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June 2019
Default backup retention period for DTU-based Azure SQL databases is changing soon
Target availability: Q3 2019
The default retention period for DTU-based Azure SQL databases is changing to 7 days
Azure SQL Database default configuration changing soon
Target availability: Q2 2019
With the latest Gen 5 hardware in place, we are making a change to the default configuration for all new Azure SQL databases and elastic pools.
Dev/test pricing option for individual Visual Studio subscribers is now available for Azure SQL Database managed instance
Dev/test pricing option for individual Visual Studio subscribers is now available for Azure SQL Database managed instance.
General availability: 4 vCore Azure SQL Database managed instances on Gen5 hardware
Four vCore Azure SQL Database managed instances are now available on Gen5 hardware for the General Purpose and Business Critical Service tiers.
Azure SQL Database managed instance now supports larger regional resource limitations
Azure SQL Database managed instance has increased both types of regional limits – the maximum number of subnets and maximum number of instances that could be deployed per region, allowing much larger managed instance deployments without the need to request quota increase through Azure support tickets.
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 optimizes 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 100TB.
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 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 are 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.
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