Microsoft now has an official 3rd Party Backend to use SQL Server with Django

[MikeSlaught]

https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-django

[stuaxo]

And a few years on, how well is it going ?

I'd suggest not well with Django 5.1 users left in the lurch for months.
microsoft/mssql-django#424

21 Aug 2025. EDIT: Microsoft has now released an update, so things are up to date again for now.