Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution
Existing customers can carry on for now, but Microsoft offers no like-for-like successor
Microsoft has concluded the final phase of shutting down Azure SQL Data Sync, preventing new users from adopting the service as of September 9, 2024. This restriction precedes the service's complete shutdown on September 30, 2027. Existing users can continue to create, modify, and manage sync groups and member databases. Azure SQL Data Sync operates using a hub-and-spoke model, with an Azure SQL database as the hub and other databases joining its synchronization group.
These members can be Azure SQL databases or on-premises SQL Server databases, requiring a sync agent. The service supports scenarios such as hybrid environments and geographically distributed applications. Microsoft acknowledges that customers will need to find replacements, offering a list of alternatives like Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, read replicas, linked servers, database mirroring, availability groups, and transactional replication.
However, Microsoft emphasized that there is no single replacement that fits every SQL Data Sync configuration. Existing users have approximately a year to migrate before the final cutoff date.
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