Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Datasheet
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Datasheet
Lift-and-shift to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which combines the rich SQL Server
surface area with the operational and financial benefits of an intelligent, fully managed PaaS service.
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance offers just-right solutions for all your data workloads along
with flexible ways to save.
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance offers the best financial value
AWS RDS
Full surface area, just Always the highest Lift and shift from Data Migration
like on-premises version, while being on-premises with Service migration
SQL Server backward compatible no application code tool enable minimum
change2 down-time, massive
scale migration
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the
PaaS solution for support and performance
SLA at 99.99% for all deployment vs. AWS RDS at 99.95% under multi-
AZ only
1 Save up to 59% off AWS RDS with SQL Enterprise editions with SQL Database Managed Instance with Azure Hybrid Benefit Standard. Price comparison dated 09/10/2018, and subject
to change. Note: On-Demand Prices for a D13 v2 VM. Pricing accessed on December 2017. US East 2. Comparable AWS VM is r3.2xlarge. AWS Prices based on US East (Virginia). Savings
analysis assumes that customer is paying software assurance on SQL Server. Does not include SA for Windows Server as those costs are fairly negligible - $164 per 2-core license for WS
DC, and $23 for Standard (OLP, NL).
2 SSIS is available in PaaS under Azure Data Factory V2; SSAS can be ported to AAS as PaaS; SSRS can stay on Azure VM as IaaS
3 SQL Server 2005 with DB Compatibility Level 80 could be ported into SQL DB MI using Backup and Restore.
4 See QQL Database Compatibility Level FAQ for details on how Azure SQL DB, including MI, is able to decouple from versions of on premises SQL Server and maintain application as-is.