The most Azure-enabled release yet, with continued performance, security, and availability innovation.

Business continuity through Azure
Help ensure uptime with fully managed disaster recovery in the cloud through the link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Continuously replicate data to and from the cloud.

Seamless analytics over on-premises operational data
Drive insights in near real time by breaking the wall between operational and analytical stores. Analyze all your data using both Spark and SQL runtimes in the cloud with Azure Synapse Link.

Visibility over your entire data estate
Manage and govern your entire data estate to overcome data silos with Microsoft Purview.

The most secure database over the last 10 years
Achieve your security and compliance goals using the database rated as least vulnerable over the last 10 years. Use an immutable ledger to help protect data from tampering.

Industry-leading performance and availability
Take advantage of performance and availability for faster queries and to help ensure business continuity. Accelerate query performance and tuning with no code changes required. Keep multi-write environments running smoothly for users across multiple locations.

Hybrid capabilities and pay-as-you-go pricing are now available for all versions of SQL Server environments with Azure Arc
SQL Server, enabled by Azure Arc, extends Azure services on-premises, and manages your SQL Server estate from the Azure portal for a more unified and streamlined management experience. Monitor the health of your SQL Servers with SQL assessment—available at no additional cost—and bring enhanced security capabilities through Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Use cloud-native features including a new pay-as-you-go model and pay for only what you use.