Along with its many other cloud services, Microsoft now offers Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, a database-as-a-service platform based on the PostgreSQL open-source database system. DBAs, developers, analysts, and other users who are familiar with relational database management systems—whether on-premises or in the cloud—should have little trouble getting started with ADP flexible server. That said, both the ADP service and the PostgreSQL RDBMS come with their own unique characteristics, and those who are new to ADP might benefit from a little guidance.
This article and those to follow will introduce you to the ADP service and the various features