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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.
General availability: PostgreSQL 16 production support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can now choose PostgreSQL 16 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.
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: Azure Active Directory integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q3 2023
Now you can use Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.
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.
General availability: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now provides support for PostgreSQL 15 across all Azure regions.
General Availability: Major version upgrade in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q3 2023
Eliminate the need to set up new servers and complete manual upgrades with in-place major version upgrade for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
July 2023
General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and CosmosDB SQL external tables
Azure Data Explorer has released three new types of external tables: PostgrSQL, MySQL, and CosmosDB SQL. These new external tables allow users to query data from these sources directly within Azure Data Explorer using the Kusto Query Language (KQL).
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.
Generally available: Pgvector extension on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Native vector data type enables easy storage of AI generated embeddings performing Euclidean and inner product and cosine distance searches--directly within the database.
Public preview: Power BI integration with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Empower your organization to unlock actionable insights from your Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server data with a Power BI integration.
General availability: 32 TB storage in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Extend storage up to 32 TB to host databases with a size greater than 16 TB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
May 2023
Database Migration Service Pack for Oracle - Preview
An Azure Data Studio extension pack for end-to-end Oracle database schema and data migration to Azure Data (SQL and PostgreSQL)
Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads
Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Servers, Azure Blobs and Azure Disks.
Public Preview: Database-is-alive metrics for monitoring Azure Postgres Flexible Server database availability.
Monitor the database availability for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server via database-is-alive metric.
Public Preview: Troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Save time by analyzing and troubleshooting common performance issues with troubleshooting guides.
April 2023
General availability: Read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Improve performance and scale of read-intensive workloads with read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.
Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server in the Australia Central region.
Introducing Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in Australia Central region. This expansion provides a simplified provisioning experience with the openness of the PostgreSQL database community version and more.
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