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title: What Is Neon Serverless Postgres Preview?
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title: What Is Neon Serverless Postgres?
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description: Learn about Neon Serverless Postgres, a cloud-native Postgres solution designed for modern applications, in Azure Marketplace.
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author: ProfessorKendrick
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ms.topic: overview
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ms.date: 05/06/2025
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ms.date: 08/04/2025
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# What is Neon Serverless Postgres?
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# What is Neon Serverless Postgres Preview?
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Neon Serverless Postgres is a cloud-native, serverless, fully managed PostgreSQL database service jointly developed and managed by Microsoft and Neon as an Azure Native Integration. [!INCLUDE [what-is](../includes/what-is.md)]
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## What is it used for?
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An example of this kind of integration is the Neon Serverless Postgres service, which is now in preview. Microsoft and [Neon](https://neon.tech/) developed the service and manage it together. You can find it in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) or get it on [Azure Marketplace](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/).
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Neon Serverless Postgres is designed for applications that require rapid scaling, cost optimization, and advanced development workflows.
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Neon is a cloud-native Postgres solution designed for modern applications. It offers a serverless, fully managed, and scalable Postgres database. Neon's advanced features include autoscaling, scale-to-zero, database branching, instant point-in-time restore, and time travel queries. Neon simplifies database management with seamless integration into your existing workflows. This integration provides a powerful, cost-efficient solution for developers and businesses. 
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Typical use cases include:
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Neon manages the Postgres infrastructure so that you can focus on building and optimizing your applications. For example, Neon manages database configuration, maintenance, and scaling operations.
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- Web and mobile applications with variable or unpredictable workloads
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- Development and testing environments that benefit from database branching and instant restore
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- Scenarios where developers need a fully managed PostgreSQL service with minimal operational overhead
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- Data analytics and reporting applications that require high availability and performance without the complexity of managing database infrastructure.
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- Applications that require a serverless database solution with automatic scaling and cost efficiency.
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With the service's intuitive onboarding process, you can quickly start using Neon's capabilities for your Azure workloads to keep your databases optimized for performance and reliability.
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## Key Features
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Neon Serverless Postgres provides these key capabilities:
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The following features set Neon Serverless Postgres apart from traditional managed database services and support modern application development and operations:
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- *Seamless onboarding* as an integrated service on Azure.
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- *Unified billing* via monthly billing on Azure Marketplace.
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- *Single sign-on* with no separate sign-up needed from the Neon portal.
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- *Management of all Neon resources* from the Azure portal. You track them on the **All resources** page with your other Azure resources.
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- **Scale-to-Zero**: Automatically scales down to zero when not in use, reducing costs while maintaining instant availability when needed.
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- **Serverless Autoscaling**: Automatically scales resources based on workload demands, ensuring optimal performance without manual intervention.
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- **Database Branching**: Enables developers to create isolated copies of a database for testing or development without impacting production data.
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- **Instant Point-in-Time Restore**: Allows rapid recovery of a database to a previous state for disaster recovery or testing purposes.
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## Subscribe to Neon
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## Next step
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> [!div class="nextstepaction"]
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> [Create a resource](create.md)
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> [Create a resource](create.md)

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