Index management access

The index management page can be found through Tell Me, including semantic search, and through a Manage indexes button on table information. Indexes, including SIFT indexes, can be disabled there.

Area: Admin and platform. Status: GA. Developer relevance: medium. Airtime: 2 min across 1 video, demoed.

Status evidence

• Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.

Where they talk about it

• What's new: Server and Database: 4:18 to 6:13, demo at 4:42 (called "Index management in Tell Me and semantic search" and "Manage indexes action on table information" there)

Quotes

• 6:13 "now you can have that index define it as enabled equal false" - Shows how to define an index that stays off until a feature needs it.

Documented features match

• Administrators can turn SIFT indexes on/off - medium confidence (llm). Docs say: General availability, roadmap id 573316. Index management page for admins
• Product documentation (partial, the article describes the broader feature or mentions this in passing): Manage database index usage, checked 2026-10-02. On the Table Information page, locate the table and select its ID in the Table No. column. Note: Article describes Table Information as the entry point and turning indexes off/on; no Tell Me or Manage indexes button, and it says SIFT indexes cannot be turned off in the UI. Article is marked 2026 release wave 1 and later (earlier wave); a 2026 wave 1 release plan page also documents index management.

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale.

Tags: database, indexes, admin, ux

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.