European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference が本日から開催されていますが、開催前後で発表された Azure SQL と Microsoft Fabric のアップデート / アナウンスのリンクをまとめておこうかと。
Azure SQL
What’s New
- What’s new across Microsoft SQL at SQLCon/FabCon Europe 2026
- SQLCon Barcelona 2026: Advancing SQL with greater control, scale, and intelligence
ローカルタイムゾーンサポート
- Announcing the Public Preview of Local Time Zone Support in Azure SQL Database
- Announcing the public preview of Local Time Zone Support in Azure SQL Database
Tool
- SQLAlchemy 2.1 brings built-in support for mssql-python
- MSSQL Extension for VS Code: New Getting Started Page, Agent skills, SQL Formatter, and more
- How to build an app on Azure SQL with an AI coding agent
- The same connection string keywords now work across our SQL drivers
Performance Monitoring / Database Hub in Fabric
- Public Preview: Performance monitoring for Azure SQL
- Database Hub in Fabric: Now in Public Preview -Turn Database Signals into Guided Action
- Add a Microsoft SQL database to the Database Hub (preview)
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Monitor a Microsoft SQL database in the Database Hub (preview)
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Serverless
AI
Azure SQL Managed Instance
- More performance and flexibility for Azure SQL Managed Instance Business Critical
- MI link support for multiple databases in an Always On availability group for SQL Server (Preview)
SQL Server on Azure VM
SQL Server on Azure Local
- Strengthen SQL Server security on Azure Local with Trusted Launch
- SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
Migration
- Migrate to Azure SQL Database, including Hyperscale, straight from Azure Arc (public preview)
- SQL Server Migration, Reimagined with AI-Powered Skills
- Know Before You Migrate: Bringing Readiness, Sizing, and Pricing Together in SSMS
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Database
GA
- Generally Available: Vector search and vector indexes in Azure SQL
- Generally Available: Database DevOps in SSMS powered by SQL projects
- Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2026
Preview
- Public Preview: Microsoft SQL Agent Skills
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Dev Hub
- Public Preview: Migrate directly from Azure Arc to Azure SQL Database, including Hyperscale
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Serverless auto-pause and auto-resume
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2026
- Public Preview: SQL Performance Monitoring for Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Migration
Azure Local
- Generally Available: SQL Server support on Azure Local connected mode
- Generally Available: SQL Server on Azure Local Disconnected (ALDO)
- SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
- Public preview: Script-based deployment for SQL Server on Linux Azure VM
- Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Arc
- Public Preview: Performance monitoring for Azure Arc–enabled SQL Server
- Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server Available in Italy North
- Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server in Germany West Central
Microsoft Fabric
What’s New
- Fabric September 2026 Feature Summary
- FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents
- Connecting apps, databases, and AI on one foundation: new innovations at SQLCon and FabCon EU 2026
- Bringing governed analytics into the flow of work: Fabric Analytics at FabCon Europe 2026
- Trusted AI starts with Microsoft Fabric, Real-Time Intelligence, and IQ
- FabCon/SQLCon Barcelona 2026: What’s new in Fabric Data Factory
- FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026: What’s new in Microsoft OneLake and its rapidly growing ecosystem
- Modernize your Azure Data Estate with Microsoft Fabric: A guided path from Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse
- From prompt to production: What’s new in Fabric Apps
- Build, deploy, and govern Microsoft Fabric at scale
- Planning in Microsoft Fabric: From insight to action