Microsoft plans to release a 'General Purpose' version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the 'general availability' (GA) commercial-release stage, 'starting July 30, 2021.' ...

A new benefit for SQL Server 2022 includes the ability to use an Azure SQL Managed Instance for disaster recovery at the cost of compute and storage.

The ability to run Azure SQL Managed Instance -- a cloud version of SQL Server -- on non-Azure clouds, and even on-premises, will be generally available and production-ready on July 30th, 2021.

Link feature for Azure SQL Managed Instance: To ensure uptime, SQL Server 2022 is fully integrated with the new link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance. With this new capability, you benefit from a ...

That connectivity is the driving force behind a host of new SQL Server capabilities in the 2022 release, including enhancements related to Azure Synapse Link, Microsoft Purview, and the new “link ...

With the database replicated in Azure already, that’s as simple as failing over to Managed Instance. How can I get started with SQL Server 2022?

So while SQL Server 2022 enables migrating workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance with virtually no downtime using distributed availability groups, users can also restore databases back to SQL ...

The service is currently in preview for SQL Databases from version 2012 and up, SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.

Branded as Azure Arc enabled data services, the service supports running Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale in on-premises data centers, multi-cloud and the edge.

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced the launch of Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, its latest NoSQL database offering and a competitor to Cassandra-centric companies ...