Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance faster management operations

You can now create and update your Azure SQL Managed Instance with improved speed and precision. The new faster management operations experience enhances elasticity by enabling you to provision any configuration of your instance in under 30 minutes—whether it uses default or custom settings. Update and scaling operations are similarly accelerated, completing in less than 60 minutes compared to the previous four-hour process.

These improvements result from refinements to the underlying virtual cluster processes, such as virtual machine group creation, virtual machine group resizing, and resource allocation, which have been seamlessly incorporated into the Azure platform. This means you can closely align your database setup with your workload requirements—rapidly scaling out during peaks and efficiently scaling back during quieter periods to manage costs and maintain performance. Additionally, Azure SQL Managed Instance now offers enhanced compatibility with CI/CD pipelines and environment scripting through its expedited creation process.

The faster management operations experience is fully integrated across all Azure SQL Managed Instance service tiers and is generally available at no extra charge or configuration effort. 

Note: This functionality does not apply to zone-redundant instances. 

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