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AZ500785 - Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2025

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Azure update ID

500785

View in Azure Updates

Published

Aug 28, 2025

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • August 2025
    General Availability

Product

Azure SQL Database

Tag

Features

Category

Databases
Hybrid + multicloud

Description

In late August 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL and SQL Server:  

  • Easily spin up local SQL Server containers. Now generally available, the local SQL Server container enables container creation in the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code—no Docker commands needed. Learn more. 

  • Design tables more easily with Schema Designer, now generally available—a powerful new way to visually create and modify database schemas without writing T-SQL. Learn more. 

  • Streamline database development using Schema Compare to effortlessly compare database schemas, pinpoint differences, and apply updates seamlessly between databases or files. Learn more.  

  • SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is now generally available in the US Government Virginia region. Learn more.

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