Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to boost memory or I/O, you had to scale the whole instance, paying for extra CPU you might not need—and hoping the upgrade fixed the bottleneck. It worked but wasn’t elegant and could be slow or awkward. Scaling sometimes took hours when time was of the essence.

[Blog] Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS | John Morehouse #azuresql #sqlmi #managedinstance #azure

What's new ✨ in #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance?

GA of Zone Redundancy for GP tier!

Also, flexible memory, faster management operations, support for vectors and more! Presented and demoed in #SQLBits keynote today 🙌

#SQLMI #SQL #database #Azure #SQLBits2025

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance Demo Party session at #SQLBits!
Nikola Zagorac, Djordje Jeremic and Uros Milanovic demoing the new capabilities of #SQLMI!

Where you there? :)

#SQL #SQLBits2025 #Demo #Database

Channel9 SQL MI pools: optimize costs with small 2-vcore instances | Data Exposed #SQLMI #AzureData #CloudComputing

Stream data changes from Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database – private preview of CES | Microsoft Community Hub We’re excited to share that Change Event Streaming (CES) - the capability to stream data changes directly from your SQL into Azure Event Hubs - is now also...

🆕Stream data changes from #SQLMI or #SQLDB into Azure Event Hubs with new capability called Change Event Streaming.

You can apply for private preview now and start testing this week!

👉Details in the blog post: aka.ms/sql-ces

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance #SQLServer

[observation] The key 5 sources of #AzureSQL monitoring information are: Activity Log, Resource Health, Metrics, Diagnostic Logs & Azure Advisor. If you are collecting their information - you are largely covering the most important space.
#azuresql #sqldb #sqlvm #sqlmi

[observation] An essential part of the observability is to be able Diagnose and solve problems - and there is a tool for that on the Azure Portal.
It lists recent Azure Health Events, any eventual configuration changes, & 15 tools and guides (with videos).
#ObservAbility #azuresql #sqlmi

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 you...

[newsletter] Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for February 2025:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/azure-...
#azuresql #sqlmi

Managed Instance link with SQL Server 2017 is now GA | Microsoft Community Hub We are announcing the general availability of Managed Instance link feature with SQL Server 2017, which enables near-real time data replication from SQL...

[announcement] Managed Instance link with SQL Server 2017 is now GA by Djordje Jeremic: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...
#azuresql #sqlmi #milink #sqlserver2017

Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing the general availability for Native Windows Principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This capability simplifies the migration to...

GA of Native Windows principals for #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance!
This capability simplifies the migration to #SQLMI and unblocks the migration of applications that are tied to windows logins.

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Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing the general availability for Native Windows Principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This capability simplifies the migration to...

Native Windows principals for #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance are now generally available!

#SQLMI

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When to Choose Zone Redundancy in Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub High availability is a critical requirement for modern cloud applications. Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) offers Zone Redundancy (ZR) for...

When to choose ZR for #SQLMI?

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance

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Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing the general availability for Native Windows Principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance. This capability simplifies the migration to...

[announcement] Native Windows principals for Azure SQL Managed Instance are now generally available (GA) by Sravani Saluru: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

#azuresql #sqlmi #winauth #windowsprincipals

[observation] The image below provides a list with different SQL Server process side sources and their availability in different Azure SQL offers (SQL VM, SQL MI & SQL DB)
#ObservAbility #MondayObs #AzureSQL #SQLVM #SQLMI #SQLDB

External REST Endpoint Invocation in Azure SQL Managed Instance is now in Public Preview - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner External REST Endpoint Invocation is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance with the Always-up-to-date update policy configured. Call Azure Services such as functions, Azure OpenAI, event hubs, conte...

[preview] External REST Endpoint Invocation in Azure SQL Managed Instance is now in Public Preview: devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/ex...

#azuresql #sqlmi #restEndpoint

SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for January 2025 Editor's Note Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over January 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that can be helpful in your...

[newsletter] Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for January 2025
www.linkedin.com/pulse/sql-ma...
#azuresql #sqlmi

Replication backward compatibility - SQL Server Review these resources for backward compatibility in replication before you upgrade or if you have several versions of SQL Server in a replication topology.

