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Announcing General Availability of SQL Database Hyperscale long-term backup retention

jes_schultz on Sep 18 2023 10:36 AM
Many applications have regulatory, compliance, or other business requirements that require the database backups to be st...
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Announcing General Availability of SQL Database Hyperscale short-term backup retention up to 35 days

jes_schultz on Sep 18 2023 10:20 AM
We are excited to announce the general availability of short-term backup retention up to 35 days in the Hyperscale tier ...
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Non-scenarios with private endpoints to Azure SQL Managed Instance

ZoranRilak on Sep 07 2023 11:46 AM
What can't you do with private endpoints to an Azure SQL Managed Instance? Find out in part three of this mini-series.
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How to restore backups from AWS S3 to Azure SQL Managed Instance

StrahinjaRodic on Sep 04 2023 03:58 AM
Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) now supports native restore from AWS S3 storage! This offers a flexible way of restoring...
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External REST Endpoint Invocation is now GA!

btspendo on Aug 28 2023 05:00 AM
On behalf of the Engineering and Product Management teams, we are happy to announce that External REST Endpoint Invocati...
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Advanced scenarios with private endpoints to Azure SQL Managed Instance

ZoranRilak on Aug 24 2023 09:00 AM
What can you do with private endpoints to an Azure SQL Managed Instance? Read about some advanced scenarios in part two ...
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Delegating permission management using Roles vs WITH GRANT OPTION

AndreasWolter on Aug 22 2023 01:43 PM
Comparing 2 methods for delegating permission management with T-SQL
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Scenarios with private endpoints to Azure SQL Managed Instance

ZoranRilak on Aug 17 2023 06:46 AM
What can you do with private endpoints to an Azure SQL Managed Instance? Find out in part one of this mini-series.
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Unleashing SQL Sorcery: Increasing Performance and Complexity with GitHub Copilot

subhojitbasak on Aug 15 2023 07:00 AM
In the Second Post of this series, we explore GitHub Copilot further to discover performance optimization capabilities a...
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Private endpoints GA for Azure SQL Managed Instance

ZoranRilak on Aug 09 2023 09:53 AM
Announcing the general availability (GA) of Private Link and private endpoints for Azure SQL Managed Instance.
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Azure SQL News Update - August 2023

Anna Hoffman on Aug 02 2023 09:26 AM
Read the 2023 recap of all the Azure SQL and SQL Server news from May through July 2023. Also, follow along Data Exposed...
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General Availability of XML compression for Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance

Balmukund Lakhani on Aug 02 2023 09:00 AM
XML compression provides a method to compress off-row XML data for both XML columns and indexes, improving capacity requ...
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Have you noticed we’ve been recording videos?

sasapopo on Aug 01 2023 06:20 AM
Have you seen our Brief Introductory Technical Series videos covering Azure SQL Managed Instance?
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Well-architected framework performance in the Azure SQL Managed Instance

NikoNeugebauer on Jul 27 2023 08:05 AM
Discover best practices for achieving high performance with the help of the well-architected Framework for Azure in Azur...
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Always Encrypted with secure enclaves – DC-series databases with up to 40 vCores

PieterVanhove on Jul 25 2023 08:22 AM
Just announced, Always Encrypted with secure enclaves – DC-series databases with up to 40 vCores in public preview. Lear...
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GitHub Copilot for SQL Developers: Turbocharge your SQL Development Workflow

subhojitbasak on Jul 18 2023 09:00 AM
In the First post of this series, we take you through the way to generate better results for complex queries using GitHu...
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How to automate Azure SQL Managed Instance database copy and database move operations

sasapopo on Jul 14 2023 05:17 AM
In this blog I will show how you can automate database copy between two instances, for a set of databases. I will also t...
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SQL Managed Instance now available to all subscription types in large Azure regions

UrosRandelovic on Jul 12 2023 03:49 AM
Anyone can now try SQL Managed Instance with just an Azure account, no matter the subscription type.
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VBS enclaves for Always Encrypted in Azure SQL Database elastic pools – preview

PieterVanhove on Jul 11 2023 12:25 AM
Just announced, VBS enclaves in Azure SQL Database elastic pools in public preview. Learn more!
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Calling a REST service from Azure SQL DB | Data Exposed

MarisaMathews on Jun 22 2023 09:00 AM
Learn about the ability to call a REST endpoint natively from Azure SQL Database.
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Securing your data ecosystem in Azure SQL Managed Instance

ZoranRilak on Jun 21 2023 05:48 AM
Learn about Azure's and SQL Managed Instance's security features that help protect your data from internal and external ...
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The Right Tools for Optimizing Azure SQL Managed Instance Performance

RieMerritt on Jun 20 2023 06:50 AM
Note: This blog is the second half of a series on maximizing performance in Azure SQL Managed Instance. If you missed th...
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How do you use JSON data in Azure SQL Database & SQL Server 2022 | Data Exposed

MarisaMathews on Jun 15 2023 09:00 AM
Learn how to use JSON data in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022.
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New benefits of Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server | Data Exposed

MarisaMathews on Jun 08 2023 02:15 PM
Check out the newest benefits of Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server on Data Exposed.
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Hybrid Flexibility in Azure SQL Managed Instance

RieMerritt on Jun 05 2023 07:22 AM
Adopting a hybrid strategy makes it possible to access benefits of cloud services without exiting your datacenter, makin...
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Build 2023: What's new in Azure SQL | Data Exposed

MarisaMathews on Jun 01 2023 10:00 AM
Get a quick update on the latest Azure SQL announcements all in one spot!
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Easy APIs with Azure SQL Database | Data Exposed: MVP Edition

MarisaMathews on May 30 2023 11:07 AM
Learn how you can build easy APIs with Azure SQL Database.
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Ledger in Azure Managed Instance | Data Exposed

MarisaMathews on May 25 2023 12:59 PM
Just announced, ledger has now been released in public preview for Azure SQL Managed Instance. Learn more!

Latest Comments

theva1994
in Configure Auditing for Azure SQL Database series - Part2 on Dec 01 2023 02:01 PM
-PredicateExpression "action_id != 541934418" - regarding this expression, is it possible to include more action_id's using AND, please share some examples. Thanks
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Francesco_beqom
in Introducing the GREATEST and LEAST T-SQL functions on Dec 01 2023 05:04 AM
Yeah but, wait, in MySQL you can use GREATEST and LEAST directly in the ORDER BY and I think this is a massive advantage. I checked on Azure SQL Database and you can actually use: GREATEST(value1, value2) as MyValue......ORDER BY MyValue But in MySQL it comes out of the box and it's a shame we have ...
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Aamir2506
in Introducing Azure Database Fleet Manager on Nov 30 2023 10:37 PM
Nice Feature is coming out.. So excited to use it.
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Silvano Coriani
in Introducing Azure Database Fleet Manager on Nov 30 2023 12:33 AM
Hey joymon, thanks for reaching out! The idea behind Fleet Manager is exactly to remove limits and seams, so customers can focus on their solution design and not on platform restrictions. Tiers can scale to hundreds of thousands databases or more. On GA dates, let us start with private preview first...
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rashmishukla
in Provision SQL Managed Instance in under 30 minutes on Nov 29 2023 09:09 PM
Hi Copper Contributor, Do you see in the portal if you are enrolled in the Feature Wave? That would be needed to see the new provisioning timings.
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