January 2026 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQL
We just dropped the ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ for Azure Database for PostgreSQL and this oneโs all about developer velocity, resiliency, and production-ready upgrades. January 2026 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQL โข PostgreSQL 18 support via Terraform (create + upgrade) โข Premium SSD v2 (Preview) with HA, replicas, Geo-DR & MVU โข Latest PostgreSQL minor version releases โข Ansible module GA with latest REST API features โข Zone-redundant HA now configurable via Azure CLI โข SDKs GA (Go, Java, JS, .NET, Python) on stable APIs Read the full January 2026 recap here and see whatโs new (and whatโs coming) - January 2026 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQLPostgreSQL 18 is now GA onย Azure Database for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL 18 is now GA on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Excited to announce that Flexible Server now offers full general availability of #PostgreSQL18 - the fastest GA weโve ever shipped after community release. This means: ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ-๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐๐11-๐๐17 โ ๐๐18), ๐๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, and ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. Check out the full blog for a deep dive ๐https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/postgresql-18-now-ga-on-azure-postgres-flexible-server/4469802 #Microsoft #Azure #Cloud #Database #Postgres #PG18Just published: What's new with Postgres at Microsoft, 2025 edition
If youโre using Postgres on Azureโor just curious about what the Postgres team at Microsoft has been up to during the past 12 monthsโthis annual update might be worth a look. The blog post covers: New features in Azure Database for PostgreSQL โ Flexible Server Open source code contributions to Postgres 18 (including async I/O) Work on the Citus extension to Postgres Community efforts like POSETTE, helping with PGConf.dev, our monthly Talking Postgres podcast, and more Thereโs also a hand-made infographic that maps out the different Postgres workstreams at Microsoft over the past year. It's a lot to take in, but the infographic captures so much of the work across the teamโI think it's kind of a work of art. ๐ Read the full post here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/whats-new-with-postgres-at-microsoft-2025-edition/4410710 And, I'd love to hear your thoughts or questions.About "What's new with Postgres at Microsoft", the August 2023 edition
Microsoft is investing a lot in Postgres & this "What's new with Postgres at Microsoft" post walks you through the last 12 months, including new features in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQLโplus our contributions to Postgres core, the Citus database extension, Patroni, PgBouncer, pgcopydb, pg_cron, and more.Any performance impact after enable Query Store feature in Azure PostgreSQL DB Server
Hi Team, We want to enable Query store in Azure PostgreSQL DB server for Intelligent Performance (Query Performance Insight and Performance Recommendations) feature. Before enable the feature, want to understand any performance impact on the PostgreSQL DB server if enable the feature. Can you please share if you have any insight on the performance impact. Thanks in advance. Thanks Shaban Khan
