This article explains communication in an Azure SQL Database managed instance. It also describes connectivity architecture and how the components direct traffic to the managed instance. The SQL ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Today, we announced the general availability of SQL Server 2022, the most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet, with continued innovation across performance ...

Step 1. *Backup Data*: Before deleting an instance, ensure that you have backed up any important data. Step 2. *Stop SQL Server Services*: - Open SQL Server Configuration Manager. - Locate the SQL ...

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...

As organizations face increasing pressure to modernize their applications and infrastructure, the benefits of the cloud have become impossible to ignore. Fortunately, Azure SQL Database managed ...

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...

The cloud security landscape has evolved dramatically by 2026, with Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) now operating under a strict Zero-Trust framework that prioritizes data-centric defense over ...

SQL Server 2005 databases are set to the Full recovery model by default, so you may need to start creating log backups even if you haven’t ran into problems yet. The following query can be used to ...