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We are excited to announce that Neon Serverless Postgres is now generally available as an Azure Native Integration. This milestone marks a significant step forward in providing developers with a powerful, serverless Postgres solution, seamlessly integrated within the Azure ecosystem. 

We’re excited to bring Neon to all Azure developers, especially AI platforms. Neon Serverless Postgres scales automatically to match your workload and can branch instantly for an incredible developer experience. And for AI developers concerned about scale, cost efficiency, and data privacy, Neon enables them to easily adopt database-per-customer architectures, ensuring real-time provisioning and data isolation for their customers.

– Nikita Shamgunov, CEO, Neon.

Neon as a natively integrated offering on Azure

Azure Native Integrations enable developers to seamlessly provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services within the Azure ecosystem.

Neon’s native Integration enables developers to use Neon Serverless Postgres with the same experience as any other Azure service, fully integrated within Azure’s workflows, identity systems, and billing framework. Developers can provision Neon Serverless Postgres directly from the Azure Portal, where it is listed alongside Microsoft’s database offerings in the Databases section, complete with a partner badge. Once provisioned, Neon projects, branches, and connection strings can be managed using the Azure portal, CLI, and SDK.

The deep integration also simplifies security and procurement, allowing authentication using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) and consolidating Neon usage into your organization’s Azure bill.

New Features Available with GA Release

With General Availability release, several new features are now accessible. The intent is to make all innovative Neon features available to developers in the Azure eco-system. 

With GA, the following features are now added:

• Neon Project and Branch Creation from Azure: Developers now can create Neon projects and branches directly through the Azure portal. This enhancement simplifies team operations, facilitates tighter CI/CD integration, allows for more detailed environment management, and accelerates the transition from provisioning to production.

• Connect to database: The connect experience as part of Azure resource allows developers to connect Neon Serverless Postgres to their application stack directly from the Azure portal. This simplifies the process of connecting Neon databases to a few clicks from Azure portal.
  
  


• Azure CLI and SDKs (Java, Python, .NET, Go, JS): Developers can use the Azure CLI and SDK to manage Neon organization, projects, branches, and connection strings. This flexibility allows developers to choose the client of their preference and integrate Neon seamlessly into their current development environment.
  
  


• Semantic Kernel: Neon integrates directly with Semantic Kernel, enabling developers to orchestrate full Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. Generate embeddings with Azure OpenAI, store and query them in Neon using pgvector, and retrieve relevant results in milliseconds.

You can read more about this release in the Neon launch announcement as well. 🎉

Neon for Enterprises and AI startups

Neon offers instant provisioning, branching, seamless integration, and cost-effective development workflows. This makes it the perfect solution which can power organizations of all sizes and growth stage, whether you are an Enterprise or a fast-scaling AI startup.

For Enterprises, Neon offers efficient scalability, strong recovery guarantees, and developer workflows that align with modern software development practices. Neon’s compute layer scales automatically based on workload, ensuring smoother performance during peak traffic, lower infrastructure costs, and reduced operational overhead.

For AI startups, Neon provides the speed, flexibility, and automation needed for modern AI applications. If you are part of Microsoft for Startups program, you can leverage the native integration of the serverless Postgres to experience features like scale to zero and branching for faster and a cost-effective AI solution.

Try Out Neon Serverless Postgres on Azure

We invite you to try out Neon Serverless Postgres on Azure. Follow the Docs and start leveraging the power of serverless Postgres in your applications. The collaboration between Microsoft and Neon has resulted in a developer-focused roadmap, ensuring continuous improvements and new features.

Link to our Feedback communities

If you have new scenarios you would like to propose, please share your feedback with us on Azure feedback community. You can reach out to Neon via Neon discord community or contact feedback@neon.tech. We are committed to listening to you and enhancing the Neon experience to solve your problems.

We look forward to seeing how developers will leverage Neon Serverless Postgres to build intelligent and scalable Azure applications.

Next steps

For all the links and resources, please refer the following:

• Subscribe to Neon Serverless Postgres on Azure portal or Azure Marketplace


• Learn more about Neon Serverless Postgres at Microsoft docs


• Read the launch blogpost by Neon


• Discover more about Neon


• Learn about Microsoft’s investment in Neon