Scandinavian Airlines Speeds App Development, Lowers Costs with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Every year, millions of travelers book flights with the Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) app, just one of many customer-friendly innovations that the company has pioneered in its 75-year history. As a digital leader in an industry still recovering from the 2020 travel bans, SAS relies on Azure to lower infrastructure costs and gain agility for its development teams.
Read the customer story to learn how the continuous collaboration SAS received from Microsoft and the FastTrack for Azure team helped the airline save money and simplify processes for their application team.
How did Scandinavian Airlines enhance app development?
Scandinavian Airlines improved their app development by migrating to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and adopting Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server. This transition allowed their development teams to focus on innovation without the burden of managing infrastructure, enabling continuous delivery and reducing operational overhead.
What challenges did SAS face during migration?
During the migration, SAS faced challenges such as ensuring high availability for their PostgreSQL database and managing licensing costs associated with failover solutions. They also encountered issues with setting up a private endpoint in their hub-spoke network topology, which required collaboration with Microsoft to resolve.
What benefits did SAS gain from using Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
By using Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, SAS benefited from built-in high availability, reduced downtime, and simplified management of their database environment. This shift allowed them to optimize costs and improve the agility of their development teams, ultimately leading to an increase in successful customer deployments.
Scandinavian Airlines Speeds App Development, Lowers Costs with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
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