Azure SQL Database
Build apps that scale with managed and intelligent SQL database in the cloud.
Overview
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) database engine that handles most of the database management functions such as upgrading, patching, backups, and monitoring without user involvement. Azure SQL Database is always running on the latest stable version of the SQL Server database engine and patched OS with 99.99% availability. PaaS capabilities built into Azure SQL Database enable you to focus on the domain-specific database administration and optimization activities that are critical for your business.
Key Resources
News
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| 2/19/2026 |
SRE Agent portal overview with incident list
The Reactive Incident Challenge
Your monitoring is solid. Alerts fire when they should. But then what?
Alert lands in Teams/PagerDuty
On-call...
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| 2/3/2026 |
Introduction
Cloud-native applications often support critical business functions and are expected to stay available even when parts of the platform fail. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) already...
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| 1/16/2026 |
Table of Contents
Introduction
Why PostgreSQL on Azure NetApp Files?
Performance That Scales
Azure NetApp Files Service Levels
The Problem: Manual Deployment Complexity
What Teams Face Today
The...
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| 1/13/2026 |
In the modern enterprise cloud landscape, data rarely sits in one place. You might face a scenario where your Power Platform environment (Dynamics 365, Power Apps, or Power Automate) is hosted in...
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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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| 12/8/2025 |
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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| 11/18/2025 |
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 |
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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| 11/4/2025 |
In Part 2 of this series, I showed you how to build sophisticated multi-agent systems on Azure App Service using Azure AI Foundry Agents—server-side managed agents that run as Azure resources....
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| 10/30/2025 |
Managing certificates in an HPC Pack 2019 cluster is critical for secure communication between nodes. However, if your certificate has expired, your cluster services (Scheduler, Broker, Web...
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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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| 10/22/2025 |
With Azure Chaos Studio and Azure Load Testing, you can simulate both — run a controlled load test while injecting faults into your application or infrastructure to understand how it behaves...
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| 9/25/2025 |
As product roadmaps accelerate to meet new business needs, developer teams are struggling to maintain productivity, some even reporting that they need to use six or more tools to do their job. To...
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| 9/19/2025 |
What Is Disciplined Guardrail-Based Development?
In AI-assisted software development, approaches like Vibe Coding—which prioritize momentum and intuition—often fail to ensure code quality and...
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| 8/27/2025 |
K3s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution, certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and originally developed by Rancher. It is optimized for on-premises environments with...
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| 8/27/2025 |
In late August 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Azure SQL Database now offers a replication lag metric, providing real-time visibility into the recovery point...
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