{"id":11980,"date":"2026-03-11T09:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=11980"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:07:38","slug":"azure-cosmos-db-conf-2026-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/azure-cosmos-db-conf-2026-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Ahead at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026: From AI Agents to Global Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-1.png\" alt=\"Banner for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 featuring Microsoft and AMD logos. The text reads \u201cAzure Cosmos DB Conf 2026\u201d with the event date and time: April 28, 9:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM PST. A friendly cartoon astronaut floats in a space-themed background with planets, stars, and database icons.\" width=\"1179\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-1.png 1179w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-1-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-1-1024x208.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-1-768x156.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us for <strong>Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026<\/strong>, a free global, virtual developer event focused on building modern applications with Azure Cosmos DB.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: April 28, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time<\/strong>: 9:00 AM\u20132:00 PM PT<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong> Streaming live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/microsoftdeveloper\">Microsoft Developer YouTube channel<\/a>, with additional sessions available on demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Registration:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/cosmosconfreg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aka.ms\/cosmosconfreg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Full details<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azurecosmosdbconf\">aka.ms\/azurecosmosdbconf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chat with the community:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/pczdC2SU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#nosql on Discord<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, Azure Cosmos DB Conf will feature 21 speakers from across the globe, bringing together Microsoft engineers, community leaders, architects, and developers to share how they are building modern applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Attendees will hear directly from experts using Azure Cosmos DB to power real systems\u2014from AI agent memory architectures and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines to globally distributed event-driven microservices and cost-efficient high-scale workloads.<\/p>\n<p>You can also expect talks exploring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/documentdb\/documentdb\">Open Source DocumentDB<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/documentdb\/\">Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)<\/a><\/strong>, demonstrating how developers can build portable architectures that run both on-premises and in the cloud while maintaining full compatibility with the MongoDB developer ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Still curious about what you&#8217;ll see? Below, you can watch a short recap from Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025 to get a sense of the technical depth and real\u2011world focus that shape the conference.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x7pJvNgiDL8?list=PLmamF3YkHLoLQhnFsKWhtKu_Tp0uXPFdn\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>An Expanded Azure Cosmos DB Conf, Powered by AMD<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11982\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-2-300x116.jpeg\" alt=\"White AMD logo on a black background.\" width=\"155\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-2-300x116.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-2.jpeg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event is our biggest yet. Thanks to our partnership with <a title=\"https:\/\/amd.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/amd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AMD<\/strong><\/a>, Azure Cosmos DB Conf has expanded from three hours to <strong>five hours of live programming<\/strong>, giving us more time for deep technical sessions, product insights, and real\u2011world engineering stories. That includes a behind\u2011the\u2011scenes look at how Azure Cosmos DB runs at planetary scale, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aliuy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Andrew Liu, Principal GPM, Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft,<\/strong><\/a> walking through the internal architecture that powers request processing, replication, and high availability on AMD\u2011powered infrastructure across Azure datacenters. From data placement and partitioning to quorum\u2011based replication and the mechanics behind Request Units and serverless execution, this session trades slides for whiteboards and focuses on how the system actually works under the hood.<\/p>\n<h2>Keynote: Azure Cosmos DB Platform Evolution and Real\u2011World Learnings<\/h2>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kirillgavrylyuk\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12019 alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-150x150.png\" alt=\"Headshot of a smiling man with short dark hair wearing a white collared shirt, photographed outdoors with a blurred green foliage background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/ff59c5a8-fde4-4482-86fd-58939d64411f.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Evolving the Azure Cosmos DB Platform<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>In the opening keynote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kirillgavrylyuk\/\"><strong>Kirill Gavrylyuk, Vice President of Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft<\/strong>,<\/a> will highlight how the platform continues to evolve to support modern production workloads. Over the past year, Azure Cosmos DB has delivered meaningful improvements across AI\u2011driven applications, retrieval workloads, performance, reliability, and developer productivity\u2014including advances in vector indexing, full\u2011text and hybrid search, workload control, and security and backup capabilities that help teams build faster and operate with confidence at scale.