In early-October 2024, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL:
Reduce costs by lowering the auto-pause delay for serverless compute in Azure SQL Database. Learn more.
Perform bidirectional failovers between SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance—now generally available using the link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Two-way failover provides an easy and cost-effective hybrid disaster recovery solution and helps you unlock new scenarios, such as creating near real-time disaster recovery outside of Azure. Learn more.