Managed SQL Server (Platform as a Service) provides a relational database service with functional coverage that is practically identical to that of the Database Engine in a traditional SQL Server, while reducing implementation and maintenance costs and, in some cases, offering the benefit of new features typically introduced ahead of on-premises releases. In this session, we will give an overview of the current state of Microsoft’s offerings with Azure SQL Database, in all its variants, with particular focus on Managed Instance, as well as Amazon’s offering with RDS for SQL Server.