🚀 #PostgreSQL 17 is now GA on #AzureDBPostgres
– Flexible Server!

Now with in-place upgrades, smarter query planning, and JSON improvements. PG17 is the new default for all new servers & upgrades.

Official Blog - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/postgresql-17-general-availability-with-in-place-upgrade-support/4427284

#Microsoft #Azure #Postgres #CloudDatabases #OpenSource

Excited to be speaking at @posetteconf !
I'll be sharing what's new with #AzureDBPostgres in 2025 🆕
📅 June 11 | 🕙 10 AM PDT | 💻 Livestream 3
🎥 Trailer: https://youtu.be/5O6ynz3zfkE?si=NbqZXoEoYhlL8Lm3&t=126
I’ll be in #posetteconf on Discord during the talk — drop by with questions or just say hi! 🐘💬

📢 Postgres 𝟭𝟳.𝟱, 𝟭𝟲.𝟵, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟯, 𝟭𝟰.𝟭𝟴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟯.𝟮𝟭 now supported on #AzureDBPostgres

These updates include important bug fixes and security patches from the community. Your servers will receive these updates automatically during their scheduled maintenance window—no action needed.

📌 Heads-up: PostgreSQL 13 reaches end of life on November 13, 2025. Start planning your upgrade if you're still running PG13.

🔗https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-175-169-1513-1418-and-1321-released-3072/

#Azure #PostgreSQL #CloudDatabases #DatabaseUpdates #SecurityFixes

Speaking tomorrow at #OpenSourceNorth 2025! 🎤

Sharing how AI is reshaping apps on #AzureDBPostgres — think vector search, semantic reranking & RAG.

🗓️ May 29 | 🕙 10:00 AM | 📍 St. Paul
Come join the session!

#Microsoft #Azure #PostgreSQL #AI #OpenSource

🐘 PostgreSQL 17 in-place upgrade is now in Public Preview on #AzureDBPostgres flexible server!
No data migration. No endpoint change. Just upgrade.
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/postgresql-17-in-place-upgrade-%E2%80%93-now-in-public-preview/4413946

#Microsoft #Azure #Cloud #PostgreSQL #PG17 #Upgrade

7️⃣ more days until the CFP for POSETTE 2025 closes on Sunday Feb 9th! 🗓️

Do you have a virtual talk to give on #PostgreSQL, tools in the PG ecosystem, #AzureDBPostgres, or PG extensions like #citus or #postgis? 🐘 🎙️

Don't miss your chance to submit a talk proposal.
https://posetteconf.com/2025/cfp/

Some of my teammates who work on #AzureDBPostgres & #PostgreSQL more generally are in Chicago this week at #MSIgnite

A friend just sent me this pic of, left to right, Maxim Lukiyanov (Microsoft), Orhun Oezebak (UBS), and Jay Yang (UBS) giving a talk about how to improve accuracy of GenAI apps with Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Go Maxim! It's always fun when you get to co-present with a super-smart customer like the team at UBS.

#Microsoft #UBS #databases #Chicago

Discover 8 things in Azure Database for PostgreSQL that will make your life better as a #PostgreSQL developer in the cloud ☁️

Tune in to Varun Dhawan's talk on Wed Jun 12, 2024 🗓️ at 12:30pm PDT during #PosetteConf Livestream 3 📺

#Postgres #Azure #database #OpenSource #Community #Microsoft #AzureDBPostgres

https://aka.ms/posette-schedule-livestream3

Learn how to increase the speed of your inserts on Azure Database for PostgreSQL 🐘

Tune in to Gayathri Paderla’s #PostgreSQL talk on Tue Jun 11, 2024 🗓️ at 12:30pm PDT during #PosetteConf Livestream 1 📺 📽️

#Postgres #database #Azure #Microsoft #AzureDBPostgres #virtual

https://aka.ms/posette-schedule-livestream1

Learn how #PostgreSQL & Azure AI can improve your application's search capability 🔍

Tune in to Taras Kloba's talk on Thu Jun 13, 2024 🗓️ at 11:30am CEST during #PosetteConf Livestream 4 📺

#Postgres #AzureDBPostgres #AI #Microsoft #database

https://aka.ms/posette-schedule-livestream4

Call for speakers! Are you looking to give a talk at a #PostgreSQL conference?

