SQL Managed Instance is designed for customers looking to migrate a large number of apps from an on-premises or IaaS, self-built, or ISV provided environment to a fully managed PaaS cloud environment, with as low a migration effort as possible. Using the fully automated\u00a0Azure Data Migration Service<\/a>, or the\u00a0Managed Instance link<\/a>, customers can lift and shift their existing SQL Server database or SQL Server instance to Azure SQL Managed Instance, which offers compatibility with SQL Server and complete isolation of customer instances with native VNet support.<\/p>\n If you’re new to Azure SQL Managed Instance, check out the\u00a0Azure SQL Managed Instance<\/em>\u00a0video<\/a> from our in-depth\u00a0Azure SQL video series.<\/a><\/p>\n External REST Endpoint Invocation<\/a> makes it possible for developers to call REST\/GraphQL endpoints from other Azure Services<\/a> from right in the Azure SQL Database. With a quick call to the system stored procedure sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint<\/strong>, you can have data processed via an Azure Function, update a PowerBI dashboard, or even talk to Cognitive Services. In fact, in the most recent update, we enabled access to OpenAI, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure Queue Services and Azure Table Services. This feature also supports header and managed identity authentication, so you can get rid of passing pesky passwords.<\/p>\n Use cases for this feature are many and here are a few to get your creative spark going:<\/p>\n Activate workflows<\/strong><\/p>\n Azure OpenAI Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n Data enrichment <\/strong><\/p>\n Cache invalidation \/ update<\/strong><\/p>\n Start complex processing<\/strong><\/p>\n Update websites<\/strong><\/p>\n Integrate with event-based architectures<\/strong><\/p>\n Create a data stream <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are currently accepting customers and partners who would like to participate in the private preview and try out the External REST Endpoint Invocation in Azure SQL Managed Instance. If interested, please fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Or use this QR Code!<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/video6_960.jpg\")
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