Azure SQL
Modern SQL family for migration and app modernization.
Overview
Azure SQL is a family of managed, secure, and intelligent products that use the SQL Server database engine in the Azure cloud.
Key Resources
| Homepage: | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql |
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| Pricing: | https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-sql-managed-instance/single/ |
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News
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| 12/30/2025 |
The Most Common Challenge in Modern Cloud Apps
There's a category of bugs that drive engineers crazy: multi-layer infrastructure issues.
Your app deploys successfully. Every Azure resource shows...
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| 12/17/2025 |
In mid-December 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Identify causes that auto-resume serverless workloads using Activity Log in Azure SQL Database to...
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| 12/9/2025 |
Problem Space
Large semi-structured documents such as contracts, invoices, hospital tariff/rate cards multi-page reports, and compliance records often carry essential information that is...
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| 12/8/2025 |
Microsoft Access has played a significant role in enterprise environments for over three decades. Released in November 1992, its flexibility and ease of use made it a popular choice for...
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| 12/2/2025 |
From Physics and Information Theory to Practical Reliability in the Cloud
Two years ago I wrote about mitigating downtime and increasing reliability by managing complexity in cloud‑native...
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| 11/24/2025 |
Boost your SQL queries with powerful regular expressions (regex) support for advanced pattern matching. Now you can use native regex in T-SQL directly in Azure SQL and SQL Server 2025...
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| 11/18/2025 |
SQL database in Fabric is now generally available. Built on the trusted SQL Server and Azure SQL Database engine, this fully SaaS-native solution empowers developers and data professionals to...
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| 11/18/2025 |
You can now stream data changes in near real time from Azure SQL Database directly into Azure Event Hubs. With the public preview of change event streaming (CES), you can streamline data...
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| 11/18/2025 |
The Next‑gen General Purpose tier delivers a major performance boost while preserving the cost advantages you expect. You get more power and compute flexibility without sacrificing the simplicity...
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| 11/18/2025 |
Announcing the public preview of vector indexing using DiskANN in Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL database in Microsoft Fabric. DiskANN is an algorithm for efficient vector...
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| 11/18/2025 |
You can now configure immutability for Azure SQL Database LTR backups to meet compliance and regulatory needs. Once immutability is configured, the backups can’t be edited or deleted until the...
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| 11/18/2025 |
Announcing that the mssql-python driver is now generally available. This milestone marks a major step forward in delivering a modern, high-performance, and developer-friendly experience for...
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| 11/18/2025 |
A new SQL Server migration in Azure Arc solution streamlines and accelerates your journey to Azure SQL Managed Instance. Powered by Azure Database Migration Service and assisted by Copilot, it...
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| 11/18/2025 |
In November 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Apply the reservation discount for a 1-year or 3-year reservation of a zone-redundant Azure SQL Managed Instance...
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| 11/18/2025 |
In November 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: View, modify, insert rows in a table without manually writing T-SQL code using the interactive Edit Data interface...
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| 11/6/2025 |
In early November 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Azure SQL Hyperscale now supports multiple geo-secondary replicas, making it easier to design and deploy...
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| 10/27/2025 |
Lee Brownhill is a Principal Cloud DBA at Cloud Rede with deep expertise in SQL Server performance tuning and automation. With years of experience across Azure and AWS, Lee helps clients...
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| 10/22/2025 |
In mid-October 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Improve the redirect connection type to require only port 1433 and promote to default. Learn more. Convert...
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| 10/20/2025 |
Learn how Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance helps organizations move from legacy constraints to a scalable and secure AI-ready foundation.
The post Innovation spotlight: How 3 customers are...
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| 10/1/2025 |
In late September 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Protection from ransomware attacks to long-term retention (LTR) backups via immutability. Learn more.
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