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 entered the final phase of retiring Azure SQL Data Sync, blocking new deployments in subscriptions that have never used the service.

The restriction took effect on September 9, ahead of the service's shutdown on September 30, 2027.

Subscriptions that already use the service can continue creating, modifying, and managing sync groups and member databases until retirement. Other subscriptions can no longer adopt it.

The service uses a hub-and-spoke model, with an Azure SQL database serving as the hub and other databases joining its synchronization group. Members can be other Azure SQL databases or on-premises SQL Server databases, which require a sync agent. A conflict resolution policy determines whether the hub or member database takes precedence when changes clash.

SQL Data Sync supports scenarios including hybrid environments, in which applications and databases are split between...

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