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
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-sql-managed-instance/single/
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News

Date News
2/27/2025
In this blog, we present a tapestry of authentic stories from real Azure customers. You will read about how AI-empowered applications are revolutionizing enterprises and the myriad ways...
2/26/2025
Customer Scenario: One of Microsoft's manufacturing partners provides services to a large number of customers that require recurring deployments of cloud-based artifacts. This can be in service...
2/26/2025
In late-February 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Elevate your SQL queries with new T-SQL features: regular expressions (regex), fuzzy string-matching, and...
2/26/2025
In late-February 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Monitor database availability for Azure SQL Database using the SLA-compliant Availability metric. Learn...
2/25/2025
Overview With the introduction of Azure AI Foundry, integrating various AI services to streamline AI solution development and deployment of Agentic AI Workflow solutions like multi-modal,...
2/12/2025
Modernization Advisor helps you modernize your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines workloads using fully managed PaaS by identifying suitable configurations and price points of Azure SQL Managed...
2/12/2025
In mid-February 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Convert Azure SQL databases to Hyperscale with improved progress reporting and explicit cutover control....
2/3/2025
Try 10 Azure SQL Databases free of charge for the life of your subscription. With just a couple of clicks, you can power the application you want to build. This new offer provides 10 databases,...
1/29/2025
In late-January 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Use database shrink to reduce allocated space in the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale service tier. Learn more.
1/15/2025
In mid-January 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL Managed Instance: Filter egress traffic to Azure Storage accounts to help safeguard against data exfiltration....
1/9/2025
Azure NetApp Files, built on NetApp technology, allows file-based applications to benefit from the scale, agility and economics of public cloud.  F5 is a technology company specializing in...
12/20/2024
Earlier this year, we held RAGHack, a global hackathon which included more than 30 live streams across multiple spoken languages and programming languages. Thanks to talks from engineers, product...
12/11/2024
We’re back with another edition of the Azure Static Web Apps Community! 🎉 October was a month full of incredible contributions from the Technical Community! 🚀 If you’d like to learn more about...
12/6/2024
Authors: Ioan Dragan (ioan.dragan@microsoft.com) Ciprian Amzuloiu (camzuloiu@microsoft.com) Dragos Unguru (ungurud@microsoft.com) Introduction The Resilient Ecommerce Reference...
12/5/2024
In early-December 2024, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Get enhanced monitoring now that the dynamic management function (DMF) displays the component causing...
12/2/2024
As industries embrace the era of AI, legacy apps and data infrastructure often prevent organizations from harnessing its benefits; to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge, companies...
11/20/2024
In mid-November 2024, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: You can now set up a network security perimeter (NSP) in Azure SQL Database. An NSP defines a boundary around...
11/19/2024
Now generally available, instance pools give you a flexible way to deploy compute resources for Azure SQL Managed Instance. You can deploy cost-effective, two-vCore instances, providing an ideal...
11/19/2024
You can now use mirroring to easily replicate Azure SQL Managed Instance data to Microsoft Fabric. Mirroring replicates your data in near real-time directly into Fabric OneLake. Using mirroring...
11/7/2024
In early November 2024, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL:Azure SQL Database Hyperscale now offers 128 TB maximum storage capacity, up from 100 TB.