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General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Defender for Cloud detects anomalous activities indicating unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit databases. When deployed, it provides another important security barrier.
General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.
February 2024
General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 16.1, 15.5, 14.10, 13.13, 12.17, 11.22
Public preview: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Easily migrate PostgreSQL to Azure with a managed service supporting full schema and data migrations, without complexity.
January 2024
General Availability: Read replica in special regions with Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Read replica now available in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet and Azure Government regions.
General Availability: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Enhance your database monitoring with the new server log feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, offering customizable retention and straightforward downloading for operational excellence.
December 2023
Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, enhanced disaster recovery features
Target availability: Q4 2023
Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
November 2023
General Availability: pgvector 0.5.1 extension
Target availability: Q4 2023
Pgvector 0.5.1, includes support for HSNW indexing, l1_distance, and sum aggregates since the prior supported version 0.4.0
Public Preview: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Enhance your database monitoring with the new server log feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, offering customizable retention and straightforward downloading for operational excellence.
Public Preview: Long Term Retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Benefit from long term data retention and improved compliance using Azure Backup.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL extension for Azure AI
Target availability: Q4 2023
Leverage integrated Azure AI services to build intelligent apps in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Networking with private endpoints
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are announcing public preview of networking with private endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Enhanced performance and scalability in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q4 2023
Benefit from the enhanced performance and scalability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL to improve mission-critical workloads.
October 2023
General availability: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.4, 14.9, 13.12, 12.16, 11.21.
August 2023
Generally available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q3 2023
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, 11.20.
Public Preview: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Target availability: Q3 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
June 2023
General availability: Query performance insights for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Improve the performance of your database with query performance insight for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
General availability: Troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Save time by analyzing and troubleshooting common performance issues with troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
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