Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB is a new option that lets you securely protect and recover your Azure Cosmos DB data for compliance, audit, and ransomware protection scenarios. It leverages Azure Backup’s vault isolation and Azure Cosmos DB’s native backup streams to deliver scalable, long-term data protection that meets regulatory requirements.

How does it work?

During the private preview, you can configure backup schedules and retention policies at the Azure Cosmos DB account or collection level, stream backups to a vaulted, isolated Azure Backup Vault, and restore data to an empty Azure Cosmos DB account in the same region. The service supports flexible policy assignments, role-based access control, and monitoring through Azure Backup Center.

Why is it important?

Azure Cosmos DB LTR helps organizations meet strict regulatory requirements like GDPR, FINRA or DORA by providing immutable, auditable long-term backups. This ensures your critical data remains immutable and recoverable, addressing legal hold and time lock scenarios dictated by legal and industry compliance needs.

How to onboard

To join the private preview,

• Sign up at aka.ms/AzureBackupforCosmosDBPreview or
• Contact the team at AzureBackupforCosmosDBPreview@microsoft.com.

What’s next?

Public preview will expand region support, add immutable vaults and cross-region restore, and introduce portal/CLI self-service onboarding.

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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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