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Azure SQL Managed Instance

Overview

What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?

Azure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that combines SQL Server database engine compatibility with a fully managed and evergreen platform as a service.

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Azure SQL great for our data

Rating: 6 out of 10
March 31, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
This handles our database instances for web based applications. Azure SQL Instances are a better use of our web based data than any other instance, and we can use it amongst o...
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Stuart Ratliff
Team Lead - Information Technology
IT Solutions Architect
V2X Inc
Azure SQL Managed Instance1 year of experience
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What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?

Azure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that combines SQL Server database engine compatibility with a fully managed and evergreen platform as a service.

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Product Demos

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Product Details

What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?

Azure SQL Managed Instance is a cloud database service that combines SQL Server database engine compatibility with a managed platform as a service (PaaS). SQL Managed Instance has near 100% compatibility with the latest SQL Server (Enterprise Edition) database engine, providing a native virtual network (VNet) implementation that addresses common security concerns, and a business model favorable for existing SQL Server customers.

SQL Managed Instance allows existing SQL Server customers to lift and shift their on-premises applications to the cloud with minimal application and database changes. At the same time, SQL Managed Instance preserves all PaaS capabilities (automatic patching and version updates, automated backups, high availability) that reduce management overhead and TCO.

Database features in common with SQL Server include: Automatic tuning (plan forcing), Change tracking, Database collation, Contained databases, Contained users, Data compression, Database configuration settings, Online index operations, Partitioning, and Temporal tables (see getting started guide).

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Azure SQL great for our data

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
March 31, 2023
SR
Stuart Ratliff
IT Solutions Architect
V2X Inc (Government Administration, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Azure SQL Managed Instance
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This handles our database instances for web based applications. Azure SQL Instances are a better use of our web based data than any other instance, and we can use it amongst other Microsoft products to create dynamic data driven content for leadership to make quick, decisive decisions that can benefit our customer base.
Pros
  • ease of use with microsoft products
  • data management
  • GUI interfacing
Cons
  • hard to use without Microsoft knowledge
  • Intimidating CLI
  • Commands are not intuitive
Likelihood to Recommend
Data management scenarios where there is a strong need to provide dynamic context for web based applications. Also can work as an infrastructure piece for ticketing systems without relying on another set of database software. The ease of importing data from Microsoft Excel &/or .csv files makes this really easy to use when importing data into the managed instance.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Feature Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
83.63636363636363%
8.4
Ease of building user interfaces
100%
10.0
Scalability
80%
8.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
80%
8.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
70%
7.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Decision Driven decisions have been quicker
  • Negatively cumbersome at start when training
  • Positive use of PaaS services instead of devoting VMs
Alternatives Considered
Azure to our enviironment where we have everything integrated stacks up far better than MySQL where we would have to reinvent and use everything to fit a MySQL environment including the data and the commands within that data. Furthermore, doesn't work really well on SQL Management Studio which makes it completely useless for what we are trying to do.
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