NoSQL vs. relational: Which database should you use for your app?
Microsoft recently announced the introduction of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a distributed relational database, making Azure the first cloud platform to offer support for both relational and NoSQL (non-relational) data in a single database service. This means Azure Cosmos DB developers now have ultimate flexibility when building cloud-native apps: with using Azure Cosmos DB’s own NoSQL database as well as others like MongoDB and Apache Cassandra,
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