Merge pull request #31535 from WilliamDAssafMSFT/20240812-spinnaker

20240812 Spinnaker GA

Author: WilliamDAssafMSFT

azure-sql/database-watcher-manage.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ To use database watcher, the following prerequisites are required.
 - You need an active Azure subscription. If you don't have one, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/). You need to be a member of the **Contributor** role or the **Owner** role for the subscription or a resource group to be able to create resources.
 
 - To configure and start a database watcher, you need an existing SQL target: an Azure SQL database, elastic pool, or SQL managed instance.
-    - If you don't already have an Azure SQL database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](database/single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](database/free-offer.md).
+    - If you don't already have an Azure SQL database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](database/single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Try Azure SQL Database for free](database/free-offer.md).
     - Alternatively, [Try Azure SQL Managed Instance for free (preview)](managed-instance/free-offer.md).
 
 - The `Microsoft.DatabaseWatcher`, `Microsoft.Kusto`, and `Microsoft.Network` resource providers must be registered in your Azure subscription.

azure-sql/database/connect-query-portal.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ monikerRange: "=azuresql||=azuresql-db"
 
 In this quickstart, connect to an Azure SQL database in the Azure portal and use query editor to run Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries. The Azure SQL Database query editor (preview) is a tool to run SQL queries against Azure SQL Database in the Azure portal. 
 
-- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, see [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md).
+- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, see [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md).
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ SELECT SYSDATETIMEOFFSET(), DB_NAME(), ORIGINAL_LOGIN();
 
 ### Query the AdventureWorksLT sample database
 
-This portion of quickstart uses the `AdventureWorksLT` sample database in an Azure SQL database. If you don't have one already, you can [create a database using sample data in Azure SQL Database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md).
+This portion of quickstart uses the `AdventureWorksLT` sample database in an Azure SQL database. If you don't have one already, you can [create a database using sample data in Azure SQL Database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md).
 
 On the **Query editor (preview)** page, run the following example queries against your `AdventureWorksLT` sample database.
 

azure-sql/database/design-first-database-azure-data-studio.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To complete this tutorial, make sure you've installed:
 - [Azure Data Studio](/azure-data-studio/download-azure-data-studio) (latest version)
 - [BCP and SQLCMD](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=36433) (latest version).
 - If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
-- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md).
+- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md).
 
 ## Sign in to the Azure portal
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ This query joins all four tables and finds the courses in which 'Noe Coleman' ha
 ## Related content
 
 - [Tutorial: Design a relational database in Azure SQL Database](design-first-database-tutorial.md)
-- [Try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md)
+- [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md)
 - [What's new in Azure SQL Database?](doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md)
 - [Configure and manage content reference - Azure SQL Database](how-to-content-reference-guide.md)
 - [Plan and manage costs for Azure SQL Database](cost-management.md)

azure-sql/database/design-first-database-csharp-tutorial.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service (DBaaS) in the Microsof
 
 - An installation of [Visual Studio 2019](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) or later.
 - If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
-- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md).
+- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md).
 
 ## Sign in to the Azure portal
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SQL Database creates an IP firewall at the server-level. This firewall prevents
 
 ## Related content
 
-- [Try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md)
+- [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md)
 - [What's new in Azure SQL Database?](doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md)
 - [Configure and manage content reference - Azure SQL Database](how-to-content-reference-guide.md)
 - [Plan and manage costs for Azure SQL Database](cost-management.md)

azure-sql/database/design-first-database-tutorial.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service (DBaaS) in the Microsof
     - You can also follow this same tutorial using [Azure Data Studio (ADS)](design-first-database-azure-data-studio.md).
 - [BCP and SQLCMD](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=36433) (latest version).
 - If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
-- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md).
+- If you don't already have an Azure SQL Database created, visit [Quickstart: Create a single database](single-database-create-quickstart.md). Look for the option to use your offer to [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md).
 
 ## Sign in to the Azure portal
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Use [SQL Server Management Studio](/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-ssms)
    | **Login** | The server admin account | If using SQL Server Authentication, the account that you specified when you created the server. |
    | **Password** | The password for your server admin account | If using SQL Server Authentication, the password that you specified when you created the server. |
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media\design-first-database-tutorial\connect.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the connect to an Azure SQL Database logical server server dialog box in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).":::
+   :::image type="content" source="media\design-first-database-tutorial\connect.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Connect to Server dialog box in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).":::
 
 1. Select **Options** in the **Connect to server** dialog box. In the **Connect to database** section, enter *yourDatabase* to connect to this database.
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ This query joins all four tables and finds the courses in which 'Noe Coleman' ha
 ## Related content
 
