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Azure SQL Database is a general-purpose relational database, provided as a managed service. With it, you can create a highly available and high-performance data storage layer for the applications and solutions in Azure. SQL Database can be the right choice for a variety of modern cloud applications because it enables you to process both relational data and non-relational structures, such as graphs, JSON, spatial, and XML.

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  1. Azure SQL Database: The world's first intelligent cloud database service
    9/30/2017, Video, 1:08:56
    Azure SQL Database built-in intelligence features will maximize both performance and security of your applications, dramatically reducing the costs of running and managing...
  2. SQL Server from ground to the cloud | BRK2006
    1/14/2020, Video, 1:05:28
    SQL Server is the world’s leading operational database. Today 98 of the Fortune 100 companies use it to power their mission critical applications across all verticals. In this...

Azure SQL Database Videos

Intro to PowerShell notebooks for Azure SQL | Data Exposed
Intro to PowerShell notebooks for Azure SQL | Data Exposed
4/3/2020, YouTube: Microsoft Developer
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Intro to PowerShell notebooks for Azure SQL
Intro to PowerShell notebooks for Azure SQL
4/3/2020, Data Exposed
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How can I get started with Azure Private Link | Azure Tips and Tricks
How can I get started with Azure Private Link | Azure Tips and Tricks
2/25/2020, YouTube: Microsoft Azure
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It's just SQL: CLR in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
It's just SQL: CLR in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
1/23/2020, Data Exposed
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It's just SQL: CLR in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance | Data Exposed
It's just SQL: CLR in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance | Data Exposed
1/23/2020, YouTube: Microsoft Developer
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How to connect to Azure SQL Database from Azure Data Studio
How to connect to Azure SQL Database from Azure Data Studio
1/16/2020, Data Exposed
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Azure SQL Database News

Azure SQL Database—Subnet delegation enforcement for managed instances
4/1/2020, Service Updates
Beginning May 1, 2020, you'll be able to deploy managed instances only to subnets delegated to the Microsoft.Sql\managedInstance resource provider.
Private Link for Azure SQL Database is now available
3/18/2020, Service Updates
Connect privately from an Azure Virtual Network to Azure SQL Database using Private Link, now in general availability.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
3/17/2020, Service Updates
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
Azure SQL Database default configurations are changing
3/12/2020, Service Updates
Azure SQL Database now has the latest Gen 5 hardware in place to ensure optimal service performance. As a result, the default database configurations and the default elastic pool configurations...
Azure SQL Database managed instance now enforces TLS 1.2 on outbound connections
3/5/2020, Service Updates
In January 2020 Microsoft enforced TLS 1.2 for intra-service traffic in all Azure services. For Azure SQL Database managed instance, this resulted in TLS 1.2 being enforced on outbound...
SQL Database MI benefits
3/2/2020, James Serra's Blog
As I see a huge number of customers migrating their on-prem databases to the Azure cloud, the main question they ask is about whether they should go with an IaaS solution (SQL Server in a VM) or...
Episode 316 - SAP on Azure
2/24/2020, Azure Podcast
Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect, Marc Böhnke, gives us the low-down on the partnership between SAP and Azure and the technical details that that has resulted in the ERP software to be easily...
New Azure SQL Database automatic tuning default settings—March 2020
2/10/2020, Service Updates
In March 2020, Azure SQL Database will introduce new automatic tuning default settings designed to provide optimal database performance.
Data Factory Adds Managed Identity Support to Data Flows
1/29/2020, Service Updates
Azure Data Factory users can now build Mapping Data Flows utilized Managed Identity (formerly MSI) for Azure Data Lake Store Gen 2, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL DW).
Episode 310 - Azure 2020
1/9/2020, Azure Podcast
In this round-table discussion, Cynthia, Kendall, Cale, Evan and Sujit weigh-in on what Azure features they are most excited about for 2020. Media file:...
Episode 310 - Azure 2020
1/9/2020, Azure Podcast
In this round-table discussion, Cynthia, Kendall, Cale, Evan and Sujit weigh-in on what Azure features they are most excited about for 2020. Media file:...
Tip 239 - How to create read replicas for Azure MySQL Database
1/5/2020, Azure Tips and Tricks
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Service-aided subnet configuration for managed instance in Azure SQL Database is now available
12/30/2019, Service Updates
To address customer security and manageability requirements, managed instance, a deployment capability of Azure SQL Database, is transitioning from a manual to service-aided subnet configuration.
Azure SQL Database Gen 4 hardware approaching end of life in 2020
12/18/2019, Service Updates
Azure SQL Database is beginning the decommissioning process of Gen 4 Intel E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)-based CPUs and is transitioning to Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz and Intel SP8160 (Skylake)...
Azure SQL Database managed instance meter PITRs name changes
12/18/2019, Service Updates
Effective February 1, 2020, the meter names of Azure SQL Database managed instance point-in-time restore (PITR) backup will change.