Database

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Per Core License Model Flowchart May 1, 2026 SQL Server Edition Packaging May 1, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026

  Product Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Licensing Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Product Reference Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is an Azure-hosted, Microsoft-managed caching service built on Redis software. Redis is...more   Licensing Reference Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is an Azure-hosted, Microsoft-managed caching service built on Redis software.   Licensing Reference Managed Instance for Cassandra Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra is a platform service that runs unmodified open-source Apache...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Warehouse Provides a SQL-based database solution where developers can create and manage traditional relational data warehouses...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Fabric Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra is a PaaS service that uses a native Cassandra...more   Licensing Reference Power BI Report Server A component of SQL Server that enables customers to host and share Power BI reports...more   Product Reference Fabric IQ Fabric IQ is a Fabric workload in preview that adds reusable business context to data...more   Product Reference Power BI Report Server Microsoft’s on-premises report server, hosting paginated reports built on Report Definition Language (RDL) and Power...more   Product Reference SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s longstanding on-premises database...more   Product Reference SQL Server Integration Services SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s longstanding on-premises database...more   Product Reference SQL Server SQL Server is a server-based product that provides database management, integration, reporting, business intelligence (BI),...more   Product Reference Cache for Redis Cache for Redis is being retired in favor of Azure Managed Redis. It’s an in-memory...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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