Microsoft Defender for Cloud can protect on-premises SQL databases through SQL Server Extension for Azure, which can now be installed when setting up SQL Server, and users can use Azure AD ...

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.

Microsoft is also using the 2022 release as a vehicle to introduce an SQL Server version of Azure Synapse Link. Similar to its counterpart for Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 ...