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Public Preview: Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric with Private Endpoints
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/cosmos-db-mirroring-private-endpoints/
Published: January 7, 2026 18:00
We are very excited to announce the public preview for private endpoint support for Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring with Microsoft Fabric mirroring. This feature allows you to preserve the enhanced network security on your data in Cosmos DB from virtual networks…
Build AI Tooling in Go with the MCP SDK – Connecting AI Apps to Databases
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/build-ai-tooling-in-go-with-the-mcp-sdk-connecting-ai-apps-to-databases/
Published: January 7, 2026 16:00
A hands‑on walkthrough of building MCP servers that can plug AI applications into Azure Cosmos DB The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has established itself as the ubiquitous standard for connecting AI applications to external systems. Since its release,…
How Azure Cosmos DB Powers ARM’s Federated Future: Scaling for the Next Billion Requests
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/how-azure-cosmos-db-powers-arms-federated-future-scaling-for-the-next-billion-requests/
Published: January 6, 2026 15:00
The Cloud at Hyperscale: ARM’s Mission and Growth Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the backbone of Azure’s resource provisioning and management, orchestrating billions of daily requests from customers around the globe. ARM manages all resources for Azure:…
Unlock the power of distributed graph databases with JanusGraph and Azure Apache Cassandra
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/janusgraph-azure-cassandra-graph-databases/
Published: December 17, 2025 18:37
Connecting the Dots: How Graph Databases Drive Innovation In today’s data-rich world, organizations face challenges that go beyond simple tables and rows. Whether it’s uncovering hidden relationships in social networks, detecting fraud, or powering…
Azure Cosmos DB vNext Emulator: Query and Observability Enhancements
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azure-cosmos-db-vnext-emulator-query-and-observability-enhancements/
Published: December 11, 2025 13:00
The Azure Cosmos DB Linux-based vNext emulator (preview) is a local version of the Azure Cosmos DB service that runs as a Docker container on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides a cost-effective way to develop and test applications locally without…
Azure Cosmos DB : Becoming a Search-Native Database
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azure-cosmos-db-becoming-a-search-native-database/
Published: December 11, 2025 01:21
For years, “Database” and “Search systems” (think Elastic Search) lived in separate worlds. While both Databases and Search Systems operate in the same domain (storing, indexing and querying data), they prioritized different aspects. OLTP Databases…
Long-term data retention up to 10 years: Announcing Private Preview of Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/cosmos-db-ltr-immutability/
Published: December 8, 2025 20:45
Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB is a new option that lets you securely protect and recover your Azure Cosmos DB data for compliance, audit, and ransomware protection scenarios. It leverages Azure Backup’s vault isolation and Azure Cosmos DB’s native…
Tata Neu delivers personalized shopping experiences for millions of users with Azure DocumentDB
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/tata-neu-delivers-personalized-shopping-experiences-for-millions-of-users-with-azure-documentdb/
Published: December 2, 2025 15:18
With Azure DocumentDB, Tata Neu delivers seamless authentication for millions of users, accelerates credit card onboarding across partners, unifies loyalty programs for hundreds of millions of members, and powers AI-driven support experiences across more…
Announcing: Dynamic Data Masking for Azure Cosmos DB (Preview)
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/announcing-dynamic-data-masking-for-azure-cosmos-db-preview/
Published: November 20, 2025 16:00
Today marks a big step forward with the public preview of Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) for Azure Cosmos DB. This feature helps organizations protect sensitive data without requiring changes to application logic or database interactions. What is Dynamic Data…
Use Azure SRE Agent with Azure Cosmos DB: Smarter Diagnostics for Your Applications
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/use-azure-sre-agent-with-azure-cosmos-db-smarter-diagnostics-for-your-applications/
Published: November 20, 2025 16:00
We’re excited to announce the Azure Cosmos DB SRE Agent built on Azure SRE Agent; a new capability designed to simplify troubleshooting and improve reliability for your applications running on Azure Cosmos DB. Some key features of Azure Cosmos DB SRE Agent…
Announcing Private Preview: Safe Account Key rotation using Account Key Usage Metadata
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/announcing-private-preview-safe-account-key-rotation-using-account-key-usage-metadata/
Published: November 20, 2025 16:00
Account Key Usage Metadata is a new security and observability feature that helps Azure Cosmos DB customers avoid service disruptions during key rotations. It provides visibility when each account key was last used, allowing teams to make informed…
General Availability: Priority-Based Execution in Azure Cosmos DB
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/general-availability-priority-based-execution-in-azure-cosmos-db/
Published: November 20, 2025 16:00
Have you ever faced a situation where two different workloads share the same container, and one ends up slowing down the other? This is a common challenge for many of our customers running applications on Azure Cosmos DB. Imagine these scenarios: A…
Announcing Preview of Online Copy Jobs in Azure Cosmos DB: Migrate Data with Minimal Downtime!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/announcing-online-copy-jobs-in-azure-cosmos-db-migrate-data-with-minimal-downtime/
Published: November 20, 2025 16:00
We are excited to announce the preview of Online Copy Jobs, a powerful new feature designed to make data migration between containers seamless and efficient with minimal downtime. With this feature, you can replicate data from a source to a destination…