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 #PG18September 2025 Recap: Whatโs New with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
September 2025 Recap for Azure Database for PostgreSQL September was a big month for Azure Postgres! From the public preview of PostgreSQL 18 (launched same day as the community!) to the GA of Azure Confidential Computing and Near Zero Downtime scaling for HA, this update is packed with new capabilities that make PostgreSQL on Azure more secure, performant, and developer-friendly. ๐ก Hereโs a quick peek at whatโs inside: PostgreSQL 18 (Preview) โ early access to the latest community release on Azure Near Zero Downtime Scaling (GA) โ compute scaling in under 30 seconds for HA servers Azure Confidential Computing (GA) โ hardware-backed data-in-use protection PostgreSQL Discovery & Assessment in Azure Migrate (Preview) โ plan your migration smarter LlamaIndex Integration โ build AI apps and vector search using Azure Postgres VS Code Extension Enhancements โ new Server Dashboard + Copilot Chat integration Catch all the highlights and hands-on guides in the full recap ๐ #PostgreSQL #AzureDatabase #AzurePostgres #CloudDatabases #AI #OpenSource #MicrosoftAugust 2025 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Hereโs whatโs new this month to help you build smarter and scale securely: Advisor performance tuning (GA): New insights on index scans, logging, stats, and connections Entra ID group login (Preview): Let users sign in with their own credentials (no need for login using group-ID). New region โ Austria East: Lower latency + data residency options for Central Europe LangChain & LangGraph support: Use Azure PostgreSQL as a vector store for AI agents Active-active replication guide: Step-by-step walkthrough using pglogical Full details in monthly recap: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/august-2025-recap-azure-database-for-postgresql/4450527June 2025 updates for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Big news this month โ PostgreSQL 17 is now GA with in-place upgrades, and our Migration Service fully supports PG17, making adoption smoother than ever. Also in this release: Online Migration is now generally available SSD v2 HA (Preview) with 10s failovers and better resilience Azure PostgreSQL now available in Indonesia Central VS Code extension enhancements for smoother dev experience Enhanced role management for improved admin control Ansible collection updated for latest REST API Check all these updates in this monthโs recap blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/june-2025-recap-azure-database-for-postgresql/4412095 Check it out and tell us which feature you're most excited about!Just 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.Need feedback on blog post "What's new with Postgres at Microsoft, 2024 edition"
Just published this brand new deep-dive of a blog post to share highlights of all the Azure & the open source work done by the Postgres team at Microsoft over the last 8 months. The title: What's new with Postgres at Microsoft, 2024 edition. // And would like to know: do you find this useful?? The post contains a detailed infographic (handmade) that gives you a visual outline of all the different Postgres workstreams our engineering & PM teams have been driving. And because the Postgres 17 code freeze just happened last month, I included highlights from some of the new PG17 capabilities our Postgres contributor team worked on as well. If you're an Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server customer, you won't be disappointed. Lots of new features rolled out in the last 8 months.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.
