Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for November 2024

Editor's Note

Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over November 2024, 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 Instance Pools have gone GA (General Availability) ?

Bonus question. Did you know that Mirroring for SQLMI to Fabric is in Public Preview too?

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:

• 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

• Introducing the enhanced MSSQL Extension for Visual Studio Code

• Announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 preview

• Azure SQL Managed Instance Updates – #MSIgnite 2024

• Azure SQL Managed Instance pools: General Availability

• Free Azure SQL Managed Instance - Public Preview Refresh

• Fabric Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance now in Public Preview

• Simplified & lower pricing for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance backup storage

• Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio 21

• What's New in SQL Server and Azure SQL: 2024 Year in Review

• See in action DR between SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure SQL MI Customer Service & Support Blogs

• Lesson Learned #514: Optimizing Bulk Insert Performance in Parallel Data Ingestion - Part1

Azure SQL Managed Instance Public Previews:

• 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
• Configure service endpoint policies
• 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