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Discussions tagged with azure database on WindowsForum.com cover Microsoft's strategic focus on PostgreSQL as a core Azure database for AI-era applications. Topics include upstream contributions to PostgreSQL 18, managed services like Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and the preview-era Azure HorizonDB. The content highlights how Microsoft is promoting PostgreSQL for vector search, developer tooling, and community programs, positioning it alongside SQL Server as a key cloud database offering. These threads explore the intersection of cloud infrastructure, AI application design, and open-source credibility within the Azure ecosystem.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft’s PostgreSQL Push: Upstream AI Vector Search and Azure HorizonDB

    Microsoft is positioning PostgreSQL as a core Azure database for AI-era applications, pairing upstream contributions to PostgreSQL 18 with managed services such as Azure Database for PostgreSQL and preview-era Azure HorizonDB, while promoting developer tooling, vector search, and community...
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    • ai vector search azure database open source contribution postgresql
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Azure Cross-Service Savings Plans for Databases: Flexible Cost Control

    Microsoft is widening Azure’s cost-control playbook in a way that goes beyond the familiar reservation model, and the timing matters. With new cross-service Savings Plans for Azure databases, customers can now commit to a dollar-per-hour spend and let Microsoft apply discounts across eligible...