Azure Database Service

While Microsoft offers Azure Database as a managed database service, it’s not exactly a drop-in replacement for businesses already using PostgreSQL or MySQL. In trivial cases, only the application connection string needs to change at the web server level. However, as the service expands to support geo-replication, complex application code used to handle failover scenarios must use the new API for the service.

For customers using Azure, we recommend they consider Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL since it delivers the following:

• Built-in high availability with no additional cost
• Predictable performance, using inclusive pay-as-you-go pricing
• Scale on the fly within seconds
• Secured to protect sensitive data-at-rest and in-motion

• Automatic backups and point-in-time-restore for up to 35 days
• Enterprise-grade security and compliance

These capabilities require almost no administration, and are all provided at no additional cost. They allow you to focus on rapid app development and accelerating your time to market rather than allocating precious time and resources to managing virtual machines and infrastructure.

In addition, you can continue to develop applications with open source tools and the platform of your choice; delivering with the speed and efficiency your business demands without having to learn new skills.

Here is how the service works for MySQL, however the same applies to PostgreSQL deployments.

We offer these services to support migration of your workloads to Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL.