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
- 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
- Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). For information about encryption on Google Cloud, see About customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) and Default encryption at rest.
- Object storage backup and restore
- In-memory database: persistent memory
- 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