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Azure AI Search

Azure

Managed text, vector, and hybrid search for application retrieval.

Search engines

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure

A distributed database platform where API, partitioning, and consistency choices shape the application.

NoSQL databases

Azure Data Factory

Azure

Managed pipelines for moving and transforming data across supported systems.

Pipelines & streaming

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure

Data lake capabilities built on Azure Blob Storage for analytical workloads.

Lakehouses & formats

Azure Database for MySQL

Azure

Managed MySQL with Azure networking, backup, and availability options for application workloads.

Relational databases

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure

Managed PostgreSQL with Azure networking, backup, and availability options.

Relational databases

Azure Database Migration Service

Azure

Migration tooling for moving supported databases to Azure destinations.

Pipelines & streaming

Azure Event Hubs

Azure

A managed event ingestion service with partitioned streams and consumer groups.

Pipelines & streaming

Azure Managed Redis

Azure

A managed Redis service for applications that need fast data structure access.

Caching & in-memory

Azure SQL Database

Azure

A managed SQL Server-based database service with database-level deployment choices.

Relational databases

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure

A managed SQL instance with a broad set of SQL Server instance-level capabilities.

Relational databases

Azure Stream Analytics

Azure

Managed stream processing for continuous queries over incoming events.

Pipelines & streaming

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure

An Azure analytics workspace with SQL, Spark, and data integration capabilities.

Analytics & warehouses

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

An integrated Microsoft analytics platform with warehouse, lakehouse, and data integration workloads.

Analytics & warehouses

Microsoft OneLake

Azure

The logical data lake underlying Microsoft Fabric workloads.

Lakehouses & formats

Microsoft Purview

Azure

Microsoft's data governance, cataloging, and information protection capabilities.

Governance & BI

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