SQL Modernization Day

Name: SQL Modernization Day
Uploaded: 2026-10-20T15:45:08+00:00
Description: Microsoft Developer presents SQL Modernization Day, a set of sessions from the Microsoft SQL team focused on moving SQL Server workloads to Azure without...

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Microsoft Developer presents SQL Modernization Day, a set of sessions from the Microsoft SQL team focused on moving SQL Server workloads to Azure without rewriting applications, and then preparing those workloads for building AI-ready apps using modern Azure and Fabric SQL options.

Overview

SQL Modernization Day brings together eight sessions covering:

Modernizing SQL Server by moving to Azure without a rewrite
Choosing a landing zone in Azure for SQL workloads, including:
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
- Azure SQL Managed Instance
- SQL Server on Azure VMs
Planning around SQL Server lifecycle, including guidance for teams still on SQL Server 2016 (out of support)
What’s next after migration: building AI-ready apps once workloads are in Azure
SQL in Microsoft Fabric, including SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Preview announcements highlighted

The description calls out two releases in public preview:

SQL modernization agent in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code
Multi-instance migration with Azure Arc