Shireesh Thota
Corporate Vice President of Azure Databases at Microsoft, responsible for Azure's comprehensive database portfolio and database architecture strategy, including SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Postgres, and Fabric.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 40min
Data is the new oil, and your database is the only way to extract it
Shireesh Thota, Corporate VP of Azure Databases at Microsoft, oversees SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Postgres and Fabric. He walks through cloud database evolution and architectures. Topics include Cosmos DB internals and indexing, Postgres as an extensible platform, disaggregated designs like HorizonDB, cost governance and multi-cloud data strategies, and what AI and vector/RAG features mean for future databases.
