Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, in preview as well, is a new deployment option and as the name suggests, it's a fully managed instance of the Azure SQLDB, including backups, security, high ...

The October release of Azure Data Studio includes preview support for SQL Server 2019 and more.

Microsoft’s new database migration services (in preview) move Oracle and SQL Server databases into Azure SQL Database with near-zero application downtime, and at no extra cost or configuration.

You take a backup into Azure Blob Storage, and as you take differential and log backups, they are applied to your target database in a Managed Instance.

The January 2019 release of Azure Data Studio also gets SQL Server Profiler improvements and a host of other updates for users.