Join us for the 5th annual Azure Cosmos DB Conf, a free virtual developer event co-hosted by Microsoft and the Azure Cosmos DB community. This is your opportunity to learn from Microsoft product managers, industry experts, and real-world customers who are building applications with Azure Cosmos DB.
This year, we received over 100 session proposals from 87 unique speakers, making it one of our most competitive and diverse events yet.
Why You Should Watch
Whether you’re a developer getting started or an experienced architect, this conference offers something for everyone. Expect engaging 25-minute sessions that dive deep into key topics, plus 5-minute lightning talks that deliver quick, impactful insights.
📅 Date: April 15, 2025
⏰ Time: 9 AM – 12 PM PT
📍 Where: Streaming live on YouTube
❓ Even more details: Head to the Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025 website
Join us live for demos, customer stories, and expert insights that will help you apply Azure Cosmos DB best practices to your own projects. Plus, explore even more on-demand sessions after the event!
Keynote and Live Show
Opening Keynote with Kirill Gavrylyuk
The live show kicks off with Kirill Gavrylyuk, Vice President and General Manager of Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft. He will provide an inside look at how Azure Cosmos DB is evolving, share customer success stories, and showcase live demos of how developers and enterprises are using Azure Cosmos DB to power AI applications, real-time analytics, and mission-critical workloads.
Customer Interviews: How Industry Leaders Use Azure Cosmos DB
Hear from real-world customers who are leveraging Azure Cosmos DB at scale:
Kunal Mukerjee, Vice President of Technology Strategy and Architecture at DocuSign Managing over a billion signers and 1.6 million customers, DocuSign relies on Azure Cosmos DB to track agreements at scale. Kunal will discuss how the Agreement Data Model (ADM) enables AI-driven insights, ensuring contracts remain actionable while improving search precision with Azure Cosmos DB‘s vector search capabilities.
Vin Kamat, Principal Architect at H&R Block H&R Block is modernizing tax preparation with Azure Cosmos DB as the backbone for AI-powered insights and real-time analytics. Vin will share how the company integrates Azure Cosmos DB to deliver seamless customer experiences.
Preview some of the sessions at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025
AI and Vector Search
How Microsoft Powers Planet-Scale AI Apps with DiskANN – James Codella, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
Discover how Microsoft leverages DiskANN, an advanced vector search system that powers Bing, M365, and Windows Copilot. Learn how Azure Cosmos DB integrates DiskANN to provide high-performance vector search at scale.
OmniRAG: A Smarter Way to Do Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Azure Cosmos DB – Aleksey Savateyev, Director, GBB, Azure Data & AI, Microsoft OmniRAG dynamically selects the best data source for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) using Azure Cosmos DB’s built-in vector search and a knowledge graph. This session explores the OmniRAG pattern, its cost-effective AI workflow, and a live demo of CosmosAIGraph.
Building an AI-Powered Knowledge Management System – Kevin Gatimu, Technical Trainer, Teach2Give | Microsoft MVP Learn how to combine Azure Cosmos DB’s vector search, semantic ranking, and BM25 scoring to create a highly efficient enterprise knowledge management system, enabling smarter and more accurate information retrieval.
Real-Time Analytics and Performance
Accelerating Real-Time Analytics with GPU-Enhanced Apache Spark – Alexander Spiridonov, Solutions Architect, NVIDIA; Brian Benz, Java Champion & Cloud Advocate, Microsoft; Cary Chai, Product Manager, Microsoft Discover how GPU-powered Apache Spark and Azure Cosmos DB enable high-performance real-time analytics for AI-driven applications. This session includes a demo showcasing GPU acceleration for real-time data processing.
Optimizing Costs: Reducing Database Spend to $1/Month“ – Simon Kofod, Lead Software Developer, Novo Nordisk A real-world case study on how migrating from a $280/month RDBMS setup to Azure Cosmos DB serverless reduced costs to under $1/month, improving performance while reducing operational costs.
Security and Best Practices
Enhancing Security in Azure Cosmos DB: Best Practices – Sudhanshu Khera, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft; Iria Osara, Program Manager, Microsoft Explore Azure Cosmos DB security best practices, including network security, authentication, and data encryption strategies. Topics covered include Managed Identity, secure communications, and transitioning to Entra ID authentication.
Application Development and Scaling
Real-World Use Cases of Azure Cosmos DB’s Change Feed – Justine Cocchi, Senior Program Manager, MicrosoftLearn how Azure Cosmos DB’s change feed enables event-driven architectures in gaming, retail, and IoT applications, with real-world implementation examples.
Getting Started with DocumentDB and Open Source – Patty Chow, Product Manager, Microsoft
Explore DocumentDB, the open-source engine behind Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, and its capabilities for building scalable NoSQL applications.
Orchestrating Intelligent Agents – Marius Högger, AI and Software Engineer, bbv Software Services AG Discover how Azure Cosmos DB serves as the backbone for scalable, AI-driven multi-agent systems, enabling seamless AI agent collaboration and real-time communication.
Enterprise AI and Cloud-Native Solutions
Azure Cosmos DB in AI Workflows: From Knowledge Retrieval to Microsoft Fabric Integrations – Divakar Kumar, Technical Architect, FlyersSoft
Learn how Azure Cosmos DB integrates with Microsoft Fabric for AI-powered workflows, enabling vector storage, semantic layering, and mirroring capabilities for data-driven AI applications.
Enterprise AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance Platform – Farah Abdou, Teaching Assistant, Uplimit Learn how Azure Cosmos DB and AI technologies create scalable platforms for real-time equipment monitoring, predictive maintenance, and AI-driven automation.
Building a Centralized Product Data Hub with Azure Cosmos DB at QVC – Senthil Chandrasuriyan, Solutions Architect, QVC See how QVC built a centralized data hub with Azure Cosmos DB, enabling real-time inventory tracking, product management, and seamless integrations across sales channels.
Azure Cosmos DB as the Backbone for AI-Enabled Enterprise Applications – Vin Kamat, Principal Architect, H&R Block; Mani Jaman, Principal Architect, H&R Block Learn how Azure Cosmos DB powers AI-enabled customer experiences, real-time analytics, OpenAI integrations, and intelligent automation, optimizing tax preparation services at H&R Block.
See You at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025!
Join us on April 15, 2025, for an educational and informative event focused on building modern applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Learn from Microsoft engineers, industry experts, and real-world customers as they share insights on AI-powered applications, data modeling strategies, performance optimizations, and seamless integrations with Azure services.
Whether you’re new to Azure Cosmos DB or an experienced developer looking to refine your skills, these sessions will provide practical guidance, hands-on demonstrations, and best practices to help you build scalable, high-performance applications.
Mark your calendar for April 15, 2025, and be sure to catch the live sessions, with additional content available on-demand.
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