Azure Database services are now generally available for MySQL and PostgreSQL

Microsoft recently announced, Azure Database services are generally available for database management systems, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

This general availability would allow opportunities such as,

• Bringing the community versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL built-in high availability
• A 99.99% availability SLA
• Elastic scaling for performance
• Bringing industry leading security and compliance to Azure

Some key features of the Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL

• Provides a fully managed and an enterprise-ready community MySQL database-as-a-service for development and deployment of applications.
• One can easily lift and shift their workloads to the cloud, and use languages and frameworks of choice.
• A built-in high availability and capability to scale in seconds, which enables easy adjustment to changes in customer demands
• One can also benefit from the unparalleled security and compliance, including Azure IP advantage, as well as Azure’s industry leading reach with more data centers
• A flexible pricing model with choices in resources for ones workload

Read more about this news on Microsoft official blog post