Database watcher for Azure SQL is retiring: simplify your monitoring with Database Hub
Microsoft published this post on Azure SQL Blog on 27 October 2026.
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Today we're announcing the retirement of database watcher for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. This includes monitoring for databases in elastic pools.
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