ANNOUNCEMENT - Retiring Azure PostgreSQL Single Server in March 2025 and introducing Flexible Server

Microsoft Azure has announced that it will be retiring Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server on March 28, 2025. Since the general availability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server in Spring 2018, Microsoft has invested time and resources to develop it into an intelligent, scalable, and reliable database service that is best suited for running open-source PostgreSQL workloads at a lower cost than running them on-premises or on a virtual machine.

 

In November 2021, Microsoft released the next generation deployment option in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, which offers better price-performance, a simplified developer experience, and support for the latest PostgreSQL versions. 

 

HOW TO MIGRATE

 

To help customers with the migration, Microsoft has released the general availability of the Single Server to Flexible Server migration tool. This tool ensures a simple and easy migration experience from Single Server to Flexible Server.

 

When you migrate to Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, you will have access to several improvements. These include support for Postgres version 11,12,13,14 and newer, plus built-in security enhancements. There will also be better price-performance with support for burstable tier compute options. You can also expect improved uptime with the ability to configure a hot standby on the same or a different zone and user-controlled maintenance windows. Furthermore, there is a simplified developer experience for high-performance data workloads. Additional improvements include Linux-based VMs, premium managed disks, connection pooling with PgBouncer, and more.

 

NEXT STEPS

 

If you are currently using Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server, it is recommended that you start planning your migration to Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server. You can use the migration tool to make the process easier. 

We understand you may have a lot of questions about this announcement, so we have prepared a detailed Frequently Asked Questions, to help you plan migration.