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Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose

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UrosMilanovic
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Nov 18, 2025

Improved performance and TCO with 500 databases per instance, 32TB of storage, and IOPS and memory slider.

Overview Next-gen General Purpose is the evolution of General Purpose service tier that brings significantly improved performance and scalability to power up your existing Azure SQL Managed Instanc...
Updated Aug 17, 2026
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JHebert21
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Mar 02, 2026

Is the Next Gen General Purpose available in Gov Cloud East 2. If not, when will it be available? Also can it be run on memory optimized sku?