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Managed Instances join the other offerings--of both the Singleton and Elastic Pools variety--for the Azure SQL Database line of products and services. [...]the release of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, the options for Microsoft Azure SQL Database deployments constrained access to any SQL Server instance level settings. Most of the routine administrative tasks typically performed by database administrators are now automatically managed by the automation afforded in the Azure platform: backups are automated and retention is configurable with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, yet customers still can initiate additional backups should the need arise. The reduced overhead of managing hardware, labor costs, power and service contracts, as well as the efficiencies that come into play, may very well exceed the additional costs of multiple Managed Instances over a single server hosted in a company’s data center.