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Backup storage cost savings for Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance
Greater recovery period granularity and automated backup compression now available, helping to optimize your backup storage costs.
Configurable backup storage redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance
More flexibility and choice for backup storage redundancy with the addition of LRS and ZRS storage options.
SQL Server FCI on Shared Disks for SQL Server on virtual machines
Azure Shared Disks for SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (SQL FCI) on Azure IaaS is now in general availability.
Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 2020
Beginning September 1, 2020, new Azure SQL Database gateways in multiple regions will start accepting traffic
July 2020
New memory optimized and compute optimized hardware options in Azure SQL Database
New memory optimized and compute optimized hardware options are now generally available in Azure SQL Database.
Machine Learning services on Azure SQL Managed Instance is in limited preview
Machine Learning Services, a feature of Azure SQL Managed Instance, provides in-database support for R and Python scripts (in limited preview).
New Azure SQL Database gateways in Australia East, Canada Central, and West US 2
New Azure SQL Database gateways are being added to Australia East, Canada Central, and West US 2 regions and will start accepting traffic on August 10, 2020.
June 2020
Azure SQL Database serverless compute auto-scaling limits increase more than twofold
The maximum vCore limit for Azure SQL Database serverless has increased over twofold to 40 vCores. The higher limits provide greater compute auto-scaling headroom for serverless databases with more demanding workloads.
Transparent data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
Transparent data encryption (TDE) helps protect Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Synapse SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics against the threat of malicious offline activity by encrypting data at rest.
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale—Transparent data encryption with customer-managed keys now in preview
For the Hyperscale service tier in Azure SQL Database, TDE with bring your own key (BYOK) support is now available in preview. TDE with BYOK gives customers full and granular control over usage and management of the database encryption key (also known as TDE protector) and enables central management of keys in Azure Key Vault.
Machine Learning on Azure SQL Managed Instance limited preview available
Machine Learning services with support for R and Python languages now include limited preview support on Azure SQL Managed Instance.
May 2020
Rehost or modernize existing applications and support modern cloud apps with Azure SQL
Azure SQL is the family of SQL cloud databases providing flexible deployment options for a wide variety of application patterns and control requirements.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.
Azure SQL Auditing to storage account behind Virtual Network and firewall now generally available
We have been listening to feedback around the need to store Azure SQL audit logs in a secure location, and are excited to announce today that writing database events via Azure SQL Auditing to an Azure storage account destination behind an Azure Virtual Network or firewall is now in general availability.
April 2020
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale—Change tracking support now available
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale now fully supports change tracking, a lightweight solution that provides an efficient change tracking mechanism for applications. Use Azure SQL engine’s native ability to keep track of which rows have been inserted, updated, or deleted on behalf of the user.
Azure SQL Database—Subnet delegation enforcement for managed instances
Target retirement date: May 01, 2020
Beginning May 1, 2020, you'll be able to deploy managed instances only to subnets delegated to the Microsoft.Sql\managedInstance resource provider.
March 2020
Private Link for Azure SQL Database is now available
Connect privately from an Azure Virtual Network to Azure SQL Database using Private Link, now in general availability.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
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