# Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution

DevFeed: [Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/azure-sql-data-sync-stops-taking-newcomers-before-2027-execution-8541.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/09/10/azure-sql-data-sync-stops-taking-newcomers-before-2027-execution/5295579>)

Author: Richard Speed

Published: 2026-09-10T14:47:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>)

## AI overview

Azure SQL Data Sync will stop accepting new customers before its 2027 retirement. Existing customers can continue for now, with no like-for-like Microsoft successor.

## Source excerpt

Existing customers can carry on for now, but Microsoft offers no like-for-like successor