AZ491151 - Generally Available: DiskANN on Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

Discussionpowered by zap.ms

Published

May 19, 2025

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • May 2025
    General Availability

Product

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Tag

Features
Microsoft Build

Category

Databases
Hybrid + multicloud

Description

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of DiskANN—one of the fastest vector indexing algorithms on the market—on Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Developed at Microsoft Research and used extensively at Microsoft in global services such as Bing and Microsoft 365, DiskANN enables you to build high-performance and scalable generative AI (GenAI) applications that surpass pgvector index types—hierarchical navigable small world (HNSW) and inverted file with flat compression (IVFFlat)—in both speed and accuracy. Using DiskANN in PostgreSQL dramatically improves query performance and reduces latency as you scale your GenAI applications.