Product announcements
- [Announcement] New patches are no longer provided for ApsaraDB RDS instances that run SQL Server 2016
- [Product changes/Feature changes] The endpoint format of ApsaraDB RDS endpoint is optimized
- [EOS/Discontinuation] ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server will no longer support serverless instances
- [Annoucement] End of support for ApsaraDB RDS instances running SQL Server 2008 R2
- [Product changes/Feature changes] SLA improvement for ApsaraDB RDS instances deployed across multiple zones
- [New features/New specifications] Cross-region disaster recovery for RDS SQL Server is now available
- RDS SQL Server: General Purpose Cloud Disk and I/O Burst renaming
- [New features/New specifications] ApsarDB RDS for SQL Server instances on Basic Edition support SQL Server 2017/2019/2022 EE
- [Special offers/Price changes] Storage fees for the cross-region feature of specific RDS instances are charged starting August 21, 2024
- EOS and end of VPC support for RDS for SQL Server 2008 R2 with Premium Local SSDs
- [Product Change] Retirement of the classic network for ApsaraDB RDS
- [Announcement] New patches are no longer provided for ApsaraDB RDS instances that run SQL Server 2014
- [Announcement] ApsaraDB RDS brand upgrade
- Archive data to OSS for RDS for SQL Server
- I/O performance burst fee waiver for RDS
- [Product changes/Feature changes] The time range for the query results returned by calling the DescribeDBInstancePerformance operation for an RDS instance is temporarily changed in the China (Hong Kong) region
- [Product changes/Feature changes]Service level agreement changes for ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB starting February 1, 2024
- [New Feature] Shared instance types for RDS SQL Server Basic Edition
- [EOS/Discontinuation] ApsaraDB RDS instances running SQL Server 2008 R2 with cloud disks are no longer available for purchase from July 14, 2023
- New entry-level instance types for SQL Server Web edition
- [EOS/Discontinuation] The event history feature is no longer available for an ApsaraDB RDS instance from May 31, 2023
- [Special offers/Price changes] Price reduction for network traffic generated during cross-region backups from May 26, 2023
- [EOS/Discontinuation] The classic network type is no longer supported for new ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instances from April 10, 2023
- [New features/New specifications] Serverless ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instances will end their public preview and be available for commercial use
- [Product/feature change] RDS network upgrade in China (Guangzhou) Availability Zone B on November 24, 2022
- RDS SQL Server 2008 R2 high-performance local disk upgrade subsidy
- [Special offers/Price changes] Fees are charged for the storage of manual backups of ApsaraDB RDS instances from September 14, 2022
- Billing resumes for SQL Insight and SQL Audit
- [Announcement] New patches are no longer provided for ApsaraDB RDS instances that run SQL Server 2012
- Retirement of standard SSDs for select ApsaraDB RDS instances
- [EOS/Discontinuation] Change from a VPC to the classic network for an ApsaraDB RDS instance is unavailable
- [Product changes/Feature changes] Apache Log4j2 JNDI vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has no impacts on ApsaraDB RDS/CVE-2021-45046) has no impacts on ApsaraDB RDS
- [Special offers/Price changes] Commercialization of backup downloads for local disk instances
- Price update for RDS SQL Server backups
- Migrate an ApsaraDB RDS instance to a recommended zone
- End of patch updates for ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server 2008 R2