Azure Sql Managed Instance

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name: azure-sql-managed-instance
description: Expert knowledge for Azure SQL Managed Instance development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using MI link, HA/DR and geo-replication, Entra/Kerberos auth, Key Vault TDE, or XEvents/Intelligent Insights, and other Azure SQL Managed Instance related development tasks. Not for Azure SQL Database (use azure-sql-database), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines), Azure Database for MariaDB (use azure-database-mariadb), Azure Database for MySQL (use azure-database-mysql).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-04-19"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
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# Azure SQL Managed Instance Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure SQL Managed Instance. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

## How to Use This Skill

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- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
- **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

## Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L54 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure SQL/Managed Instance issues: deployment and scaling errors, performance and connectivity problems, geo-replication/redo lag, memory/log full, XTP storage, link, and Kerberos auth. |
| Best Practices | L55-L76 | Performance, monitoring, and reliability best practices for Azure SQL Managed Instance: tuning queries/apps, monitoring with DMVs/KQL, alerts, HA/DR, failover, read scale-out, and migration guidance. |
| Decision Making | L77-L90 | Guidance for choosing Azure SQL Managed Instance vs other Azure SQL options, tiers, pools, networking, HA/DR options, ML differences, and planning Db2/Oracle migrations. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L91-L95 | Connectivity architecture, networking models, and connection options for Azure SQL Database, including gateways, endpoints, firewalls, and integration with VNets and private access. |
| Limits & Quotas | L96-L105 | Limits, quotas, and performance caps for Azure SQL MI: DTUs, free-tier and memory limits, resource ceilings, monitoring behavior, and how to request quota increases. |
| Security | L106-L160 | Configuring Azure SQL Managed Instance security: Entra auth and logins, Windows/Kerberos, managed identities, TDE and Key Vault, TLS, auditing, threat protection, networking, and policy-based controls. |
| Configuration | L161-L212 | Configuring and monitoring SQL Managed Instance: networking, backups/restore, maintenance windows, alerts, metrics/logs, Intelligent Insights, XEvents, auditing, and deployment options. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L213-L236 | Connecting apps and tools to SQL Managed Instance (.NET, Java, Python, etc.), automation, data import, DTC, XEvents, MI Link, backups, tracing, and Spark integration. |
| Deployment | L237-L257 | Deploying, scaling, moving, and pausing Azure SQL Managed Instance; networking setup, regional availability, DR/replication, migrations, and BACPAC import/export. |

### Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Resolve Azure SQL capacity deployment and scaling errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/capacity-errors-troubleshoot?view=azuresql |
| Fix slow database import and export in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import-export-hang?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot Azure SQL performance using Intelligent Insights | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/intelligent-insights-troubleshoot-performance?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot transient connectivity errors for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-connectivity-issues?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot common connection issues for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-common-errors-issues?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot geo-replication and redo lag in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-geo-replication-redo?view=azuresql |
| Investigate and fix memory issues in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-memory-errors-issues?view=azuresql |
| Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-db |
| Resolve known issues in Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/doc-changes-updates-known-issues?view=azuresql |
| Monitor XTP in-memory storage and fix capacity error 41823 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/in-memory-oltp-monitor-space?view=azuresql |
| Troubleshoot Azure SQL Managed Instance link issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-troubleshoot-how-to?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Resource Health to diagnose SQL Managed Instance issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/resource-health-to-troubleshoot-connectivity?view=azuresql |
| Resolve transaction log full errors in Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/troubleshoot-transaction-log-errors-issues?view=azuresql-mi |
| Troubleshoot Entra Kerberos Windows auth for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-troubleshoot?view=azuresql |

### Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Analyze Azure SQL monitoring data with KQL and T-SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-analyze?view=azuresql |
| Application development considerations for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/develop-overview?view=azuresql |
| Performance tuning guidance for Azure SQL applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/performance-guidance?view=azuresql |
| Plan for Azure SQL planned maintenance events | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/planned-maintenance?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use read scale-out replicas in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/read-scale-out?view=azuresql |
| Identify and resolve Azure SQL query performance issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/identify-query-performance-issues?view=azuresql |
| Set up alerts and notifications for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/alerts-create?view=azuresql |
| Run disaster recovery drills for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/disaster-recovery-drills?view=azuresql |
| Design Azure SQL Managed Instance disaster recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/disaster-recovery-guidance?view=azuresql |
| Use failover groups for geo-replication in SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/failover-group-sql-mi?view=azuresql |
| Manage database file space on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/file-space-manage?view=azuresql-mi |
| High availability and disaster recovery checklist for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/high-availability-disaster-recovery-checklist?view=azuresql |
| Identify and resolve query bottlenecks on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/identify-query-performance-issues?view=azuresql |
| Migrate to Azure SQL MI using Log Replay Service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/log-replay-service-migrate?view=azuresql |
| Apply best practices for Managed Instance link replication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-best-practices?view=azuresql |
| Monitor Azure SQL Managed Instance performance using DMVs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/monitoring-with-dmvs?view=azuresql |
| Tune Azure SQL Managed Instance performance for applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/performance-guidance?view=azuresql |
| Use batching to improve Azure SQL application performance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/performance-improve-use-batching?view=azuresql |

### Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Use Azure SQL decision tree to choose service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-sql-decision-tree?view=azuresql |
| Compare Azure SQL Database vs Managed Instance features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/features-comparison?view=azuresql |
| Configure license-free standby replica for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/failover-group-standby-replica-how-to-configure?view=azuresql |
| Choose between Log Replay Service and Managed Instance link | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/log-replay-service-compare-mi-link?view=azuresql |
| Compare ML Services in SQL Managed Instance vs SQL Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/machine-learning-services-differences?view=azuresql |
| Choose vCore service tiers for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/service-tiers-managed-instance-vcore?view=azuresql |
| Adopt Next-gen General Purpose tier for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/service-tiers-next-gen-general-purpose-use?view=azuresql |
| Determine subnet size and IP range for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/vnet-subnet-determine-size?view=azuresql |
| Plan and execute Db2 to SQL Managed Instance migration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/migration-guides/managed-instance/db2-to-managed-instance-guide?view=azuresql |
| Plan Oracle to Azure SQL Managed Instance migration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/migration-guides/managed-instance/oracle-to-managed-instance-guide?view=azuresql |

### Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Understand connectivity architecture for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql |

### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Review database watcher FAQ for Azure SQL monitoring behavior | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-faq?view=azuresql |
| Understand DTU benchmark characteristics for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dtu-benchmark?view=azuresql |
| Request quota increases for Azure SQL resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/quota-increase-request?view=azuresql |
| Understand free-tier limits for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/free-offer?view=azuresql |
| Adopt In-memory OLTP and understand memory limits in SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/in-memory-oltp-configure?view=azuresql |
| Review Azure SQL Managed Instance resource limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/resource-limits?view=azuresql |

### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-configure?view=azuresql |
| Assign Directory Readers role for Azure SQL identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-directory-readers-role-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Configure Directory Readers and permissions for Azure SQL identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-directory-readers-role?view=azuresql |
| Create and use Microsoft Entra guest admins for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-guest-users?view=azuresql |
| Use Microsoft Entra authentication with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-overview?view=azuresql |
| Use Entra service principals with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-service-principal?view=azuresql |
| Create and use Microsoft Entra logins in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Use Microsoft Entra server principals in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-logins?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL server with Entra-only authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-create-server?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Policy to require Entra-only auth for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-policy-how-to?view=azuresql |
| Enforce Entra-only authentication with Azure Policy for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-policy?view=azuresql |
| Enable Entra-only authentication on existing Azure SQL resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Enable Microsoft Entra-only authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-only-authentication?view=azuresql |
| Configure managed identities for Azure SQL access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity?view=azuresql |
| Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/authentication-microsoft-entra-connect-to-azure-sql?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use Microsoft Defender for SQL in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/azure-defender-for-sql?view=azuresql |
| Block T-SQL CRUD for Azure SQL resource protection | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/block-crud-tsql?view=azuresql |
| Configure Conditional Access policies for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/conditional-access-configure?view=azuresql |
| Classify and label sensitive data in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/data-discovery-and-classification-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure dynamic data masking in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure logins and users for Azure SQL access control | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/logins-create-manage?view=azuresql |
| Use built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/policy-reference?view=azuresql |
| Apply Azure SQL security best practices for common requirements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-best-practice?view=azuresql |
| Use Azure Policy regulatory compliance controls for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-controls-policy?view=azuresql |
| Configure Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/threat-detection-overview?view=azuresql |
| Enable Azure SQL TDE with Key Vault BYOK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure SQL TDE | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-cross-tenant?view=azuresql |
| Use user-assigned managed identities for TDE customer-managed keys | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-identity?view=azuresql |
| Set up customer-managed TDE with Azure Key Vault | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-byok-overview?view=azuresql |
| Enable and manage transparent data encryption in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/transparent-data-encryption-tde-overview?view=azuresql |
| Secure SQL Managed Instance with Microsoft Entra logins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/aad-security-configure-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Configure SQL Server Audit on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/auditing?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL Managed Instance with user-assigned identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/authentication-azure-ad-user-assigned-managed-identity-create-managed-instance?view=azuresql |
| Migrate SQL Server Windows users to SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/migrate-sql-server-users-to-instance-transact-sql-tsql-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Configure minimum TLS version for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/minimal-tls-version-configure?view=azuresql |
| Use native Windows principals with SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/native-windows-principals?view=azuresql |
| Set up Private Link and private endpoints for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/private-endpoint-overview?view=azuresql |
| Secure public endpoints for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/public-endpoint-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure TDE with customer-managed keys using PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/transparent-data-encryption-byok-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Enable TDE with customer-managed keys using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/transparent-data-encryption-byok-sql-managed-instance-cli?view=azuresql |
| Apply security best practices to Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/secure-managed-instance?view=azuresql |
| Configure server trust groups for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/server-trust-group-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure Storage service endpoint policies for Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/service-endpoint-policies-configure?view=azuresql |
| Migrate TDE certificates from SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/tde-certificate-migrate?view=azuresql |
| Configure Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/threat-detection-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure SQL Managed Instance for Entra Windows auth | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-kerberos-managed-instance?view=azuresql |
| Set up Entra ID Windows auth for Azure SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-setup-incoming-trust-based-flow?view=azuresql |
| Configure modern interactive Windows auth flow for SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-setup-modern-interactive-flow?view=azuresql |
| Set up Windows Authentication for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-setup?view=azuresql |
| Understand Kerberos-based Windows auth for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-implementation-aad-kerberos?view=azuresql |
| Prepare for Azure SQL TLS root certificate rotation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/updates/ssl-root-certificate-expiring?view=azuresql |

### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure alerts on Azure SQL monitoring data with database watcher | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-alerts?view=azuresql |
| Understand database watcher datasets and collected metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-data?view=azuresql |
| Create and configure database watcher for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-manage?view=azuresql |
| Monitor Azure SQL workloads using database watcher | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-overview?view=azuresql |
| Create a database watcher with Entra auth and private connectivity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Configure Intelligent Insights performance monitoring for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/intelligent-insights-overview?view=azuresql |
| Use Intelligent Insights diagnostics logs for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/intelligent-insights-use-diagnostics-log?view=azuresql |
| Configure long-term backup retention for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/long-term-backup-retention-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure metrics and diagnostic log streaming for Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/metrics-diagnostic-telemetry-logging-streaming-export-configure?view=azuresql |
| Reference monitoring metrics and logs for Azure SQL Database | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/monitoring-sql-database-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql |
| Configure temporal table retention in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/temporal-tables-retention-policy?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure SQL XEvent sessions with ring_buffer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/xevent-code-ring-buffer?view=azuresql |
| Configure Extended Events differences in Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/xevent-db-diff-from-svr?view=azuresql |
| Configure advance maintenance notifications for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/advance-notifications?view=azuresql |
| API options to create and configure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/api-references-create-manage-instance?view=azuresql |
| Deploy SQL Managed Instance with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/arm-templates-content-guide?view=azuresql |
| T-SQL configuration of auditing for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/auditing-configure?view=azuresql |
| Change automated backup retention and redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-change-settings?view=azuresql |
| Understand automatic and geo-redundant backups in SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview?view=azuresql |
| Monitor Azure SQL Managed Instance backup activity using msdb and XEvents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/backup-activity-monitor?view=azuresql |
| View backup history with backup transparency in SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/backup-transparency?view=azuresql |
| Configure Azure VM connectivity to SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/connect-vm-instance-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure connection types for Azure SQL Managed Instance endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/connection-types-overview?view=azuresql |
| Configure failover groups for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/failover-group-configure-sql-mi?view=azuresql |
| Configure long-term backup retention for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/long-term-backup-retention-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure maintenance windows for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/maintenance-window-configure?view=azuresql |
| Maintenance window FAQ for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/maintenance-window-faq?view=azuresql |
| Understand maintenance window behavior in SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/maintenance-window?view=azuresql |
| Prepare WSFC environment for Managed Instance link with Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-preparation-wsfc?view=azuresql |
| Prepare environment for Managed Instance link replication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-preparation?view=azuresql |
| Monitor Azure SQL Managed Instance management operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/management-operations-monitor?view=azuresql |
| Reference monitoring metrics and logs for SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor-reference?view=azuresql |
| Configure monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance with Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor?view=azuresql |
| Perform point-in-time database restores on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/point-in-time-restore?view=azuresql |
| Set up point-to-site connectivity to SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/point-to-site-p2s-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure public endpoints for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/public-endpoint-configure?view=azuresql |
| Restore databases from backups on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/recovery-using-backups?view=azuresql |
| Configure private domain name resolution for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/resolve-private-domain-names?view=azuresql |
| Add SQL Managed Instance to failover group with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/add-to-failover-group-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Create and network-configure SQL Managed Instance with CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/create-configure-managed-instance-cli?view=azuresql |
| Create and network-configure SQL Managed Instance with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/create-configure-managed-instance-powershell?view=azuresql |
| Restore Azure SQL Managed Instance database from geo-backup | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/scripts/restore-geo-backup?view=azuresql |
| Enable service-aided subnet configuration for Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/subnet-service-aided-configuration-enable?view=azuresql |
| Configure tempdb files and growth on Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/tempdb-configure?view=azuresql |
| Configure time zone behavior for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/timezones-overview?view=azuresql |
| Handle T-SQL differences between SQL Server and SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server?view=azuresql |
| Configure update policy for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy?view=azuresql |
| Restart Azure SQL Managed Instance using manual failover | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/user-initiated-failover?view=azuresql |

### Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Connect to Azure SQL from .NET on all OSes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-dotnet-core?view=azuresql |
| Use Visual Studio .NET to query Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-dotnet-visual-studio?view=azuresql |
| Connect to Azure SQL using Go and go-mssqldb | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-go?view=azuresql |
| Connect Java applications to Azure SQL with JDBC | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-java?view=azuresql |
| Use Node.js to connect and query Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-nodejs?view=azuresql |
| Use PHP to connect and query Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-php?view=azuresql |
| Connect and query Azure SQL using Python | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-python?view=azuresql |
| Use Ruby to connect and query Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connect-query-ruby?view=azuresql |
| Configure and use Spark connector with Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/spark-connector?view=azuresql |
| Create Azure SQL XEvent sessions with event_file | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/xevent-code-event-file?view=azuresql |
| Import CSV data into Azure SQL using bcp | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/load-from-csv-with-bcp?view=azuresql |
| Manage SQL Managed Instance at scale with Azure Automation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/automation-manage?view=azuresql |
| Connect applications to Azure SQL Managed Instance in various networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/connect-application-instance?view=azuresql |
| Use Distributed Transaction Coordinator with SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/distributed-transaction-coordinator-dtc?view=azuresql |
| Use in-memory OLTP and columnstore samples on SQL MI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/in-memory-oltp-sample?view=azuresql |
| Automate jobs with SQL Server Agent on SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/job-automation-managed-instance?view=azuresql |
| Configure Managed Instance link using T-SQL and Azure scripts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-configure-how-to-scripts?view=azuresql |
| Fail over databases using Managed Instance link between SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-failover-how-to?view=azuresql |
| Restore Azure SQL Managed Instance backups to SQL Server 2022 or 2025 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/restore-database-to-sql-server?view=azuresql |
| Run traces on SQL Managed Instance using Windows auth | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/winauth-azuread-run-trace-managed-instance?view=azuresql |

### Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Export Azure SQL databases to BACPAC files | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-export?view=azuresql |
| Import BACPAC files to create Azure SQL databases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/database-import?view=azuresql |
| Check Azure SQL Database feature availability by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/region-availability?view=azuresql |
| Scale Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/scale-resources?view=azuresql |
| Deploy Azure SQL Managed Instance using Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/create-bicep-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Deploy Azure SQL Managed Instance via ARM template | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/create-template-quickstart?view=azuresql |
| Provision Azure SQL Managed Instance with Terraform | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/instance-create-terraform?view=azuresql |
| Stop and start Azure SQL Managed Instance to control costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/instance-stop-start-how-to?view=azuresql |
| Configure disaster recovery to Azure SQL Managed Instance using Managed Instance link | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/managed-instance-link-disaster-recovery?view=azuresql |
| Cancel Azure SQL Managed Instance management operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/management-operations-cancel?view=azuresql |
| Understand duration of management operations in SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/management-operations-duration?view=azuresql |
| Move Azure SQL Managed Instance to another region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/move-resources-across-regions?view=azuresql |
| Check Azure SQL Managed Instance feature availability by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/region-availability?view=azuresql |
| Configure transactional replication between SQL Managed Instances | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/replication-between-two-instances-configure-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Set up replication between SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/replication-two-instances-and-sql-server-configure-tutorial?view=azuresql |
| Create a virtual network for Azure SQL Managed Instance deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/virtual-network-subnet-create-arm-template?view=azuresql |
| Configure existing virtual networks for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/vnet-existing-add-subnet?view=azuresql |
| Move Azure SQL Managed Instance to another subnet with minimal downtime | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/vnet-subnet-move-instance?view=azuresql |