Postgres 16 available in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, powered by Citus
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 16 for production workloads.
- Users can provision new distributed Postgres clusters or upgrade existing clusters to Postgres 16 using various methods like Azure Portal, Bicep or ARM templates, REST APIs, Azure SDKs, or Azure CLI.
- The Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL team has been actively working to keep up with the latest Postgres releases, allowing them to quickly bring Postgres 16 benefits to Citus extension and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
- The Citus 12.1 open source release came out with Postgres 16 support just one week after the Postgres 16 release.
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL supports all current Postgres versions, including versions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and now 16.
- Users running their clusters on PostgreSQL 14 or 15 also have access to the latest version of the Citus database extension, Citus 12.x.
- Users can find more information about PostgreSQL 16 and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, as well as get started with a Quickstart or free trial.