Microsoft Azure database servicesBuild more responsive and innovative apps on Azure

Find your cloud database solution with Azure • Fully managed proprietary and open source community databases• Built-in high availability supports competitive TCO and guaranteed business continuity• Built-in intelligence optimizes database performance and security• Advanced Threat Protection ensures data is secure and compliant• Azure IP Advantage protects your intellectual property• Popular open source tools, languages, and frameworks as well as integrated Azure services accelerate innovation

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Azure Cosmos DBGlobally distributed, multi-model database service

A fully managed database service with turnkey global distribution and transparent multi-master replication. Easily scale throughput and storage worldwide with 99.999% high availability and five well-defined consistency choices, backed by industry-leading comprehensive SLAs.

www.aka.ms/cosmosdb

Ideal for:• Real-time personalization and analytics• Scalable IoT applications• Handling unpredictable traffic patterns• Migrating Cassandra, MongoDB, and other NoSQL apps and data to the cloud

Guaranteed low latency Achieve single-digit millisecond read and write latency at the 99th percentile and 99.999% high availability, at any scale, backed by SLAs.

Multi-model with native supportUse the data model of your choice with wire protocol-compatible API endpoints for Cassandra, MongoDB, SQL, Gremlin, Table, etcd, and Spark.

Non-relational databasesNon-relational databases (NoSQL) like Azure Cosmos DB handle high volumes of unstructured or variable data, making them a good choice when data and schema requirements are flexible or unknown.

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Turnkey global distributionDistribute data globally with a single click and enjoy transparent, multi-master replication and five well-defined consistency choices.

Limitless and elastic scalabilityMeet demand with capacity and pay based on only the throughput and storage you need.

Ideal for: • Multi-tenant SaaS applications• OLTP applications• Migrating SQL Server workloads to the cloud

Build smarter and more powerful appsChoose the right database for your unique needs and requirements. Built on the world’s most trusted cloud, Azure database services provide enterprise-grade scale and guaranteed performance, with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).

Relational databases

Azure SQL Database

Ideal for:• Websites and web apps• Low-latency digital gaming• Simple, fast, read-heavy ops• Migrating MySQL/MariaDB workloads to the cloud

Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Database for MariaDB

Azure Database for PostgreSQLIdeal for:• Secure and scalable apps• Personalized digital marketing• Migrating PostgreSQL or Oracle workloads to the cloud• Growing workloads requiring high-performance, horizontal scale out 

Frictionless migrationGet the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and native VNet support with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

Competitive TCO Industry-leading securityControl access to your database, leave sensitive data encrypted while in use, and monitor your database for potential threats.

Enterprise scale and performanceRapidly scale compute resources and restore databases up to 100TB in minutes, regardless of the size of data operation.

Fully managed community versionsKeep using your MySQL or MariaDB community database and your favorite tools with the benefits of a fully managed service.

Improved performance with built-in intelligenceOptimize performance, reliability, and scalability with built-in high availability and intelligence.

Multi-layered security and compliance Protect your data with unique, industry-leading security capabilities and the most comprehensive compliance offerings.

Innovate and buildapps fasterEasily spin up a database for web apps like WordPress and Drupal and integrate with other Azure services for faster innovation.

Fully managed service with built-in security featuresFocus on your apps while Azure manages the time- and cost-intensive tasks of maintenance and hosting.

Intelligent performance optimizationImprove performance and reduce costs by leveraging customized recommendations and insights.

Horizontal scaling with Hyperscale (Citus)Break free from the limits of single-node Postgres and scale out across hundreds of nodes.

The best of open source innovationBuild or migrate your workloads with confidence while you continue to leverage a large variety of community editions of PostgreSQL.

Fully managed Intelligent Enterprise scaleand performance

Security and compliance

Reduce costs with a fully managed, intelligent relational cloud database. Save up to 80% with Azure Hybrid Benefit and reserved capacity.

Relational databases, or Structured Query Language (SQL) databases, are a good choice when data requirements are known, schema requirements are defined, and data rules must apply across related tables.  

Powerful and protected open source service

Azure Database for MySQL makes it easy to build and power innovative apps on a fully managed cloud service.

www.aka.ms/azuremysql

Fully managed, community- friendly database

Azure Database for MariaDB connects to your community on the fully managed cloud you trust.

www.aka.ms/azuremariadb

Enterprise-ready and fully managed community PostgreSQL

Azure Database for PostgreSQL provides intelligent performance optimization recommendations and high performance scaling all while supporting the PostgreSQL extensions and community versions you know and love.

www.aka.ms/azurepostgresql

The intelligent, managed cloud database service

Azure SQL Database combines the best of on-premises SQL Server with the financial and operational benefits of an intelligent, fully managed service.

www.aka.ms/sqldb