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September 2021

Sep 15

Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-September 2021 

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in mid-September 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Sep 1

Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL using Azure Data Studio (preview) for a modern open-source, cross-platform, and hybrid unifying tooling experience for data operations across SQL Server and Azure databases.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
Sep 1

Azure SQL - General availability updates for early September 2021 

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early September 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features

June 2021

Jun 23

Azure SQL—general availability updates for late June 2021 

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late June 2021

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 23

Azure SQL—public preview updates for late June 2021 

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late June 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
  • Compliance
Jun 9

Azure SQL: General availability updates for early June 2021 

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early June 2021

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features

April 2021

Apr 14

Azure SQL—general availability updates for April 14, 2021 

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in April 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features

March 2021

Mar 17

Machine Learning Services on Azure SQL Managed Instance now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Use machine learning capabilities on a Managed Instance of Azure SQL Database for ease of moving your data, packages, and models to a cloud ready environment fully configured for machine learning.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Open Source
Mar 17

Service Broker message exchange for Azure SQL Managed Instance in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Service Broker message exchange between Azure SQL Managed Instances (public preview) allows you to build reliable distributed applications with asynchronous message processing functionality by leveraging SQL Server engine’s native support for messaging/queuing.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 17

Long-term backup retention (LTR) for Azure SQL Managed Instance in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Configure long-term backup retention for SQL Managed Instance databases and retain database backups beyond the 35 days provided by Azure SQL Managed Instance automated backups, for up to 10 years.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 17

General availability: Dynamic data masking granular permissions for Azure SQL and Azure Synapse Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Control who can access your SQL data by using dynamic data masking granular permission on your Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 17

Azure Monitor SQL insights for Azure SQL in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Get a single monitoring experience for all your cloud-based SQL deployments with Azure Monitor SQL insights

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
Mar 2

Azure SQL auditing of Microsoft operations is now in general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure SQL auditing of Microsoft operations for Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure SQL Managed Instance is now generally available, enabling more transparency into your workforce.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 2

Public preview: Maintenance window for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance

IN PREVIEW

The maintenance window feature aligns planned maintenance updates on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance resources to occur on predictable times during regional off-business hours.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features

February 2021

Feb 17

Log Replay Service for Azure SQL Managed Instance in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Log replay service enables continuous replication of SQL Server data to SQL Managed Instance in the cloud, the easier orchestration of workload functions, and pre-migration performance testing through a fully customizable experience.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

December 2020

Dec 9

Transparent Data Encryption with customer-managed keys for SQL Database Hyperscale

IN PREVIEW

This feature enables bring your own key (BYOK) support for data protection at rest, using Azure Key Vault, for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale customers.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Security
  • Features

October 2020

Oct 28

Public preview: Auditing of Microsoft support operations in Azure SQL DB and Azure SQL MI

IN PREVIEW

The auditing of Microsoft support operations capability enables the audit of Microsoft support operations when accessing servers and/or databases during a support request to an audit logs destination. The use of this capability, along with auditing, enables more transparency into the workforce and allows for anomaly detection, trend visualization, and data loss prevention.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Oct 14

Distributed database transactions spanning multiple Azure SQL Managed Instances

IN PREVIEW

Utilize distributed transactions (now in preview) and save time when migrating existing applications that require this capability as it eliminates the need to change application code and to perform extensive testing.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

September 2020

Sep 22

Configurable Backup Storage Redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance

NOW AVAILABLE

Now in general availability, locally redundant storage (LRS) and zone-redundant storage (ZRS) options have been added to backup storage redundancy, providing more flexibility and choice.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Sep 22

Azure AD authentication features for Azure SQL DB, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure SQL Managed Instance

IN PREVIEW

These new preview features extend existing functionality, remove user limitations, and provide customers with greater ease of use when setting up Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

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