Microsoft Build is less than a week away, and the Azure Cosmos DB team will be out in force to showcase the newest features and capabilities for building AI apps and agents with scalable, fast, high-performance data.  Whether you’re in person at the Seattle Convention Center or watching the live or on-demand digital show, we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been up to.   

Add these breakout, demo, and labs sessions to your Build schedule: 

Monday, May 19th 

🗓️ 11:45am PT: What’s New in Microsoft Databases: Empowering AI-Driven App Dev (BRK204) with Shireesh Thota, Corporate VP of Engineering – Databases 

🗓️ 1:30pm PT: Design scalable data layers for multi-tenant apps with Azure Cosmos DB (BRK212) with Deborah Chen and Andrew Liu from the Azure Cosmos DB team, and Liz Nelson, Sr. Director of Product with SiteCore 

💻 4:30pm PT: Multi-agent apps with Semantic Kernel or LangChain & Azure Cosmos DB (LAB361) with Mark Brown and James Codella, PhD, from the Azure Cosmos DB team (live only) 

Wednesday, May 21st  

🗓️ 9:00am PT: Scale and secure MongoDB-compatible apps with Azure Cosmos DB (BRK202) with Khelan Modi from the Azure Cosmos DB team, and Hari Krishna Sunder, Principal Engineer, and Rohan Thomas, VP of Partner Sales, from YugaByte 

🗓️ 10:30am PT: Beyond the Game: How AI and Data Are Powering the Future of Sports (BRK143) with Indiana Pacers’ Manager of Data Engineering Jared Chavez, CTO of Southworks Johnny Halife, and James Codella 

🗓️ 10:30am PT: Building secure AI Agents with Azure Functions (BRK189) with Pim Zandee Global Business Intelligence Lead of HEINEKEN, who will share how they’ve used Azure Cosmos DB in app architectures

💻 2:20pm PT: Tips for fast vector and full-text search with Azure Cosmos DB (DEM567) with James Codella and Sr. Software Engineer Haiyang Xu 

🗓️ 3:30pm PT: Architecting highly resilient applications in Azure: A technical guide for developers (BRK197) with Kirill Gavrylyuk, VP of Product, and Justine Cocchi, Sr. Program Manager, from the Azure Cosmos DB team

🗓️ 3:30pm PT: Earth’s Defense with Hera: AI Agents Battle Planet Extinction Threats (BRK186) to learn how the European Space Agency, Impact AI, Terra Mater Studios, and Microsoft are using

Thursday, May 22nd  

💻 8:30am PT: Multi-agent apps with Semantic Kernel or LangChain & Azure Cosmos DB (LAB361 with Mark Brown and James Codella (live only) 

Our team will also be in the Expert Meet-Up area onsite, answering your questions and demonstrating some of our new features. Come on by. 

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About Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed and serverless NoSQL and vector database for modern app development, including AI applications. With its SLA-backed speed and availability as well as instant dynamic scalability, it is ideal for real-time NoSQL and MongoDB applications that require high performance and distributed computing over massive volumes of NoSQL and vector data.

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