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>From Production Systems to Open Architectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>The keynote will also highlight how developers are applying these capabilities across the broader Azure Cosmos DB ecosystem in real production environments. Kirill will share success stories from teams using Azure Cosmos DB, <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/documentdb\/\"><strong>Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)<\/strong><\/a>, and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/documentdb.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open source DocumentDB project<\/a>, <\/strong>part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/documentdb-joins-the-linux-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Linux Foundation<\/strong><\/a>, to meet different architectural and operational requirements, including cloud and hybrid deployments, AI applications, real time analytics, and mission critical workloads. These examples reflect how developers choose the right option for their scenario while maintaining consistent performance characteristics, scalability, and operational reliability as systems grow in complexity and scale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A look at some of the 25 minute sessions at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 includes sessions from developers and engineers who are building modern systems with Azure Cosmos DB today. Here are just a few of the talks you\u2019ll see during the event.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>AI, agents, and intelligent retrieval<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Modern AI applications require more than a vector database\u2014they need persistent memory, coordination between agents, and scalable retrieval systems. Several sessions at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 will explore how developers are using Azure Cosmos DB to power these new AI architectures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/farah-abdou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11983 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Professional headshot of a woman wearing a light pink hijab and a light gray blazer over a white blouse, smiling against a neutral background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-3.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/farah-abdou\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Farah Abdou<\/strong><\/a>, Lead Machine Learning Engineer, SmartServe<strong> \u2014 Cutting AI Agent Costs with Azure Cosmos DB: The Agent Memory Fabric<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this session, Farah Abdou will demonstrate how Azure Cosmos DB can serve as a unified <strong>Agent Memory Fabric<\/strong> for multi-agent AI systems. By combining vector search for semantic caching, Change Feed for event-driven coordination, and optimistic concurrency for conflict prevention, this architecture enables faster agent collaboration while reducing operational complexity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/varun-kotte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11984 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Professional headshot of a man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and tie, with sunglasses, standing outdoors with greenery and palm trees blurred in the background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-4.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/varun-kotte\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Varun Kumar Kotte<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Adobe \u2014 <strong>Production RAG on Azure Cosmos DB: Version-Aware Enterprise QA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Varun Kumar Kotte will present a production architecture behind Adobe\u2019s AI Assistant, showing how Azure Cosmos DB supports version-aware retrieval across large enterprise documentation sets. The talk explores how RAG pipelines can maintain semantic accuracy while serving hundreds of thousands of documents with low-latency responses.<\/p>\n<h3>Performance, cost, and operating at scale<\/h3>\n<p>Running Azure Cosmos DB workloads at scale requires strong visibility into performance, partitioning strategy, and RU consumption. These sessions focus on diagnosing real-world issues and optimizing systems as workloads grow.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/patrick-oguaju\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11985 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5-150x150.png\" alt=\"Headshot of a man wearing glasses and a gray shirt, resting his chin on his hand while sitting in an office with ceiling lights and desks in the background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-5.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/patrick-oguaju\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Patrick Oguaju<\/strong><\/a>. Software Developer, Next <strong> \u2014 Designing Cost-Efficient, High-Scale Systems with Azure Cosmos DB<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:37b2aeb7-18e8-4896-9dc3-088056d06d3c-29\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-60\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ef2a53fc-8156-4c76-8a27-9bade0dba539\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"614\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Patrick Oguaju will walk through how a production system was redesigned to dramatically reduce Azure Cosmos DB costs without sacrificing performance or reliability. The session covers practical data modeling patterns, indexing tradeoffs, and observability techniques used to identify hidden cost drivers. You\u2019ll see how small design decisions\u2014such as partitioning strategy and query patterns\u2014can have a significant impact on throughput consumption. By the end of the talk, you\u2019ll have a clearer understanding of how to diagnose cost issues and apply proven techniques to keep your own workloads efficient at scale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/anurag-dutt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11986 size-thumbnail alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Black-and-white photo of a man wearing glasses, a denim jacket, and a graphic T-shirt, standing indoors with framed posters and equipment visible in the background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-6.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/anurag-dutt\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Anurag Dutt<\/strong><\/a>, Multi-Cloud Engineer <strong> \u2014 From Rising RU Costs to Stable Performance: A Practical Cosmos DB Case Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anurag Dutt will examine a real high-volume workload and demonstrate how issues like hot partitions, cross-partition queries, and inefficient indexing were identified and corrected. The session walks through the decision-making process behind each optimization and the resulting improvements in cost and latency.