index.yml

### YamlMime:Landing

title: Azure SQL Managed Instance documentation
summary: Find documentation about Azure SQL Managed Instance, a managed instance in Azure based on the latest stable version of Microsoft SQL Server. 

metadata:
  title: Azure SQL Managed Instance documentation
  description: Find documentation about Azure SQL Managed Instance, a managed instance in Azure based on the latest stable version of Microsoft SQL Server.
  services: sql-database
  ms.service: azure-sql-managed-instance
  ms.subservice: service-overview
  ms.topic: landing-page
  author: MashaMSFT
  ms.author: mathoma
  ms.reviewer: mathoma
  ms.date: 07/30/2023

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb

  # Card 
  - title: Azure SQL Managed Instance 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is Azure SQL Managed Instance?
            url: sql-managed-instance-paas-overview.md    
      - linkListType: whats-new
        links:
          - text: What's new? 
            url: doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create SQL Managed Instance
            url: instance-create-quickstart.md
          - text: Restore a backup
            url: restore-sample-database-quickstart.md          
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: Azure SQL Managed Instance overview
            url: /shows/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners/Azure-SQL-Managed-Instance-Overview-6-of-61
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: vCore purchasing model
            url: service-tiers-managed-instance-vcore.md
          - text: T-SQL differences with SQL Server
            url: transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server.md
          - text: Connectivity architecture
            url:  connectivity-architecture-overview.md
          - text: Frequently asked questions
            url: frequently-asked-questions-faq.yml

  # Card 
  - title: Management
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
        - text: Migrate from SQL Server
          url: ../migration-guides/managed-instance/sql-server-to-managed-instance-guide.md
        - text: Management operations
          url:  management-operations-overview.md
        - text: Start and stop instance 
          url:  instance-stop-start-how-to.md
        - text: Managed Instance link
          url: managed-instance-link-feature-overview.md 
        - text: Copy or move a database
          url:  database-copy-move-how-to.md
        - text: Transactional replication
          url:  replication-transactional-overview.md
        - text: Connect apps to Azure SQL Managed Instance 
          url: ../database/develop-overview.md#client-connections


  # Card 
  - title: Learn Azure SQL 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: learn
        links:
        - text: Azure SQL for beginners
          url: /shows/azure-sql-for-beginners/
        - text: Azure SQL fundamentals 
          url: /training/paths/azure-sql-fundamentals/
        - text: Azure SQL hands-on labs
          url: https://aka.ms/asqlworkshop
        - text: Azure SQL bootcamp 
          url: /users/marisabrasile/collections/8oq1i8p0z2qygw
        - text: Educational SQL resources
          url: /sql/sql-server/educational-sql-resources

  # Card 
  - title: Business continuity  
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Business continuity 
            url: ../database/business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recover-hadr-overview.md
          - text: High availability
            url: ../database/high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy.md
          - text: Failover groups
            url: failover-group-sql-mi.md 
          - text: Automated backups
            url: automated-backups-overview.md
          - text: Recover with backup 
            url: ../database/recovery-using-backups.md 
          - text: Long-term backup retention  
            url: ../database/long-term-retention-overview.md

  # Card 
  - title: Advanced security
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Security capabilities
            url: ../database/security-overview.md
          - text: Security best practices
            url: ../database/security-best-practice.md
          - text: Logins, user accounts, roles, and permissions
            url: ../database/logins-create-manage.md
          - text: Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)
            url: ../database/authentication-aad-overview.md
          - text: Auditing
            url: auditing-configure.md 
          - text: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
            url: ../database/transparent-data-encryption-tde-overview.md
          - text: Dynamic Data Masking
            url: ../database/dynamic-data-masking-overview.md 
          - text: Public endpoints
            url: public-endpoint-overview.md 
          - text: Private endpoints
            url: private-endpoint-overview.md 

  # Card 
  - title: Reference 
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: deploy
        links:
        - text: Azure CLI samples
          url: ../database/az-cli-script-samples-content-guide.md
        - text: PowerShell samples
          url: ../database/powershell-script-content-guide.md
        - text: Azure Resource Manager template samples 
          url: ../database/arm-templates-content-guide.md
      - linkListType: download
        links:
        - text: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
          url: /sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
        - text: Azure Data Studio 
          url: /azure-data-studio/download-azure-data-studio
        - text: SQL Server Data Tools 
          url: /sql/ssdt/download-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt
        - text: Visual Studio 2019
          url: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
      - linkListType: reference
        links:
          - text: Migration guide
            url: /data-migration/
          - text: Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
            url: /sql/t-sql/language-reference
          - text: Azure CLI
            url: /cli/azure/azure-cli-reference-for-sql#sql-managed-instance-references
          - text: PowerShell
            url: /powershell/module/az.sql
          - text: REST API
            url: /rest/api/sql/  

  # Card 
  - title: Planned maintenance
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Plan for Azure maintenance events
            url: ../database/planned-maintenance.md
          - text: Maintenance window
            url: maintenance-window.md
          - text: Resource health
            url: ../managed-instance/resource-health-to-troubleshoot-connectivity.md?view=azuresql-mi&preserve-view=true

      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Maintenance window
            url: maintenance-window-configure.md
          - text: Maintenance Window Notifications
            url: ../database/advance-notifications.md

  # Card 
  - title: Monitor
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Monitoring Azure SQL Managed Instance data reference
            url: monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor-reference.md
          - text: Monitor Azure SQL workloads with database watcher
            url: ../database-watcher-overview.md
          - text: Monitor Azure SQL Managed Instance with Azure Monitor
            url: monitoring-sql-managed-instance-azure-monitor.md
          - text: Monitoring Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance performance using dynamic management views
            url: monitoring-with-dmvs.md