# Using Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance as a source

This section describes how to set up and use a Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance database as the source database in a replication task.

Warning noteWhile it is certainly possible to capture changes from a Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance, due to its *[limitations](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_set_up_amazon_rds_sql_server_for_cdc.htm#Limitati)*, it is recommended to use the newer Microsoft Azure SQL (MS-CDC) endpoint instead.

In this section:

* [Prerequisites](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_prereqs_sql_server.htm)
* [Limitations and considerations](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_limitations_source_SQLServerDB.htm)
* [Required permissions](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_SQLServerDBSource_Security.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1656303)
* [Supported compression methods](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_supported_compression_methods_sql_server.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1656157)
* [Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance source data types](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_SQLServerDB_source_DataTypes.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1656412)
* [Non-supported data types](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_sql_srv_not_sup_data_types.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1659642)
* [Homogeneous replication](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_Homogeneous_Replication.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1659696)
* [Setting general connection properties](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_SQLServerDB_DiaBox_source.htm#ar_sqlserverds_1727505754_1657850)
* [Setting advanced connection properties](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_SQLServer_advanced.htm)
* [Artifacts created by Replicate in the database](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Microsoft%20Azure%20SQL%20Managed%20Instance/msmazuremi_remove_artifacts.htm)