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Local large language models (LLMs) provide significant advantages for developers and organizations. Key benefits include enhanced data privacy, as sensitive information remains entirely within your own infrastructure, and offline functionality, enabling uninterrupted work even without internet access. While cloud-based LLM services are convenient, ...

Scalable AI in Action with Azure Cosmos DB – A Monthly Partner Showcase As AI continues to reshape industries, customers are seeking scalable, real-time solutions that integrate seamlessly with their existing data platforms. Azure Cosmos DB, with its global distribution, low latency, and multi-model support, is uniquely positioned to power intel...

Multi-tenant applications face a fundamental challenge: how to efficiently store and query data for tenants of vastly different sizes? Consider the typical scenario where your platform serves both enterprise clients with hundreds of thousands of users, as well as small businesses with just a handful. With traditional database partitioning strategie...

Integration testing has always presented a fundamental challenge: how do you test your application against real dependencies without the complexity of managing external services? Traditional approaches often involve either mocking dependencies (which can miss integration issues) or maintaining separate test environments (which can be expensive and ...

When building applications that interact with databases, developers frequently encounter scenarios where default SDK configurations don't align with their specific operational requirements. They need to customize SDK behavior to address real-world challenges like network instability, performance bottlenecks, debugging complexity, monitoring require...

We’re excited to unveil the open Public Preview of Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric, now available to all users! Since our initial announcement at Microsoft Build 2025, we’ve introduced an array of powerful new features to enhance your data workflows. With this release, you can seamlessly access and analyze your operational data across the Fabr...

The Go programming language is a great fit for building serverless applications. Go applications can be easily compiled to a single, statically linked binary, making deployment simple and reducing external dependencies. They start up quickly, which is ideal for serverless environments where functions are frequently invoked from a cold start. Go app...

Welcome to the latest roundup of key updates across the Azure Cosmos DB Java ecosystem! The largest external customers of Azure Cosmos DB API for NoSQL, running some of the biggest and most mission critical workloads in Azure, are primarily Java users! From powerful new AI integrations to improvements in the Java SDK, Spring Data, Spark, and Kafka...

I'm excited to share our new video series where I walk through building a production-ready inventory management API using Python, FastAPI, and Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL. This project demonstrates modern async patterns, clean architecture, and enterprise-grade features like batch operations and optimistic concurrency control. This builds on our Get...

Microsoft Teams, Copilot, Azure Communication Services and many other product offerings from Microsoft, rely on a unified messaging platform that powers real-time communication and collaboration at an unprecedented scale. This messaging platform has become critical for enabling boundary-less collaboration, supporting hundreds of millions of users w...