Prepare before an attack, respond during one, and recover after. We've published new ransomware recovery guidance for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance on Microsoft Learn. The new g...

Today we're announcing the retirement of database watcher for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. This includes monitoring for databases in elastic pools. Database watcher won't move t...

As organizations embrace AI, cloud modernization, and increasingly complex application architectures, the database estate continues to grow. What was once a handful of databases can quickly become hu...

We're excited to announce the public preview of alerts for Azure SQL Database in Database Hub, powered by Fabric Activator. Last month, we brought performance monitoring for Azure SQL to Database H...

We're pleased to announce the general availability of Query Editor for Azure SQL Database. The updated experience brings a multi-tab query workspace, easier database exploration, and more interactive...

Before we kick off the preview, we’d like to hear from customers interested in trying it. The new capability will let you replicate data from SQL Server to a managed instance that’s part of a failove...

Database Hub in Microsoft Fabric is now in public preview. Estate experience brings every supported database you can access into one inventory, with the issues and suggestions found across them. In...

On October 31, 2027, Azure SQL Database will retire Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) enclave functionality for Always Encrypted. Workloads that still depend on Intel SGX enclaves after that date...

As applications grow, so does the database estate behind them. What starts with a handful of databases can become hundreds or thousands of resources spread across services, subscriptions, and environ...