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title: Azure Database for PostgreSQL
addedAt: 2026-04-09
category: service
tags: database microsoft
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> [Azure Database for PostgreSQL](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/postgresql/) is a fully managed
> relational database service from Microsoft, based on the community version of the open-source
> [PostgreSQL](/postgresql) database engine.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL follows the [PostgreSQL community versioning policy](https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/).
Microsoft supports a PostgreSQL major version until its Azure Standard Support End Date.
New PostgreSQL major versions are typically made available on Azure within a few months of their community release.

For more details about upgrades, see [the major version upgrade documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/flexible-server/how-to-perform-major-version-upgrade).