Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports change data capture

Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports Change Data Capture (CDC). In Microsoft SQL Server, CDC is a feature that utilizes the SQL Server Agent to log insertions, updates, and deletions occurring in a database table, and makes these data changes accessible to applications in a relational format to provide historical context.

Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service that allows customers to bring-your-own-license (BYOL) for Microsoft SQL Server. When you configure CDC in Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server, RDS automatically applies your specified configurations when the underlying hardware needs to be replaced, or when you scale up to use a larger database instance. Thus, RDS Custom for SQL Server removes the operational overhead of setting up and verifying configurations in different operational situations.

CDC is available in all AWS Regions where RDS Custom for SQL Server is available.