Varun Dhaan

20 yrs in SWE๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป | Now: Product @AzureDBPostgres | Before: SE @AzureSQL, DEV @target, SRE @McKinsey | โค๏ธ blogging- data-nerd.blog | Opinions are mine

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-12-10

๐Ÿ“ขLatest minors are now supported on : 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, 13.23

Includes security and bug fixes. Updates install automatically during your maintenance window.

๐Ÿ”— postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-12-01

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฆ๐—ค๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด is now GA on - now with:

๐ŸŒ World-wide region support
โฌ†๏ธ In-place upgrades (PG11โ€“PG17 โ†’ PG18)
๐Ÿ” Microsoft Entra ID auth
๐Ÿ“Š Query Store + Index Tuning

Blog ๐Ÿ‘‰ techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-11-13

๐Ÿ†• Latest hashtag#PostgreSQL minor updates just landed - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿญ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿณ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ |
๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ
This release fixes 2 security vulnerabilities (including a libpq allocation bug) and brings 50+ stability and performance improvements - from better BRIN and GIN index handling to smarter replication and partitioning fixes.

postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-11-11

More control. More visibility. Less downtime.
The October 2025 recap is live - from maintenance payloads visibility, to zonal HA to smarter upgrades, itโ€™s all here ๐Ÿ‘‰

techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-10-27

๐—ฃ๐—ด๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿญ is now GA on

Built-in connection pooling with zero setup. Just enable port 6432 and scale with ease. Now with enhanced protocol handling + stability fixes.

๐Ÿ”— learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azur

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-10-10

Did you know that @OpenAI runs on Itโ€™s amazing what open source can do when it meets cloud scale. ๐Ÿ’ก

microsoft.com/en-us/startups/b

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-26

Excited to be speaking at SQL Saturday MN 2025 this weekend on ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ on
๐Ÿ“St. Paul College | Sept 27 | ๐Ÿต๐—”๐—  ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ

Big thanks to for the event!

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-25

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—” is GA today - and itโ€™s available same day in preview on ๐Ÿš€

Test the latest features right away on Azure โฌ‡๏ธ
techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-25

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฆ๐—ค๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!
postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-22

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ) are now live on โ€“ Flexible Server โœ…
Includes critical security fixes ๐Ÿ”’ + 55+ bug fixes. Updates apply automatically.

๐Ÿ”— postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-08

๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ for are live! ๐Ÿš€Highlights include Advisor tuning (GA), Entra ID group login (Preview), Austria East region, LangChain & LangGraph support, and an active-active replication guide. Read full recap๐Ÿ‘‰ techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-09-04

๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!๐Ÿ˜
Itโ€™s getting closerโ€ฆโณ
postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun Dhaan boosted:
PGConf.EUpgconfeu
2025-09-01

๐Ÿ“… Watch this space on Monday, 1 September for the full PGConf.EU program!
Packed with world-class PostgreSQL talks and community sessions โ€” this is an event you wonโ€™t want to miss. ๐Ÿš€
In Riga, Latvia on 21-24 October 2025

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-08-28

Did you know accidental server deletions are a top support issue? ๐Ÿšจ

Learn how to safeguard your Flexible Server using ARMโ€™s ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ lock.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-08-14

๐Ÿ†• Latest updates just dropped including ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฒ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ - ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฏ
Includes security updates, bug fixes, and key improvements for replication
postgresql.org/about/news/post

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-08-12

๐Ÿ“ข Announcing Extended Support for @AzureDBPostgres. Get up to ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ of extended support post community EOL with security patches, critical fixes, and with automatic enrollment. Read more๐Ÿ”—
techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun Dhaan boosted:
POSETTE: An Event for Postgresposetteconf
2025-08-10

โœ… Check out @iVarundโ€™s talk from 2025 โ€œWhatโ€™s New with Azure Flexible Server in 2025 ๐Ÿ†•" ๐Ÿ”ฅ

youtu.be/GnA8Z1Ojnk0

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-08-07

๐Ÿš€July 2025 updates for are live!

Includes: Cascading Replicas, Fabric mirroring w/ private endpoint, New regions, Latest PG minors (17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, 13.21) and VS Code improvements

techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl

Varun Dhaan boosted:
2025-07-30

Join us for โ€œpg_duckdb: Ducking awesome analytics in Postgresโ€ with Jelte Fennema-Nio at PGConf NYC 2025!

postgresql.us/events/pgconfus2

@PostgreSQL #postgres #conference

Varun DhaaniVarund
2025-07-29

reigns as the top database for the 3rd year in a row! It jumped from 49% in 2024 Stack Overflow to 55.6% in 2025 Stack Overflowโ€”a 6.6โ€‘point surge!

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/t

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