Azure SQL MI Unleashed: Inside the Next‑Gen GP & What’s Coming Next

Regular 50 minute session for SQLBits 2026Thursday - 23 Apr 2026 - 09:00 - 09:50 Room 2B

TL; DR

If you plan to migrate and modernize your SQL workloads in the cloud, Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) is your best choice - now reimagined for speed, scale, and flexibility. In this session we will deep‑dive into the Next‑Gen SQL MI GP architecture and how it delivers faster performance, greater scalability and smarter resource tuning, making it a great choice for your key database workloads.

Session Details

If you plan to migrate and modernize your SQL workloads in the cloud, Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) is your best choice - now reimagined for speed, scale, and flexibility.
In this session we will deep‑dive into the Next‑Gen SQL MI GP architecture and how it delivers faster performance, greater scalability and smarter resource tuning, making it a great choice for your key database workloads.

3 things you'll get out of this session

• Deep-dive into Next-Gen SQL MI GP architecture for speed and scale

• Understand how it delivers faster performance and greater scalability

• Leverage smarter resource tuning for your key database workloads

Uros Milanovic's other proposed sessions for 2026

HA/DR in Action: Application Resiliency with SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL - 2026

Hyperscale - the SQL Database for All Workloads - 2026

Performance monitoring for SQL, from ground to cloud - 2026

SQL Performance Supercharged: Strategies for Azure SQL Performance and Cost Optimization - Part 1 - 2026

Choose the Right Azure Virtual Machines to Improve SQL Query Throughput - 2026

SQL Performance Supercharged: Strategies for Azure SQL Performance and Cost Optimization - Part 2 - 2026

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