SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available

Some of the world’s most critical databases run in places where cloud connectivity cannot be assumed. A remote industrial site, for example, may need production systems to continue operating when external connectivity is unavailable. A regulated organization may need sensitive data and processing to remain within sovereign boundaries.

Today, SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available for connected and disconnected operations. With this release, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement. They can bring AI closer to their data with Foundry Local on Azure Local, currently in preview, and use eligible existing SQL Server licensing investments.

Explore SQL Server on Azure Local
Run SQL Server where your data needs to stay
SQL Server has a long history of supporting mission-critical workloads on customer infrastructure. Azure Local builds on that flexibility by bringing Azure infrastructure to customer-owned environments, giving organizations a consistent platform for running SQL Server across datacenters and edge locations.

Customers can choose the deployment model that fits each environment:

Connected environments: Run SQL Server locally on Azure Local, while using Azure Arc to manage SQL Server resources through Azure.
Azure Local Disconnected Operations (ALDO): Run SQL Server in environments where external connectivity is restricted, intermittent, or unavailable, with operations continuing locally.
This means organizations can choose the deployment approach that fits the requirements of individual environments rather than making the same connectivity decision across their entire data estate.

SQL Server on Azure Local – connected and disconnected operations.
Bring AI closer to your data
Modernizing infrastructure is only part of the opportunity. Organizations also want to bring generative AI to existing enterprise data, including information that cannot leave their environment.