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Azure Cosmos DB was named by Bloomberg as the no. 1 Database of choice for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Large Language Model (LLM) customization. It is used by OpenAI to scale it’s ChatGPT service, and by many thousands of customers worldwide, serving billions of end-users with globally distributed apps at planet scale. In this blog ...

We’re continuing to simplify AI app development by integrating Azure Cosmos DB’s cost-effective and scalable vector search directly with Spring AI and LangChain4J! These frameworks empower Java developers to efficiently manage fast and accurate data retrieval with Azure Cosmos DB’s scalability and efficient vector indexing and search capabilities, ...

The Microsoft Fabric API for GraphQL™ provides a data access layer that enables you to query multiple data sources quickly and efficiently using a widely adopted and familiar API technology. This API abstracts the specifics of backend data sources, allowing you to focus on your application's logic and deliver all the data a client needs in a single...

We are excited to announce the preview release of the new Linux-based Azure Cosmos DB Emulator! This latest version is built to provide faster startup times and broader platform compatibility, addressing one of the most requested features in the Azure Cosmos DB User Voice community. The emulator can now seamlessly run on Apple silicon and Microsoft...

Microsoft Ignite 2024 took over the Windy City this week, bringing with it new technological innovation and exciting product announcements aplenty! If you missed the first day of the show, don't worry – we’ve got you covered with all the latest and greatest Azure Cosmos DB news. This year's event saw great enthusiasm and attendance at McCorm...

Managing workloads with unpredictable spikes can be a real challenge, especially when it comes to ensuring your database can handle sudden surges in traffic. Often, this leads to overprovisioning resources to play it safe, resulting in higher costs and wasted capacity. But what if there was a better way? We're excited to introduce Autoscale for...

We’re excited to announce a major security enhancement for the vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Integration for Secondary Users with Read/Read Write Privileges. Now available in public preview, this feature enables organizations to control data access with greater precision while preserving the flexibility a...

We're excited to announce that the Data API for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is now in public preview. This Data API offers a flexible and powerful way for you to interact with your database using HTTP-based API calls.Data API  The Data API for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB lets you work with your MongoDB vCore data through ...

Security is essential for any application, and we are pleased to announce the public preview of Azure Network Security Perimeter, a feature that lets Azure Cosmos DB customers enhance their application security by creating a logical network boundary that isolates your applications network from external networks, such as the internet. Network securi...

In today's digital landscape, cross-region replication has become a foundational feature for any managed database service aiming to provide high availability, disaster recovery, and global scalability. Ensuring data continuity and availability even during regional outages or unexpected events is essential, and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) no...