The #CFP is open for @posetteconf until Sun Apr 7, so submit soon! #PosetteConf is a free & virtual event 📽️ in its 3rd year, brought to you by the #Postgres team at Microsoft

Just wrote this blog post to make sure you have all the details. Boosts much appreciated 🙌 so ppl will discover the CFP.

#OpenSource #community #conference #Microsoft #AzureDBPostgres #Azure #CFS #CitusCon https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/calling-postgres-speakers-posette-cfp-is-open-until-apr-7th-2024/ba-p/4094496

Each month our #AzureDBPostgres team publishes a recap of all the newly-introduced capabilities in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, on the Tech Community Blog for #PostgreSQL. Here is the January post by Varun Dhawan, enjoy!
#Postgres #Azure #OpenSource #database #Microsoft

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/january-2024-recap-azure-postgresql-flexible-server/ba-p/4048681

Hello 👋 We'll be sharing updates from the #PostgreSQL team 🐘 at Microsoft here, including our open source contributions to the Postgres database core—plus our work on the Azure Database for PostgreSQL managed service. And more!

✅ If you missed this 📝 blog post on what's new with Postgres at Microsoft by @clairegiordano, it's still quite current & gives a good overview

#Postgres #OpenSource #Microsoft #Azure #PosetteConf #AzureDBPostgres https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/what-s-new-with-postgres-at-microsoft-august-2023/ba-p/3914506

On the big stage at #pgconfeu is Charles Feddersen from the #AzureDBPostgres team, giving the sponsored keynote from #Microsoft about “All the Postgres Things at Microsoft” and it’s pretty cool 🤯 to see how invested Microsoft is in the #PostgreSQL community

Happening right now at Day 2 at #pgconfeu, @mulander of #AzureDBPostgres at #Microsoft is giving a Postgres talk titled “Tame the growth of your database”—with demos! The room is full 💥

On stage at #pgconfeu, AI-expert Arda Aytekin of the #AzureDBPostgres team at Microsoft is presenting on “Building awesome AI applications faster on PostgreSQL”—including a few Prague-inspired #PostgreSQL demos of azure_ai
#Azure #Postgres #conferences #databases

My boss wrote a blog post that just dropped announcing 11 new features in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server that are in GA & Public Preview including:
✅ #PostgreSQL 16 support (GA)
✅ Premium SSD v2 (Preview)
✅ New azure_ai extension (Preview)

For those of you who care about #PostgreSQL on Azure, details & links in Charles Feddersen's blog

#AzureDBPostgres #MSIgnite #Microsoft #Azure #Postgres

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/azure-database-for-postgresql-ai-ready-for-enterprise/ba-p/3980951

Sharing this overview of the #PostgreSQL work done at Microsoft over the last 12 months. I'm in awe of my teammates, & the many other ppl in PG world we collaborate with 🙌

The workstreams:
- Postgres open source
- Citus database extension
- PG ecosystem e.g. Patroni, PgBouncer, pgcopydb, pg_cron...
- PG community work
- #AzureDBPostgres
- #AzureCosmosDB for PostgreSQL

+1 to the many ppl who reviewed this post & helped bring it to life #OpenSource #Postgres #Citus
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/what-s-new-with-postgres-at-microsoft-august-2023/ba-p/3914506

Today's Citus Con video of the day should be useful for #AzureDBPostgres customers who are looking to save costs with PostgreSQL on Azure.

From Varun Dhawan, this talk is titled: "Do more with less: How to reduce your PostgreSQL costs on Azure"

Enjoy! https://aka.ms/cituscon-varund-2023

#PostgreSQL #Postgres #Azure #AzureDBPostgres #cloud #Microsoft #CitusCon

Happy Friday everyone.

If you're looking to do some weekend learning, today's Citus Con video of the day is about Azure AD authentication for Flexible Server in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Presented by the awesome engineer Andrey Chudnovskiy who I didn't know before this event, but now I'm happy that I do!

https://aka.ms/cituscon-andreyc-2023

#PostgreSQL #Postgres #Azure #AzureDBPostgres #OpenSource #Microsoft #CitusCon