{"id":4913,"date":"2010-09-23T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2010\/09\/23\/new-features-in-sql-azure\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:11","slug":"new-features-in-sql-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2010\/09\/23\/new-features-in-sql-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"New Features in SQL Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">Written by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/zaneadam\/archive\/2010\/08\/24\/new-features-in-sql-azure-august-update.aspx\">Zane Adam<\/a> from the SQL Azure Team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">As part of our continued commitment to provide regular and frequent updates to SQL Azure, I am pleased to announce Service Update 4 (SU4). SU4 is now live with three new updates &#8211; database copy, improved help system, and deployment of our web-based tool Code-Named &#8220;Houston&#8221; to multiple data centers. Here are the details:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><b>Support for database copy:<\/b> Database copy allows you to make a real-time complete snapshot of your database into a different server in the data center. This new copy feature is the first step in backup support for SQL Azure, allowing you to get a complete backup of any SQL Azure database before making schema or database changes to the source database. The ability to snapshot a database easily is our top requested feature for SQL Azure. Note that this feature is in addition to our automated database replication, which keeps your data always available. 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