| title | Feature Availability by Region | |
|---|---|---|
| description | Learn about feature availability by region for Azure SQL Managed Instance. | |
| author | MashaMSFT | |
| ms.author | mathoma | |
| ms.reviewer | ||
| ms.date | 05/05/2025 | |
| ms.service | azure-sql-managed-instance | |
| ms.topic | concept-article | |
| ms.custom |
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This article is a centralized list of the availability of various Azure SQL Managed Instance features in Azure regions.
- To view regional availability of Azure SQL Managed Instance, see Azure global infrastructure products by region.
- To move Azure SQL Managed Instance to another region, see Move resources to new region.
Tip
For a visualization of Azure regions, see Azure global infrastructure.
Azure SQL Managed Instance hardware is available in all regions, except where indicated. For more information, see vCore purchasing model.
Standard-series (Gen5) hardware is available in all public regions worldwide where Azure SQL Managed Instance is available.
Regional supports for memory optimized premium-series hardware and for premium-series hardware with 16-TB storage
Supports for the memory-optimized premium-series hardware and the premium-series hardware with 16-TB storage are currently available in these specific regions only:
- Brazil South
- Canada Central
- Canada East
- Central US
- East US
- East US 2
- North Central US
- South Central US
- West Central US
- West US
- West US 2
- East Asia1
- Southeast Asia
- Australia East
- Australia Southeast
- China North 3
- India Central
- Japan East
1 The creation of new instances and modification of existing instances may be temporarily disabled due to limited hardware capacity in this region. To proceed with these actions, please select a different hardware generation.
- North Europe
- West Europe
- France Central
- Germany West Central
- Italy North
- Poland Central
- Qatar Central
- Sweden Central
- Switzerland North
- UK South
The free offer is available in the following regions:
- East US
- East US 2
- South Central US
- West US 2
- West US 3
- Southeast Asia
- Australia East
- North Europe
- West Europe
- Sweden Central
- UK South
Service endpoint policy is available in ALL Azure regions where SQL Managed Instance is available, with the following exceptions:
- China East 2
- China North 2
- US Gov Arizona
- US Gov Texas
- US Gov Virginia
Choosing a maintenance window for Azure SQL Managed Instance other than the default is available in all regions.
Zone redundancy is available in the following regions:
- Brazil South
- Canada Central
- Mexico Central
- Spain Central
- East US
- East US 2
- Central US
- West US 2
- West US 3
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Australia East
- Central India
- Korea Central
- Japan East
- Japan West
- North Europe
- West Europe
- France Central
- Germany West Central
- Italy North
- Israel Central
- New Zealand North
- Norway East
- Poland Central
- Qatar Central
- South Africa North
- Switzerland North
- Sweden Central
- UAE North
- UK South
Database watcher is a managed monitoring solution for Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database. It is available in the following regions:
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