 - [Tutorial: Design a relational database in Azure SQL Database using Azure Data Studio (ADS)](design-first-database-azure-data-studio.md)
-- [Try Azure SQL Database for free (preview)](free-offer.md)
+- [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md)
 - [What's new in Azure SQL Database?](doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md)
 - [Configure and manage content reference - Azure SQL Database](how-to-content-reference-guide.md)
 - [Plan and manage costs for Azure SQL Database](cost-management.md)

azure-sql/database/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new-archive.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Return to [What's new in Azure SQL Database?](doc-changes-updates-release-notes-
 | **Hyperscale short-term and long-term retention GA** | September |  [Long-term retention](long-term-retention-overview.md) and [short-term retention](hyperscale-automated-backups-overview.md#data-and-backup-storage-redundancy) are now both generally available for Hyperscale databases. For more information, read about [the GA of long-term retention (LTR) for Hyperscale](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-sql-database-hyperscale-long/ba-p/3930616) and [the GA of short-term retention for Hyperscale](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-sql-database-hyperscale-short/ba-p/3930640). |
 | **Microsoft Entra ID rebrand**| September |  Azure Active Directory has been rebranded to [Microsoft Entra ID](/entra/fundamentals/new-name). | 
 | **Optimized locking additional diagnostic information** | September |  Additional wait types, wait and lock resources, and deadlock graph elements are available for [Optimized locking](/sql/relational-databases/performance/optimized-locking). |
-| **Try Azure SQL Database for free preview** | September |  [Try Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your subscription. This free offer provides a General Purpose database with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute every month. This offer is currently in preview. |
+| **Try Azure SQL Database for free preview** | September |  [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your subscription. This free offer provides a General Purpose database with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute every month. This offer is currently in preview. |
 | **External REST Endpoint Invocation GA** | August | [External REST Endpoint Invocation](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/external-rest-endpoint-invocation-is-now-ga/ba-p/3909108) using [sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint](/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-invoke-external-rest-endpoint-transact-sql?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true) makes it possible for developers to call REST/GraphQL endpoints from other Azure Services from right in the Azure SQL Database. |
 | **XML compression GA** | August | [XML compression](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/general-availability-of-xml-compression-for-azure-sql-database/ba-p/3888861) for Azure SQL Database is now generally available. You can use [ALTER INDEX](/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-index-transact-sql?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true#xml_compression) to apply XML compression to existing [XML indexes](/sql/relational-databases/xml/xml-indexes-sql-server?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true). |
 | **TDS 8.0 GA** | August | Azure SQL Database now supports [TDS 8.0](/sql/relational-databases/security/networking/tds-8?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true) for strict encryption of data in transit. |

azure-sql/database/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Learn about the new features and documentation improvements for Azu
 author: WilliamDAssafMSFT
 ms.author: wiassaf
 ms.reviewer: mathoma, randolphwest
-ms.date: 01/28/2025
+ms.date: 02/02/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql-database
 ms.subservice: service-overview
 ms.topic: whats-new
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ monikerRange: "=azuresql || =azuresql-db"
 This article summarizes the documentation changes associated with new features and improvements in the recent releases of [Azure SQL Database](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-sql/database/). For more information about Azure SQL Database, see [What is Azure SQL Database?](sql-database-paas-overview.md)
 
 > [!TIP]
-> For more announcements, discussion, and community content, see the [Azure SQL Database blog](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/bg-p/AzureSQLBlog).
+> [Deploy Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your Azure subscription. This free offer provides up to ten free General Purpose databases, each with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute, every month.
 
-[!INCLUDE [entra-id](../includes/entra-id.md)]
+For more announcements, discussion, and community content, see the [Azure SQL Database blog](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/bg-p/AzureSQLBlog).
 
