Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) Public Preview

Announced at Microsoft Build, this introduced the ability to scale PostgreSQL horizontally for demanding analytical and transactional workloads.

Significance

This feature revolutionized PostgreSQL scaling on Azure, allowing users to handle massive datasets and high throughput applications with ease, making PostgreSQL suitable for new categories of workloads.

Key facts

Date
2019-05-06
Type
release
Location
Seattle, WA, USA