Save the date for POSETTE 2027

Mark your calendar for March 30–31, 2027, when POSETTE: An Event for Postgres returns for its sixth year.

Organized by the PostgreSQL team at Microsoft in partnership with AMD, this free virtual developer conference brings together PostgreSQL experts, developers, users, and contributors from around the world to share knowledge and expertise.

The call for proposals is expected to open later in November. Visit PosetteConf.com for the latest updates.

Features💡

Cross-Tenant Customer Managed Key (CMK) now Generally Available

In September, cross-tenant customer-managed key (CMK) support became generally available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. This capability enables independent software vendors (ISVs) and other service providers to host PostgreSQL resources in their tenant while their customers retain control of encryption keys stored in Azure Key Vault or Azure Managed HSM in a separate Microsoft Entra tenant.

Using a multitenant application and user-assigned managed identity, organizations can maintain tenant separation while meeting data-protection and key-governance requirements.

Learn more about cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Database Hub in Microsoft Fabric: A Single View of Your PostgreSQL Estate (Preview)

Database Hub in Microsoft Fabric is now in public preview with support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. One place to discover, monitor, and secure your entire database estate across PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL Server. No more hopping between portals and per-server dashboards.

What you can do today: Estate view automatically discovers the PostgreSQL flexible servers you can access through Microsoft Entra ID and Azure RBAC, with filters for subscription, resource group, and tags. Security posture flags issues and suggestions such as Microsoft Entra authentication, public network access, and customer-managed keys. Fleet monitoring tracks CPU, memory, storage, IOPS, connections, and read replica lag across your servers. Spot what needs attention, then jump straight to the Azure portal or VS Code to act. No data movement, no agents.

Learn more: A Single View of Your PostgreSQL Estate: Database Hub in Public Preview

Azure Backup for PostgreSQL Flexible Server (v2) Public preview

Azure Backup for PostgreSQL Flexible Server (v2) is now in Public Preview, bringing a redesigned, physical snapshot-based backup architecture that removes several key limitations of v1. You can now protect databases up to 32 TB on Premium SSD v1 and 64 TB on Premium SSD v2, compared with the previous 1 TB limit, and schedule daily or weekly backups with incremental backups after the first full backup, improving from v1’s weekly full backup cadence.

V2 also introduces support for elastic clusters and Restore as Server, allowing recovery directly to a target flexible server or elastic cluster instead of restoring files to a storage account and manually importing them. Long-term retention remains available for up to 10 years, with additional protection through capabilities such as WORM immutability, soft delete, and multi-user authorization.

Learn more: Azure Backup for PostgreSQL flexible server and elastic cluster (v2) is now in public preview | Microsoft Community Hub

Azure PostgreSQL Learning Byte 🎓

PostgreSQL Skills

Did you kow that with PostgreSQL Skills you can bring expert guidance, live database context, execution tools, and built-in validation into the development workflow?

With 32 expert sub-skills, you can build capabilities such as vector search and row-level security, troubleshoot query performance, and manage high availability, disaster recovery, upgrades, and authentication. The plugin detects the environment automatically and routes each request to the right guidance, with one installation that works across GitHub Copilot CLI, VS Code, Claude Code, and Codex CLI.

Learn more: Postgres Skills: Give Your AI Agent PostgreSQL Expertise