Azure Active Directory server principals (logins) for SQL managed instance
Published date: November 27, 2019
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) server principals (also known as Azure AD logins) for managed instance are now in general availability. This feature enables you to create sign-ins for Azure AD users and groups in the master database for managed instance as well as Azure AD users and groups with sign-ins created for individual databases. The Azure AD sign-ins can be granted with server level permissions for managed instance enabling features available only for SQL logins.