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May 2019
General availability: Zone-redundant SQL databases and elastic pools are now generally available in three additional regions
Target availability: Q2 2019
Zone-redundant SQL databases and elastic pools are now generally available in these additional regions: UK South, East US and East US 2.
General availability: Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance eliminating need for any changes in the existing applications when migrating to cloud is now generally available.
Azure SQL Database serverless compute tier is now in preview
Azure SQL Database serverless is a new compute tier that optimises price performance and simplifies performance management for databases with intermittent, unpredictable usage.
Azure SQL Database managed instance SKU recommendation for Data Migration Assistant is now available
Expand the scope of on-premises SQL Server assessments to migrate legacy SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database managed instances with the new Azure SQL Database SKU recommendation functionality, which is now generally available.
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale support for single databases is now available
The new Hyperscale service tier for Azure SQL Database is highly scalable, enabling a database to grow as needed with support for up to 100 TB.
April 2019
Public preview: Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance now brings even more compatibility by offering a choice of time zone to eliminate the need for any changes in the existing applications when migrating to cloud.
March 2019
General availability: Read scale-out support for Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database’s read scale-out support in the Premium and Business Critical service tiers is now generally available.
February 2019
Database rename is now supported in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance supports renaming databases.
Data Migration Assistant support for Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB assessment
Now in preview, the Data Migration Assistant provides support to help with migrating data from Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure SQL DB as reference data input
Azure Stream Analytics now natively supports Azure SQL DB as a source of reference data input.
SQL Database as a source of reference data input for Stream Analytics
Users can use data in SQL Database to augment their stream processing logic.
Data Migration Assistant support for target readiness assessment for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance
Data Migration Assistant support for target readiness assessment for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance is now available
SQL Server Migration Assistant support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
SQL Server Migration Assistant support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now generally available.
Support for Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance online migrations
Migrate Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with minimal downtime by using generally available functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.
January 2019
Support for Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database online migrations
Migrate Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database with minimal downtime by using generally available functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.
Support for SQL to Azure SQL Database online migrations
Migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database with minimal downtime by using Azure Database Migration Service.
Additional compute levels added to vCore-based Azure SQL databases and elastic pools
The range of available compute resources for vCore-based elastic pools and single databases has been expanded within the General Purpose, Business Critical and Hyperscale service tiers. This reflects our commitment to provide more flexibility and choice when converting DTU-based deployments and right-sizing workloads for the cloud.
December 2018
Support for SQL to Azure SQL DB Managed Instance online migrations
Users can now migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with minimal downtime by using generally available functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.
Dev/test pricing for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now available
Dev/test pricing is now available for SQL Database Managed Instance as part of the Azure Enterprise dev/test offer, providing a cost-effective way to run your development and testing workloads on Azure SQL Database.
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance – Business-critical service tier now available
Designed for mission-critical business apps with high I/O requirements, business critical supports high availability with the highest level of storage and compute redundancy. Additionally, you can save up to 80 per cent off the licence-included full price when you apply Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server and reserved capacity pricing. Learn more about Managed Instance business critical and other Managed Instance updates in our announcement blog.
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