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Azure SQL Managed Instance documentation

Find documentation about Azure SQL Managed Instance, a managed instance in Azure based on the latest stable version of Microsoft SQL Server.

Azure SQL Managed Instance

What's new

  • What's new?

Quickstart

  • Create SQL Managed Instance

video

  • Azure SQL Managed Instance overview

Concept

  • What is SQL Managed Instance?
  • vCore purchasing model
  • Transactional replication
  • Migrate from SQL Server
  • T-SQL differences with SQL Server

Advanced security

Concept

  • Security capabilities
  • Security best practices
  • Logins, user accounts, roles, and permissions
  • Azure Active Directory
  • Auditing
  • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
  • Dynamic Data Masking
  • Public endpoints

Learn Azure SQL

Training

  • Azure SQL for beginners
  • Azure SQL fundamentals
  • Azure SQL hands-on labs
  • Azure SQL bootcamp
  • Educational SQL resources

Reference

Deploy

  • Azure CLI samples
  • PowerShell samples
  • ARM template samples

Download

  • SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
  • Azure Data Studio
  • SQL Server Data Tools
  • Visual Studio 2019

Reference

  • Migration guide
  • Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
  • Azure CLI
  • PowerShell
  • REST API

Business continuity

How-To Guide

  • Business continuity
  • High availability
  • Auto-failover groups
  • Automated backups
  • Recover with backup
  • Long-term backup retention

Instance pools

Concept

  • What is an instance pool?
  • Configure

Planned maintenance

Concept

  • Plan for Azure maintenance events
  • Maintenance window
  • Resource health

How-To Guide

  • Maintenance window
  • Maintenance Window Notifications
  • Previous Versions
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
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  • Previous Versions
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
  • © Microsoft 2023