What is Neon Serverless Postgres (Preview)?

Easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services on Azure with Azure Native integrations.

Microsoft and Neon developed this service and manage it together.

You can find Neon Serverless Postgres (Preview) in the Azure portal or get it on Azure Marketplace.

Neon is a cloud-native Postgres solution designed for modern applications. It offers a serverless, fully managed, and scalable Postgres database. Neon's advanced features include autoscaling, scale-to-zero, database branching, instant point-in-time restore, and time travel queries. Neon simplifies database management with seamless integration into your existing workflows, providing a powerful, cost-efficient solution for developers and businesses. 

Neon manages the Postgres infrastructure, including database configuration, maintenance, and scaling operations, allowing you to focus on building and optimizing your applications.

With its intuitive onboarding process, you can quickly start using Neon's capabilities for your Azure workloads, ensuring your databases are always optimized for performance and reliability. 

Here are the key capabilities provided by the Neon integration:

  • Seamless onboarding on Neon as an integrated service on Azure.
  • Unified billing of Neon via monthly billing through Azure Marketplace.
  • Single-Sign on to Neon with no separate sign-up needed from the Neon portal.
  • Manage all Neon resources from the Azure portal, and track them in the All resources page with your other Azure resources.

Prerequisites for Neon Serverless Postgres

  • An Azure account. If you don't have an active Azure subscription, create a free account.
  • Only users with Owner or Contributor access on the Azure subscription can set up the Azure integration. Ensure you have the appropriate access before starting the setup for this integration.

Find Neon Serverless Postgres

From Azure Marketplace, search for Neon Serverless Postgres. Once you subscribe, you're directed to the Create a Neon Serverless Postgres resource pane.

You can also find Neon Serverless Postgres in the Azure portal.

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