An Azure subscription. Experience with deploying two managed instances within the same virtual network. A SQL Server subscriber, either on-premises or on an Azure VM. This tutorial uses an Azure VM.

A sysadmin in the SQL Managed Instance must be used to create Microsoft Entra logins. Create a Microsoft Entra admin for SQL Managed Instance. You can connect to your SQL Managed Instance within your ...

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

In announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately. A Copilot for the tool that helps users manage, ...

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Microsoft shipped SQL Server Management Studio 22.7.0 on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in what the team called one of the bigger point releases in the 22.x cycle. Database developers who have spent years ...

Microsoft has announced that SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is now officially supported in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3. This release is quite important for ...