@ func TestAccMsSqlDatabase_namedReplicationZoneRedundant(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccMsSqlDatabase_elasticPoolHS(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_mssql_database", "test")
+	r := MsSqlDatabaseResource{}
+
+	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []acceptance.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: r.elasticPoolHS(data),
+			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep(),
+	})
+}
+
 func (MsSqlDatabaseResource) Exists(ctx context.Context, client *clients.Client, state *pluginsdk.InstanceState) (*bool, error) {
 	id, err := commonids.ParseSqlDatabaseID(state.ID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2243,3 +2258,35 @@ resource "azurerm_mssql_database" "secondary" {
 }
 `, r.template(data), data.RandomInteger)
 }
+
+func (r MsSqlDatabaseResource) elasticPoolHS(data acceptance.TestData) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+%[1]s
+
+resource "azurerm_mssql_elasticpool" "test" {
+  name                = "acctest-pool-%[2]d"
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  server_name         = azurerm_mssql_server.test.name
+
+  sku {
+    name     = "HS_Gen5"
+    tier     = "Hyperscale"
+    family   = "Gen5"
+    capacity = 4
+  }
+
+  per_database_settings {
+    min_capacity = 0.25
+    max_capacity = 4
+  }
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_mssql_database" "test" {
+  name            = "acctest-db-%[2]d"
+  server_id       = azurerm_mssql_server.test.id
+  elastic_pool_id = azurerm_mssql_elasticpool.test.id
+  sku_name        = "ElasticPool"
+}
+`, r.template(data), data.RandomInteger)
+}