Microsoft spins up Azure HorizonDB(theregister.com)
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Microsoft spins up Azure HorizonDB
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/microsoft_azure_horizondb/
2 comments
HorizonDB sounds interesting, but it’s hard to evaluate until Microsoft clarifies how it differs from their existing Postgres offerings (Flexible Server, Hyperscale/Citus, CosmosDB integrations).
Without clear pricing + performance characteristics, it’s difficult to know whether this is a new architecture or just another SKU in an already crowded lineup
Without clear pricing + performance characteristics, it’s difficult to know whether this is a new architecture or just another SKU in an already crowded lineup
Don't care a whit about this until they provide enough info to comparison-shop it against other competing products.