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Cloud SQL for SQL Server features

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This page describes the major features and capabilities of Cloud SQL for SQL Server. Cloud SQL is also available for

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• Fully managed SQL Server databases in the cloud.
• Custom machine types with up to 624 GB of RAM and 96 CPUs.
• Up to 64 TB of storage available, with the ability to automatically increase storage size as needed.
• Create and manage instances in the Google Cloud console.
• Instances available in the Americas, Europe, Asia or Australia. See all locations where you can create Cloud SQL instances.
• Customer data encrypted on Google's internal networks and in database tables, temporary files, and backups.
• Column- and cell-level encryption for user databases.
• Support for secure external connections with the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy or with the SSL/TLS protocol.
• Import databases using BAK and SQL files.
• Export databases using BAK files.
• Automated backups, on-demand backups, and point-in-time recovery.
• Instance cloning.
• Integration with Stackdriver logging and monitoring.
• SQL Server Agent enabled to facilitate replication and other jobs.
• Data replication between multiple regions.
• Set a default collation for databases, when creating an instance.
• High availability through a regional persistent disk.
• Integration with Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory, including Windows Authentication.
• Change Data Capture (CDC).
• Intelligent query processing.
• Accelerated database recovery.
• Enhanced data classification.
• UTF-8 character encoding support.
• Enhanced monitoring.
• Dynamic Data Masking (DDM).
• Linked Servers.
• SQL Server Audit.
• SQL Server Publisher.
• SQL Server Subscriber.
• SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) that runs on a separate host and connects to Cloud SQL.
• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) that runs on a separate host and connects to Cloud SQL.
• The bulk copy program (bcp) utility. To learn more about downloading and installing the bcp utility, see the Microsoft documentation.
• BACPAC file imports and exports by using SqlPackage. To learn more about downloading and installing SqlPackage, see the Microsoft documentation.
• Bulk insert for importing data. This feature is supported only on SQL Server 2022. You can use a stored procedure for performing bulk insert. For more information, see Use bulk insert for importing data.
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). For information, see About TDE.
• Always Encrypted without secure enclaves.
• Extended Events (XEvents).
• Custom time zone support at instance creation and post instance creation.
• Temporal tables. For more information, see Temporal tables.

The following features are unavailable in Cloud SQL and Google Cloud doesn't support them:

• SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• SP_Configure settings. For more information about this feature, see Configure database flags.
• Stretch database
• Backing up to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
• Buffer pool extension
• The OPENROWSET feature
• Data Quality Services
• Database Log Shipping
• Database Mail
• Distribution Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC)
• File tables
• FILESTREAM support
• Installing a server that requires a full server installation with specific authentication mechanisms such as Azure DevOps Server.
• Maintenance Plans
• Performance Data Collector
• Policy-Based Management
• PolyBase
• Machine Learning and R Services
• Resource Governor
• Server-level triggers
• Service Broker endpoints
• T-SQL endpoints (all operations using CREATE ENDPOINT are unavailable)
• WCF Data Services
• The sysadmin role and system stored procedures that require it
• Hybrid buffer pool
• Memory-optimized tempdb metadata
• In-memory OLTP support for database snapshots
• Registering external languages
• Row-level security
• Object storage backup and restore
• Persistent Memory (PMEM)
• Real-time operational analytics
• Integrated acceleration and offloading
• Hybrid buffer pool with direct write
• Multi-write replication
• Link to Azure SQL Managed instance
• Contained availability group
• Always Encrypted with secure enclaves
• Azure Active Directory authentication
• Support for PFX certificates and other cryptographic improvements
• MS-TDS 8.0 protocol and TLS 1.3

• ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS
• ALTER ANY CREDENTIAL
• ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION
• ALTER ANY EVENT SESSION
• ALTER RESOURCES
• ALTER SETTINGS
• AUTHENTICATE SERVER
• CONTROL_SERVER
• CREATE DDL EVENT NOTIFICATION
• CREATE ENDPOINT
• CREATE TRACE EVENT NOTIFICATION
• EXTERNAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY
• RESTORE
• SHUTDOWN
• CLR ASSEMBLIES

Cloud SQL supports the Transact-SQL syntax.

You can use Cloud SQL with App Engine applications running in the flexible environment that are written in:

• C#
• Go
• Java
• Node.js
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby

You can connect to a Cloud SQL instance from:

• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
  • A client. Learn more.
• The sqlcmd utility.

Connecting to Cloud SQL with Private Google access isn't supported.

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Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.

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