{"id":28145,"date":"2025-07-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pingcap.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=28145"},"modified":"2025-07-08T04:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:55:29","slug":"pingcap-expands-collaboration-microsoft-azure-accelerate-distributed-sql-adoption","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.pingcap.com\/ko\/press-release\/pingcap-expands-collaboration-microsoft-azure-accelerate-distributed-sql-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"PingCAP Expands Collaboration with Microsoft Azure to Accelerate Distributed SQL Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 8, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 PingCAP<\/a>, the creator of the distributed SQL database TiDB, today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the adoption of modern data infrastructure across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. This collaboration brings together PingCAP\u2019s expertise in distributed transactional and analytical systems with Microsoft\u2019s global cloud platform to help organizations build scalable, real-time, and AI-ready applications on Azure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this expanded partnership, PingCAP is launching TiDB Cloud Dedicated in public preview on Azure, enabling enterprises to deploy distributed SQL natively within Azure\u2019s secure, compliant, and enterprise-grade environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is more than a product launch\u2014it\u2019s a meaningful engagement ,\u201d said Ardelle Fan, SVP of Marketing & Partnerships at PingCAP. \u201cPingCAP is working with Microsoft to meet the growing demand for scalable, low-latency data infrastructure in SaaS, FinTech, and AI-driven workloads. TiDB Cloud Dedicated now runs on Microsoft Azure, giving customers the operational simplicity of a fully-managed distributed database in the cloud they already trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This partnership will include go-to-market initiatives, account alignment, and co-selling efforts focused on helping organizations modernize legacy data architectures. With distributed SQL, customers can eliminate the complexity of sharding, reduce operational overhead, and scale elastically as demands grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy leveraging Microsoft Azure\u2019s global cloud infrastructure and enterprise-grade compliance service, PingCAP delivers its distributed SQL architecture to address critical database scalability challenges,\u201d said Ross Kennedy, VP, Digital Natives team at Microsoft. \u201cThis collaboration empowers enterprises to modernize mission-critical applications with elastic scalability and real-time analytics\u2014while ensuring compliance and operational resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TiDB Cloud Dedicated Now Available in Public Preview on Azure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PingCAP now offers TiDB Cloud Dedicated, its fully-managed TiDB service, across all three major public clouds. The Azure launch (in East US 2, Japan East, and Southeast Asia) adds new flexibility for organizations pursuing multi-cloud strategies or meeting regional data residency requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azure users can now benefit from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n