Azure Active Directory server principals (logins) for SQL managed instance
Published date: 27 November, 2019
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) server principals (also known as Azure AD logins) for managed instance are now in general availability. This feature enables you to create sign-ins for Azure AD users and groups in the master database for managed instance as well as Azure AD users and groups with sign-ins created for individual databases. The Azure AD sign-ins can be granted with server level permissions for managed instance enabling features available only for SQL logins.