Azure Database for PostgreSQL changelog
104 announcements since February 2025 · 72 GA · 28 previews · 3 Region expansions
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November 20261
October 20263
September 20267
Cross-tenant customer-managed keys from Key Vault or Managed HSM in another Entra tenantGA
Physical snapshot backups with Azure Backup Vaults replace pg_dump backups, supporting daily backupsPreview
Expanded guides for diagnosing high CPU, memory, IOPS, temporary file usage and autovacuum issuesGA
Plugin lets AI coding assistants advise on and act on connected PostgreSQL databasesPreview
August 20262
July 20263
June 20268
Hub offers sample apps, tutorials and learning pathways for AI and app development on PostgreSQLGA
View maintenance events, reschedule by up to 14 days, or apply on demandGA
Encrypt data with Key Vault keys held in a separate Microsoft Entra tenantPreview
Run major version upgrade compatibility checks separately before starting the upgradePreview
Convert Oracle schemas to PostgreSQL in the VS Code extension, flagging unconvertible itemsGA
May 20261
April 20268
Replicas can be created from replicas, up to 30 across two levelsGA
New metric shows whether each logical replication slot is synchronized, catching up, or unknownPreview
Mirrors JSON and JSONB types, simpler replication user setup, and supports HA on versions before 17GA
Migrate from virtual network integration to Private Endpoint-capable configuration, with downtimePreview
Up to four times higher IOPS and independent scaling of storage and performanceGA
Built-in connection pooling updated to 1.25.1 in Flexible Server, enabled on port 6432GA
One consolidated maintenance notification per region for all PostgreSQL servers across subscriptionsGA
March 20267
Online migrations use the pgoutput plugin for logical replicationGA
EDB Postgres Extended Server supported as a migration sourceGA
Configurable cron.timezone server parameter sets time zone for scheduled jobsGA
Customer-managed encryption keys supported on Premium SSD v2 disksPreview
Built-in Grafana dashboards in Azure portal, integrated with Azure MonitorGA
Terraform, Bicep and Ansible support for provisioning and managing elastic clustersGA