MySQL | Performance + AI Integration | Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Bring your MySQL workloads to run on Azure. Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server offers a powerful, fully managed solution for MySQL workloads, providing unique platform-level optimizations that significantly enhance connection scaling and cost performance. Ensure high efficiency and reduced latency for mission-critical applications for up to twice the performance of other offerings. The integration with Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Search further extends its capabilities, enabling intelligent vector-based search and generative AI responses for more accurate and relevant user queries.
Join Parikshit Savjani, Azure Database for MySQL Principal Group PM, shares how Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server transforms traditional MySQL applications into high-performance, intelligent systems by combining the scalability and security of Azure with advanced AI-driven insights.
► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Run MySQL on Azure
00:56 - Run your LAMP stack on Azure
01:24 - Accelerated Logs capability
03:02 - Vector-based search and generative AI
04:02 - Leverage Azure AI Search & Azure OpenAI services
04:29 - Establish database connection
05:52 - Build vector index
07:04 - Create an Indexer
07:32 - Semantic Search
07:54 - Test it in the Azure AI playground
08:49 - Wrap up
► Link References
Check out https://aka.ms/mysql-resources
Join the community for Azure Database for MySQL at https://aka.ms/mysql-contributors
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