| 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 | 03/18/2026 | |
| 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
- Japan West
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
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 supported in the following regions:
- Brazil South
- Canada Central
- Central US
- Chile Central
- East US
- East US 2
- Mexico Central
- North Central US
- South Central US
- West US 2
- West US 3
- Australia East
- Australia Southeast
- East Asia
- India Central
- Indonesia Central
- Japan East
- Japan West
- Korea Central
- Malaysia West
- New Zealand North
- Southeast Asia
- Austria East
- Belgium Central
- France Central
- Germany West Central
- Israel Central
- Italy North
- North Europe
- Norway East
- Poland Central
- Qatar Central
- South Africa North
- Spain Central
- Sweden Central
- Switzerland North
- UAE North
- UK South
- West Europe
Note
Zone redundant deployments to create a new instance or modify an existing instance in a supported region might be temporarily disabled due to limited hardware capacity. Consider using an alternative hardware generation or an alternative Azure region which satisfies your data residency requirements.
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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