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Guy and Eitan discuss the new Next-gen General Purpose tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance and share customer stories.

In this year's first episode of the new year, Guy and Eitan discuss the new Next-gen General Purpose tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance, which is now GA. They also discuss a few interesting customer stories, how they were resolved, and how they're not actually SQL Server's fault. Relevant links: Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose | Microsoft Community Hub The Bitmap Index query plan operator SQL Server on VMware best practices guide How to Save Money on Your SQL Server Hardware

People in this episode

Hosts: Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin

Topics covered

• Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Next-gen General Purpose tier
• customer stories
• SQL Server
• cloud technology

Keywords

• Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Next-gen
• General Purpose
• customer stories
• SQL Server
• VMware
• Bitmap Index

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, SQL Server, VMware

Products: Azure SQL Managed Instance, Bitmap Index

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