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Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.

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 ...

When Managed Instance was introduced, DBAs everywhere were thrilled mainly because features like SQL Server Agent jobs and cross-database queries were supported in a PaaS offering.

AWS launched a managed Cassandra-compatible service at its re:Invent conference in 2019 (it’s called Amazon Keyspaces today), Microsoft launched the Cassandra API for Cosmos DB in September 2018.

For example, Azure SQL Database managed instance provides what Microsoft calls "evergreen SQL" -- in other words, an instance of the technology that is continuously updated and upgraded, and that ...

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." ...