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What you'll love about SQL Server 2019

Pay-as-you-go now available for SQL Server 2019

SQL Server, enabled by Azure Arc, extends Azure services on-premises, and manages your SQL Server estate from the Azure portal for a more unified and streamlined management experience. Monitor the health of your SQL Servers with SQL assessment—available at no additional cost—and bring enhanced security capabilities through Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Use cloud-native features including a new pay-as-you-go model and pay for only what you use.

Get to know Azure SQL, the family of SQL cloud databases​

Benefit from a consistent, unified experience across your entire SQL portfolio and a full range of deployment options from edge to cloud. The Azure SQL family of SQL cloud databases provides flexible options for app migration, modernization and development.​

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See how companies are using SQL Server 2019 to realize their potential

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“As early adopters of SQL Server 2019, we are really pleased with the performance and results we achieved from using the new SQL Server features. The intelligent query processing feature has increased the speed and processing power of our business.”

Edilson Andrade de Albuquerque, Manager of Database Team, Itaú-Unibanco

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"Our customers trust us to protect not only their property but also their private information. With the Secure Enclaves enhancement of Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019, we can now enforce highly restricted, client-application-based access to our customers’ most sensitive data without inhibiting our real-world data handling and analysis requirements.”

Victoria Silversmith, Technical Design Authority – Data, Hiscox

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"We consolidated several businesses under a single ERP platform—this time with SQL Server 2019. Despite a 400 percent increase in processed documents over the past five years, we’re on top of that growth. We get a lot from SQL Server—reliability, scalability, integration, and agility."

Ilya Tambovtsev, CIO Senior IT Operation Eastern Europe Director, Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group

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