Added capability to deploy PostgreSQL servers on Microsoft Azure. Fixes #7178

docs/en_US/cloud_azure_postgresql.rst

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+.. _cloud_azure_postgresql:
+
+******************************************
+`Azure PostgreSQL Cloud Deployment`:index:
+******************************************
+
+To deploy a PostgreSQL server on the Azure cloud, follow the below steps.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_provider.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+Once you launch the tool, select the Azure PostgreSQL option.
+Click on the *Next* button to proceed further.
+
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_credentials.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+In the step-2:Credentials, select authentication method either interactive
+browser or Azure CLI. Azure CLI will use the currently logged in identity
+through the Azure CLI on the local machine. Interactive Browser will
+open a browser window to authenticate a user interactively.
+
+Use the *Azure tenant* id to speicify Azure tenant ID against which user
+is aunthenticated.
+
+Clicking the *Click here to authenticate yourself to Microsoft Azure*
+button, user will be redirected to the Microsoft Azure authentication page in a
+new browser tab if the Interactive Browser option is selected.
+Azure CLI authentication can be used only in Desktop mode.
+
+Once authentication is comepleted, click on the next button to proceed.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_instance.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+Use the fields from the Instance Specification tab to specify the Instance
+details.
+
+* Use the *Cluster name* field to add a name for the PostgreSQL
+  server; the name specified will be displayed in the *Browser* tree control too.
+
+* Select a subscription from the *Subscription* options which are populated based
+  on user access levels in Azure portal.
+
+* Select the resource group from *Resource Group* dropdown under which the
+  PostgreSQL instance will be created.
+
+* Select the location to deploy PostgreSQL instance from *Location*
+  options.
+
+* Select the availablity zone in specified region to deploy PostgreSQL
+  instance from *Availability zone* options.
+
+* Use *Database version* options to speicify PostgreSQL database vetsion.
+
+* Use the *Instance class* field to allocate the computational, network, and
+  memory capacity required by planned workload of this DB instance.
+
+* Use the *Instance type* field to select the instance type.
+
+* Use the *Storage size* option to specify the storage capacity.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_network.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+* Use the *Public IP* field to specify the List of IP Addresses or range of
+  IP Addresses (start IP Address - end IP address) from which inbound traffic
+  should be accepted. Add multiple IP addresses/ranges separated with commas,
+  for example: "192.168.0.50, 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.200"
+
+* User *Zone redundant high availability* option to specify High Availability
+  option. Zone redundant high availability deploys a standby replica in a
+  different zone.
+  The Burstable instance type does not support high availability.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_database.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+Use the fields from the Database Details tab to specify the PostgreSQL database details.
+
+* Use the drop-down list in the *pgAdmin server group* field to select the parent
+  node for the server; the server will be displayed in the *Browser* tree
+  control within the specified group.
+
+* Use the *Admin username* field to add the database name for the PostgreSQL
+  server.
+
+* Use the *Password* field to provide a password that will be supplied when
+  authenticating with the server.
+
+* Use the *Confirm password* field to repeat the password.
+
+Click on the next button to proceed.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_review.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+At the end, review the instance details that you provided. Click on Finish
+button to deploy the instance on Azure PostgreSQL.
+
+Once you click on the finish, one background process will start which will
+deploy the instance in the cloud and monitor the progress of the deployment.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_azure_bg_process_watcher.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment
+    :align: center
+
+The Server will be added to the tree with the cloud deployment icon. Once the
+deployment is done, the server details will be updated.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_tree.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center

docs/en_US/cloud_deployment.rst

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-   cloud_edb_biganimal
+   cloud_edb_biganimal
+   cloud_azure_postgresql

docs/en_US/release_notes_6_11.rst

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 New features
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+  | `Issue #7178 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7178>`_ -  Added capability to deploy PostgreSQL servers on Microsoft Azure.
   | `Issue #7332 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7332>`_ -  Added support for passing password using Docker Secret to Docker images.
   | `Issue #7351 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7351>`_ -  Added the option 'Show template databases?' to display template databases regardless of the setting of 'Show system objects?'.