Avnish Rastogi

Microsoft, Principal Product Manager for Azure MySQL

Avnish Rastogi is a Principal Product Manager in Azure MySQL. He leads initiatives that improve reliability, performance, and security across Azure’s managed open‑source database services, working closely with engineering to modernize the platform through architectural improvements, high‑availability design, and large‑scale migration frameworks that help organizations adopt cloud‑native data platforms with confidence. Before joining Microsoft, Avnish led major data modernization and integration initiatives across the broader cloud and analytics ecosystem, including database consolidation, distributed systems, healthcare data exchange, and enterprise analytics programs. He brings deep technical expertise paired with strong product strategy, with a focus on simplifying complex data challenges and enabling teams to build scalable, secure, and high‑performing data solutions.

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