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Aspire Multi-Repo Microservices - Windows 365 Integration Journey

How Windows 365 extends Aspire to streamline multi-repo microservice development using microservice resources, emulators, automated seed data, and cloud-based end-to-end validation.
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How Kraft Heinz achieved 1,400x faster data lineage with Azure DocumentDB’s DiskANN vector search and hybrid search

This article is authored by Gurvinder Singh, Principal Cloud Engineer at The Kraft Heinz Company.   The enterprise-scale challenge: Data lineage across 50+ interconnected systems At Kraft Heinz, we operate one of the world’s largest CPG data ecosystems with more than 200...
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Nov 18, 2025
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Public Preview: Azure DocumentDB Migration Extension Now Supports Online Migration to Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)

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Sandeep S. Nair
We’re excited to announce the Public Preview of a significant enhancement to the Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Migration extension for Visual Studio Code—introducing online migration capability! This update makes it easier than ever to migrate MongoDB workloads to...
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Azure DocumentDB is Now Generally Available
Nov 18, 2025
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Azure DocumentDB is Now Generally Available

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Gahl Levy
  Azure DocumentDB, a fully managed MongoDB-compatible database service based on the open-source DocumentDB governed by the Linux Foundation, is now generally available. It was formerly known as vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB. Azure DocumentDB gives developers a...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Announcing: GA of Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric and Cosmos Mirroring
Nov 18, 2025
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Announcing: GA of Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric and Cosmos Mirroring

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Mark Brown
We’re excited to announce that Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric and Cosmos DB Mirroring are now Generally Available, uniting your operational and analytical data in one platform. You can now analyze live Cosmos DB data directly in Fabric—no complex or costly ETL required....
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit: Empowering AI Agents with Azure Cosmos DB Intelligence
Nov 18, 2025
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Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit: Empowering AI Agents with Azure Cosmos DB Intelligence

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Sajeetharan Sinnathurai
We're excited to announce the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit in public preview. This open-source implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) gives AI agents and LLMs direct, secure access to Azure Cosmos DB. The toolkit bridges intelligent applications and globally distributed...
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Nov 18, 2025
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General Availability Announcement: Regex Support in SQL Server 2025 & Azure SQL

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Abhiman Tiwari
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of native Regex support in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL — a long-awaited capability that brings powerful pattern matching directly into T-SQL. This release marks a significant milestone in modernizing string operations and...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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Nov 18, 2025
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SQL Server 2025 Embraces Vectors: setting the foundation for empowering your data with AI

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SQL Server 2025 marks a major milestone in database innovation by introducing native support for VECTOR data types and vector functions. These are now fully available in the freshly released SQL Server 2025 RTM. This means you can store and process high-dimensional embeddings directly...
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Nov 18, 2025
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What’s New in Semantic Search for Azure Cosmos DB at Ignite 2025

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James Codella
We’re excited to introduce new capabilities and performance improvements for vector and full-text search in Azure Cosmos DB. These updates make it easier for developers and architects to build semantic search experiences and generative AI applications on the world’s most scalable...
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Azure Cosmos DB Migration from MongoDB (RU) to Azure DocumentDB Is Now Generally Available!
Nov 18, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB Migration from MongoDB (RU) to Azure DocumentDB Is Now Generally Available!

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Sandeep S. Nair
After a successful public preview, we’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of online migration from RU-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB to Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility). This capability makes migration fast, simple, and cost-free—all through the Azure...
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Nov 18, 2025
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Post-Quantum Cryptography in .NET

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Jeremy Barton
What we've added for PQC, and how we got there.
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