With the GA release, Azure Database for PostgreSQL now has three deployment options: Single Server, Hyperscale (Citus) and the new Flexible Server. Flexible Future ...

The guides cover best practices for deploying Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server and Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server, including service tiers, VM selection, storage ...

While both deployment options use Azure Storage for their data files, the Flexible Server option provides additional configuration for optimizations of database performance, security, and cost.

Microsoft has unveiled new capabilities and service tiers in the Azure database space, including Hyperscale for PostgreSQL, APIs for Apache Spark and etcd, and online migrations for Oracle databases.

Google Cloud's AlloyDB for PostgreSQL has moved into public preview, and as a Postgres-compatible, fully managed DBaaS (database-as-a-service), will take on offerings from AWS and Microsoft in the ...

While Microsoft's big Azure database news today is the launch of Cosmos DB, its new "planet-scale" distributed database service, there is a good chance that many developers will be more interested ...