Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for February 2025

Editor's Note

Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over February 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that can be helpful in your work with Azure SQL Managed Instance.

Azure SQL Managed Instance Curiosity

Did you know that we have retired Azure Data Studio? Please look at Visual Studio Code with this extension for MSSQL support Overview of the MSSQL Extension for Visual Studio Code.

Azure SQL MI YouTube Channel

Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! We are releasing all sorts of videos here describing various features, functionality, tips, tricks and more at - Azure SQL !

Below are a listing of our recent videos:

• Microsoft Fabric Mirroring for SQL Managed Instance
• General Availability of Azure SQL Managed Instance Pools
• Create MI link from Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server 2022 to replicate a database
• Demo of a database migration from SQL Server to SQL MI with Azure SQL Managed Instance link feature
• Planned failover (DR drill) between SQL Server 2022 and SQL Managed Instance with MI link feature
• SQL Server read scale-out to Azure with SQL Managed Instance link feature
• Azure SQL: Restore Azure SQL Managed Instance Database with the Same Name

Azure SQL MI in Product Group Blogs

• When to Choose Zone Redundancy in Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub

• Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available (GA)

• External REST Endpoint Invocation in Azure SQL Managed Instance is now in Public Preview (Preview)

• Azure Data Studio Retirement

Azure SQL MI Customer Service & Support Blogs

• Setting up SQL Managed Instance Link to an Availability Group

• Lesson Learned #518:Configuring Database Watcher

Azure SQL Managed Instance Public Previews:

• sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server
• Fabric Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Use Next-gen General Purpose service tier - Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Monitor Azure SQL workloads with database watcher
• Try for free
• JSON data type (preview)
• Microsoft Entra logins and users with nonunique display names
• Native Windows principals - Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Use SDK-style projects with the SQL Database Projects extension
• SQL Server Service Broker
• Configure Advanced Threat Protection
• High availability with Zone Redundancy

Essential Links:

• What is Azure SQL Managed Instance – a great page for the introduction of our service
• SQL MI FAQ – discover frequently asked questions about Azure SQL Managed Instance
• What’s new in SQL MI – the list of the latest and the greatest additions to Azure SQL MI
• Customer stories - empower you to learn how other customers utilize Azure SQL Managed Instance to improve their business
• Deep Dive: Modernize your Apps in the Cloud with Azure SQL Managed Instance
• The SQLMI How-To-Series blog on simple & extremely useful how-to
• What is new in Azure SQL Managed Instance