# Announcing General Availability of BigAnimal, EDB’s fully managed PostgreSQL database on Azure

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/announcing-general-availability-of-biganimal-edb-s-fully-managed-postgresql-database-on-azure/29294>\
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**Created:** [15 November 2021 21:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/announcing-general-availability-of-biganimal-edb-s-fully-managed-postgresql-database-on-azure/29294 "2021-11-15T21:05:24Z")\
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A new [PostgreSQL](https://devtalk.com/postgresql) blog post/announcement has been posted!

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> ## Announcement
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> EDB announces the General Availability (GA) of BigAnimal, a fully managed PostgreSQL database in the cloud.
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> ### What is BigAnimal?
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> BigAnimal runs in your Microsoft Azure account, provides compatibility with Oracle databases, and is operated and managed by EDB. You can deploy PostgreSQL or EDB Postgres Advanced Server and take advantage of many of our other enterprise tools. BigAnimal is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
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> ### What’s being offered?
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> For **DBAs** , we’ve designed BigAnimal for flexibility and resiliency. We’ve included native multi-zone availability to deploy BigAnimal anywhere, continuous backups and monitoring provide peace of mind, fine-grained configuration control along with superuser access, and the choice to work with pure PostgreSQL or extend the database with EDB’s Advanced Server enterprise capabilities.
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> Because BigAnimal is a cloud service, **developers** can rap...

Get the full details here: [PostgreSQL: Announcing General Availability of BigAnimal, EDB’s fully managed PostgreSQL database on Azure](https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announcing-general-availability-of-biganimal-edbs-fully-managed-postgresql-database-on-azure-2345/)