User Reviews of Azure SQL Managed Instance

Updated August 2026

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Azure SQL Managed Instance review

FataiAkinwande
FataiAkinwande
Chief IT Consultant at d3astech
Managed database service has simplified hybrid integration and strengthened...
The only red flag I could point out is you don't have 100% control of your data. You don't have 100% control of that particular server because it is Microsoft that has access to it. For instance, if you are working with a government organization that doesn't want their data to be resided outside the country, it will not work. You cannot use...
Azure SQL Managed Instance review

Timird Timird
Timird Timird
AVP at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Data retention has become cost efficient and secure while long-term insurance...
My advice for others looking into using Azure SQL Managed Instance is that if they have some SaaS applications such as Dataverse or any other SaaS applications like BPM or ServiceNow, wherein their SaaS application-based database has higher costs incurred to it, they should definitely select Azure SQL Managed Instance so that they can save...

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