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Companies seeking a solution to modernize SQL Server applications with a managed SQL instance in the cloud
About Azure SQL Managed Instance
Part of the Azure SQL family, SQL Managed Instance is an intelligent cloud database service combining the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility (back to SQL Server 2008) with the benefits of a fully managed, up-to-date platform as a service. With your successful assessment on Azure Migrate or Azure Data Studio, confidently modernize your custom and vendor-provided apps to Azure. Stop worrying about updates, upgrades, or end of support. SQL Managed Instance is built on the SQL Server engine, so it's always up to date with the latest SQL features and functionality. Meet your mission-critical requirements up to five times faster while paying up to 93 percent less than AWS RDS. Learn how SQL Managed Instance outperformed across three different benchmarks, spanning transactional and analytics workloads. Accelerate application modernization with the latest managed SQL Server capabilities in the cloud.
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Founded: 1975
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