PostgreSQL v15 is now Generally available in Flexible Server PostgreSQL!

We are glad to announce that support for PostgreSQL 15 (15.2) is now generally available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in all supported regions!!

Postgres community releases a major version every year that includes advanced features, functionalities, performance improvements, security enhancements, and bug fixes. PostgreSQL 15, the latest release, introduces various new elements, such as the widely used MERGE command, which enhances the developer’s experience. It also expands the capabilities for observing the database's state, improves performance for both in-memory and disk-based sorting, and introduces support for two-phase commit and row/column filtering for logical replication. 

PostgreSQL 15 is now generally available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in all public regions.

Read the PostgreSQL 15 release notes. the full list of features and improvements!!   

PostgreSQL 15 on Flexible Server

Now, you can combine the benefits of PostgreSQL 15 with Flexible Server’s PostgreSQL-managed database experience. You can provision new PG 15 servers anytime and your servers are automatically upgraded to the latest supported PG 15 minor version during your server's maintenance window. 

To upgrade your existing flexible servers to PostgreSQL 15, you can use upgrade button from the azure portal or use azure cli and perform an in-place major version upgrade.

How to upgrade to PostgreSQL 15 on Flexible Server.

Flexible Server provides the following benefits.

• Simplify the application development experience, making it easy to quickly provision, connect, and start developing by using your choice of tools integrated out of the box with GitHub, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Web Apps.
• Develop highly available, resilient, and scalable applications with the option to select same-zone or zone-redundant high availability.
• Exercise maximum control by tuning over 225 database parameters, choosing a maintenance schedule that meets your business requirements, and scaling between different compute options based on your CPU and memory needs.
• Secure data with full network isolation, encryption of data at rest, and encrypted connections that have full control of TLS and SSL enforcement.
• Optimize costs with a Burstable compute tier that can be dynamically scaled up or down, the option to stop development or test PostgreSQL server when not in use, or reserved instance pricing, where customers can subscribe to and save up to 64%.

Next Steps

• To upgrade your server to PostgreSQL 15,  the best option is to use in place major version upgrade but you can also follow any of the procedures documented here.  
• To learn even more about our Flexible Server managed service, see the Azure Database for PostgreSQL service page.
• You can always find the latest features added to the Flexible server in this release note page. 

We look forward to hearing about how Flexible Server is helping you to achieve productivity and meet your goals. We’re always eager to hear from you, so please reach out to us at Ask Azure DB for PostgreSQL.