Azure SQL—public preview updates for late June 2021

In late June 2021, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: * [Use AAD-only authentication for SQL Database and Managed Instance to disable SQL authentication](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/blogs/blogworkflowpage/blog-id/AzureSQLBlog/article-id/634). * [Use Azure SQL Database Hyperscale with named replicas to massively scale out read workloads and easily implement](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-replicas)[ near-real time analytical solutions](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tier-hyperscale-replicas). * [Create or upgrade your Azure SQL Managed Instance general purpose instances to host up to 16TB of data.](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql/increased-storage-limit-to-16-tb-for-sql-managed-instance/ba-p/2421443) * Azure SQL Database * Compliance * Features * Management