 ## Preview
 
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ The following table lists the features of Azure SQL Database that are currently
 | **Degrees of Parallelism (DOP) feedback** | [DOP Feedback](/sql/relational-databases/performance/intelligent-query-processing-degree-parallelism-feedback) is currently available as a limited preview. For more information and how to apply for the preview, see [Announcing Degree of Parallelism Feedback Limited Preview](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-degree-of-parallelism-feedback-limited-preview/ba-p/3806924). |
 | **Elastic queries** | The [elastic queries](elastic-query-overview.md) feature allows for cross-database queries in Azure SQL Database. |
 | **Elastic transactions** | [Elastic transactions](elastic-transactions-overview.md) allow you to execute transactions distributed among cloud databases in Azure SQL Database. |
-| **Free Azure SQL Database** | [Try Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your subscription. This free offer provides a General Purpose database with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute every month. |
 | **Fixed server roles** | To simplify permission management, Azure SQL Database provides a set of [fixed server-level roles](security-server-roles.md) to help you manage the permissions on a logical server. | 
-| **Hyperscale increased log generation rate** | The transaction log generation rate in Azure SQL Database Hyperscale single databases is set to increase from 100 MiB/s to 150 MiB/s. The increased log generation rate is available as an opt-in preview feature. For more information and to opt-in to 150 MiB/s, see [Blog: November 2024 Hyperscale enhancements](https://aka.ms/AAslnql).|
-| **Hyperscale continuous priming** | [Continuous priming](service-tier-hyperscale.md#buffer-pool-resilient-buffer-pool-extension-and-continuous-priming) is an innovative new feature designed to optimize Hyperscale performance during failovers by priming high availability secondary compute replicas. Continuous priming is currently in a gated preview. For more information and to opt-in to continuous priming, see [Blog: November 2024 Hyperscale enhancements](https://aka.ms/AAslnql).|
+| **Hyperscale increased log generation rate** | The transaction log generation rate in Azure SQL Database Hyperscale single databases is set to increase from 100 MiB/s to 150 MiB/s. The increased log generation rate is available as an opt-in preview feature. For more information and to opt in to 150 MiB/s, see [Blog: November 2024 Hyperscale enhancements](https://aka.ms/AAslnql).|
+| **Hyperscale continuous priming** | [Continuous priming](service-tier-hyperscale.md#buffer-pool-resilient-buffer-pool-extension-and-continuous-priming) is an innovative new feature designed to optimize Hyperscale performance during failovers by priming high availability secondary compute replicas. Continuous priming is currently in a gated preview. For more information and to opt in to continuous priming, see [Blog: November 2024 Hyperscale enhancements](https://aka.ms/AAslnql).|
 | **Import and export using Private Link** | You can [import or export an Azure SQL Database using private link](database-import-export-private-link.md). Leave *Allow Access to Azure Services* off when you import or export a database using a service-managed endpoint. |
 | **JSON native data type** | The new [**json** data type and JSON aggregate functions](/sql/t-sql/data-types/json-data-type?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true) provide new capabilities for handling semistructured data in Azure SQL Database. For more information, see [JSON Type and aggregates preview](https://aka.ms/json-type-aggregates-public-preview). |
 | **JSON aggregate functions** | Two new [**json** aggregate functions `JSON_OBJECTAGG` and `JSON_ARRAYAGG`](/sql/relational-databases/json/json-data-sql-server?view=azuresqldb-current&preserve-view=true#json-data-from-aggregates) enable construction of JSON objects or arrays based on an aggregate from SQL data. For more information, see [JSON Type and aggregates preview](https://aka.ms/json-type-aggregates-public-preview). |
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ The following table lists features of Azure SQL Database that have been made gen
 
 | Feature | GA Month | Details |
 | --- | --- | --- |
+| **Free Azure SQL Database** | January 2025 | Use [Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your subscription. This free offer provides up to ten free General Purpose databases, each with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute, every month. For more information, see [Blog: General availability of Azure SQL Database free offer](aka.ms/azuresqlfreedb).|
 | **Hyperscale support for database and file shrink**  | January 2025 | [Database and file shrink commands](file-space-manage.md) are now generally available for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. For more information, see the [Shrink in Hyperscale Generally Available blog post](https://aka.ms/hs-shrink-ga).|
 | **Fabric mirrored databases** | November 2024 | With [Fabric Mirroring](/fabric/database/mirrored-database/overview), you can [mirror databases in Azure SQL Database to Microsoft Fabric](/fabric/database/mirrored-database/overview). You can continuously replicate your existing data estate directly into Fabric's OneLake, including data from Azure SQL Database.|
 | **Microsoft Entra nonunique name support** | November 2024 | The [CREATE USER](/sql/t-sql/statements/create-user-transact-sql) Transact-SQL (T-SQL) syntax has been extended to include `WITH OBJECT_ID` to [support creating Microsoft Entra logins and users in Azure SQL Database](authentication-microsoft-entra-create-users-with-nonunique-names.md) that have nonunique names. |
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Learn about significant changes to the Azure SQL Database documentation. For pre
 
 | Changes | Details |
 | --- | --- |
+| **Free Azure SQL Database** | Use [Azure SQL Database for free](free-offer.md), for the life of your subscription. This free offer, provides up to 10 free General Purpose databases, each with 100,000 vCore seconds of compute, every month. For more information, see [Blog: General availability of Azure SQL Database free offer](aka.ms/azuresqlfreedb).|
 | **Hyperscale support for database and file shrink** | [Database and file shrink commands](file-space-manage.md)  are now generally available for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. For more information, see the [Shrink in Hyperscale Generally Available blog post](https://aka.ms/hs-shrink-ga).|
 | **SQL Insights retired** | [SQL Insights has been retired](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?id=sql-insights-retirement) and is no longer available. Use [database watcher](../database-watcher-overview.md) or another monitoring solution to monitor Azure SQL Database. |