diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/_format.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/_format.py
index dd4104c9503..98ecdf82d26 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/_format.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/_format.py
@@ -355,3 +355,40 @@ def _firewall_rule_table_format(result):
         ])
 
     return _apply_format(result, _firewall_rule_table_format)
+
+
+###############################################
+#                sql mi             #
+###############################################
+
+
+#####
+#           sql mi transformers for json
+#####
+
+def mi_list_transform(results):
+    '''
+    Transforms the json response for a list of managed instances.
+    '''
+
+    return [mi_transform(r) for r in results]
+
+
+def mi_transform(result):
+    '''
+    Transforms the json response for a managed instance.
+    '''
+
+    if hasattr(result, 'storage_account_type'):
+        result.backupStorageRedundancy = _get_external_backup_storage_redundancy(result.storage_account_type)
+        del result.storage_account_type
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _get_external_backup_storage_redundancy(self):
+    return {
+        'lrs': 'Local',
+        'grs': 'Geo',
+        'zrs': 'Zone'
+    }.get(self.lower(), 'Invalid')
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/commands.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/commands.py
index 19f2cc4e259..5ade71ed9da 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/commands.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/commands.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     server_table_format,
     usage_table_format,
     LongRunningOperationResultTransform,
+    mi_transform,
+    mi_list_transform
 )
 
 from ._util import (
@@ -593,11 +595,11 @@ def load_command_table(self, _):
                             managed_instances_operations,
                             client_factory=get_sql_managed_instances_operations) as g:
 
-        g.custom_command('create', 'managed_instance_create', supports_no_wait=True)
-        g.command('delete', 'delete', confirmation=True, supports_no_wait=True)
-        g.show_command('show', 'get')
-        g.custom_command('list', 'managed_instance_list')
-        g.generic_update_command('update', custom_func_name='managed_instance_update', supports_no_wait=True)
+        g.custom_command('create', 'managed_instance_create', transform=mi_transform, supports_no_wait=True)
+        g.command('delete', 'delete', transform=mi_transform, confirmation=True, supports_no_wait=True)
+        g.show_command('show', 'get', transform=mi_transform)
+        g.custom_command('list', 'managed_instance_list', transform=mi_list_transform)
+        g.generic_update_command('update', custom_func_name='managed_instance_update', transform=mi_transform, supports_no_wait=True)
         g.command('failover', 'failover', supports_no_wait=True)
 
     managed_instance_keys_operations = CliCommandType(