[docs] Updated your favorite Transactional Replication version compatibility with the details on compatibility with #Azure #SQLDB & #Azure #SQLMI (all update policies):
Kudos to @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social and team:
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/re...
#azuresql #sqldb #sqlmi #replication

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 you...

[newsletter] November 2024 Azure SQL Managed Instance newsletter is out - you will find all of the announcements at PASS Summit 2024 & Ignite 2024, including Fabric mirroring in Azure SQL MI, as well as the newest videos!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/azure-...
#azuresql #sqlmi #fabric

Azure SQL Managed Instance | LinkedIn Niko Carvalho Neugebauer | Learn what is new & exciting in Azure SQL Managed Instance

1 subscriber missing for reaching 4K subscribers on the Azure SQL MI Newsletter:
www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
#azuresql #sqlmi
Should it be actually turned into Azure SQL Newsletter overall ?

MSSQL Extension for Visual Studio Code: Streamline Development Boost SQL development with the MSSQL Extension for VS Code. Enjoy a new UI, query tools, and efficient database management. Try it now!

Are you using #VSCode and #SQLServer, #AzureSQL, #SQLMI, #MicrosoftFabric SQL services?

There is a new #MSSQL extension for #VSCode available..

https://buff.ly/3YWylDz

#SQLServer #AzureSQL #MicrosoftFabric #Databases #Development

Fabric Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance now in Public Preview | Microsoft Community Hub Advanced analytics capabilities of Fabric, now available with Fabric Mirroring in Public Preview for Azure SQL Managed Instance. Expose your operational...

[announcement] Fabric Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance now in Public Preview by Nikola Zagorac:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...
#azuresql #sqlmi #fabric

Free SQL MI Public Preview Refresh | Microsoft Community Hub Azure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that's always running on the latest stable version of the Microsoft SQL Server database...

[announcement] Free Azure SQL MI Public Preview Refresh by Uros Randjelovic:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...
#azuresql #sqlmi #freesqlmi

Azure SQL Managed Instance pools: General Availability | Microsoft Community Hub We are happy to announce new features and General Availability for instance pools. Instance pools are a deployment option in Azure SQL Managed instance...

[announcement] Azure SQL Managed Instance pools: General Availability by Djordje Marinkovic:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...
#azuresql #sqlmi

Agenda 2025 - SQL Konferenz Monday – PreCon

You heard it here first:

Yes - me, @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social, Des Fitzgerald & @pietervanhove.bsky.social are doing a precon at SQLKonferenz 2025:
sqlkonferenz.de/precon-works...
#sqlserver #azuresql #sqldb #sqlmi

[blog] Simplified & lower pricing for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance backup storage by Dinakar Nethi:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...
#azuresql #sqlmi #sqldb

[presentations] Azure SQL DBA Learning Path delivered by Dr. Danimir Ljepava, @bobwardms, @erinstellato, @SQLGoddess & me, has PDF resources available online: aka.ms/azuresql-dba
#azuresql #sqldb #sqlmi #sqlvm #sqldba

Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for October 2024 Azure SQL Managed Instance Curiosity Did you know that online disaster recovery between 2022 and MI is now available in GA (General Availability) ? Azure SQL MI YouTube Channel Did you know that the U...

[newsletter] October edition of Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter is available:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/azure-...
#azuresql #sqlmi

sqlmi/whats.new at main · Azure/sqlmi Azure SQL Managed Instance scripts & tools. Contribute to Azure/sqlmi development by creating an account on GitHub.

Regular reminder that a single place to list-it-all every single Azure SQL Managed Instance feature update is on our GitHub page:
github.com/Azure/sqlmi/...
#azuresql #sqlmi

Create MI link from Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server 2022 to replicate a database YouTube video by Azure SQL

[video] Create MI link from Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server 2022 to replicate a database by Djordje Jeremic:
youtu.be/NdGqaLtmAlc
#azuresql #sqlmi #milink

Demo of a database migration from SQL Server to SQL MI with Azure SQL Managed Instance link feature YouTube video by Azure SQL

[video] Demo of a database migration from SQL Server to SQL MI with Azure SQL Managed Instance link feature by Djordje Jeremic:
youtu.be/xh0dosEMNWI
#azuresql #sqlmi #milink