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Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.
February 2024
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-February 2024.
January 2024
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-January 2024.
Public preview: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-January 2024.
November 2023
General availability: Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted with virtualization-based security (VBS) enclaves
Target availability: Q4 2023
VBS enclaves in Azure SQL Database brings the benefits of secure enclaves, rich confidential queries, and in-place cryptographic operations, to all Azure SQL Database offerings, independent from the underlying hardware.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Public Preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
General Availability: Lower pricing for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale expected in December 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Build new and highly scalable applications on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale with lower pricing!
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-November 2023.
October 2023
General availability: Azure SQL updates for early-October 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-October 2023.
September 2023
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database free offer
Target availability: Q3 2023
Get one free serverless Azure SQL Database per subscription for the lifetime of the subscription.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-September 2023.
General Availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-September 2023
August 2023
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-August 2023.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for early-August 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-August 2023.
Public preview: Azure SQL updates for early-August 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-August 2023
July 2023
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-July 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-July 2023
June 2023
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-June 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-June 2023
May 2023
Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale elastic pools
You can now efficiently provision and scale compute resources independent of data size by deploying multiple Azure SQL Hyperscale databases with varying workloads in elastic pools.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-May 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-May 2023
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