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Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Innovate with a fully managed, AI-ready PostgreSQL database
Enjoy built-in AI capabilities, mission-critical performance, and enterprise-grade security.
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OVERVIEW

Build AI apps with a PostgreSQL database

  • Build generative AI apps with native vector search, local embeddings, and the Azure AI extension.
  • Focus on application innovation with a fully managed PostgreSQL database with up to 99.99% uptime and high availability.
  • Build with your favorite PostgreSQL extensions and popular frameworks and languages with support for the latest versions.
  • Save up to 62% in total cost of ownership from simplified infrastructure, management, deployment, and operations.
FEATURES

Power PostgreSQL apps with built-in AI

Azure AI extension

Use large language models and build rich generative AI applications within the database.
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Vector search

Use generative AI to add new capabilities such as integration with ML models and scalability to Postgres applications.
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Vector embeddings

Generate embeddings within the database rather than remotely with reduced latency and predictable cost.
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Familiar features and extensions

Work with JSONB, geospatial support, rich indexing, Cron, PostGIS, PLV8, Ruby on Rails, Python with Django, Java, and Node.js.
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High availability and scaling

Get automated maintenance, patching, and updates. Provision in minutes and scale compute or storage with near-zero downtime.
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Migration service

Simplify the process of moving your PostgreSQL databases to Azure with online and offline migration options.
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SECURITY

Built-in security and compliance 

Microsoft has committed to investing $20 billion in cybersecurity over five years.
We employ more than 8,500 security and threat intelligence experts across 77 countries.
Azure has one of the largest compliance certification portfolios in the industry.
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PRICING

Find the right PostgreSQL offering that fits your needs

Scale compute and storage independently and pay only for what you use with PostgreSQL as a service.
See Azure Database for PostgreSQL pricing

Build AI apps using Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Learn how to build AI-powered applications within Azure Database for PostgreSQL with this new learning path.
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CUSTOMER STORIES

See how customers are innovating with Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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"With the consistency in Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Database for PostgreSQL, our customers now have a much better idea about what to expect."
Debasish Biswas, Chief Technology Officer, Aware
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"With Azure Database for PostgreSQL, we are fulfilling our plan to save costs and simplify processes for our application teams."
Olof Spångö, DevOps Digital System Owner, Scandinavian Airlines
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"If we hadn't received Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, we would have been forced to stop the project."
Christian Lipp, Senior Project Manager, ÖBB
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RESOURCES

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Build a web app using Python

Deploy a data-driven Python web app (Django or Flask) to Azure App Service with Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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Optimize pgvector performance

Learn how to use partitioning, indexing, and search settings to improve pgvector performance.
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Develop a web app using AKS

Deploy a Django application on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure CLI.
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What is PostgreSQL?

Learn the facts about PostgreSQL, including PostgreSQL data types and more.
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See a demonstration of features, discuss the latest news, and share the love for data technology.
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Frequently asked questions

  • Read the Azure SLA.
  • Microsoft works with and directly contributes extensions to the open-source community. Read the Microsoft Open Source blog.
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL is available in more than 30 Azure regions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
  • The migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL offers online and offline migration options. Learn more about options for migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
  • Use Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL to build cloud-native and digital apps with a fast PostgreSQL database for any scale. Leare more about Azure Cosmos DB.
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