<\/p>\n<h3>Distributed systems and event-driven architecture<\/h3>\n<p>Azure Cosmos DB often acts as the operational backbone for distributed systems that coordinate work across services and process real-time events.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/eric-boyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11987 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Headshot of a man with shoulder-length hair and a beard, wearing a light gray sweater, seated indoors with plants and shelves in the background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-7.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/eric-boyd\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Eric Boyd<\/strong><\/a>, Founder &amp; CEO, responsiveX<strong> \u2014 Distributed Locks, Sagas, and Coordination with Cosmos DB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eric Boyd will explore how Azure Cosmos DB can be used as a coordination layer for distributed workflows. The session covers lock and lease patterns, saga orchestration, and strategies for handling retries, contention, and race conditions across multiple regions. He also shares practical guidance on when to centralize coordination versus when to push responsibility to services themselves. Attendees will leave with concrete patterns they can apply to build more resilient, globally distributed systems without introducing unnecessary coupling or operational overhead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/tural-suleymani\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Tural Suleymani<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/tural-suleymani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11988 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Speaker presenting in front of a projected slide, gesturing while explaining content to an audience.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-8.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>, Engineering Manager, VOE Consulting<strong> \u2014 Designing High-Scale Event-Driven Microservices with Azure Cosmos DB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tural Suleymani will share lessons learned from building event-driven microservices using Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed as the backbone for domain events. The session demonstrates patterns for building scalable, loosely coupled systems while maintaining observability and resilience.<\/p>\n<h3>Developer productivity and modern development workflows<\/h3>\n<p>Developer tooling and workflows play a critical role in building reliable distributed systems. These sessions explore how modern development environments and secure architectures help teams move faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/sajeetharan-sinnathurai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11989 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9-150x150.png\" alt=\"Professional headshot of a smiling man with dark hair and a trimmed beard wearing a dark button-up shirt against a neutral background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-9.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/sajeetharan-sinnathurai\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Sajeetharan Sinnathurai<\/strong><\/a>, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft <strong> \u2014 Setting Up Your Azure Cosmos DB Development Environment (and Supercharging It with AI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sajeetharan Sinnathurai will show how to configure a complete Azure Cosmos DB development workflow using the emulator, VS Code tooling, testing strategies, and AI coding assistants. The session demonstrates how developers can accelerate development while maintaining best practices for Cosmos DB applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/pamela-fox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11990 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Headshot of a woman with short brown hair wearing a teal top, smiling in front of a wooden fence background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-10.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/pamela-fox\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Pamela Fox<\/strong><\/a>, Principal Cloud Advocate (Python), Microsoft<strong> \u2014 Know Your User: Identity-Aware MCP Servers with Cosmos DB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pamela Fox will demonstrate how to build a Python MCP server that authenticates users with Microsoft Entra ID and securely stores per-user data in Azure Cosmos DB. The session highlights identity-first architectures for AI systems and modern cloud applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Migration and hybrid architectures<\/h3>\n<p>Modernizing applications often requires bridging existing systems with new cloud-native platforms. Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 includes sessions exploring migration strategies and hybrid deployment models.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/sergiy-smyrnov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11991 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Professional headshot of a man with a mustache wearing a light purple checkered shirt against a dark blue studio background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-11.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/sergiy-smyrnov\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Sergiy Smyrnov<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Specialist, Data &amp; AI Global Black Belt, Microsoft <strong> \u2014 From JOINs to JSON: Migrating a Real-World ASP.NET App to Cosmos DB with GitHub Copilot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sergiy Smyrnov will demonstrate how an AI-assisted workflow can analyze a relational schema, generate a migration plan, and convert an ASP.NET application to run on Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. Using the classic AdventureWorks database and a real ASP.NET application, the session walks through the full migration journey\u2014from relational modeling and schema analysis to provisioning Azure Cosmos DB infrastructure and rewriting the application data layer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/khelan-modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11992 size-thumbnail\" style=\"border: 2px solid #0078D4;\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait of a smiling man wearing a black jacket and shirt, standing outdoors with trees and autumn foliage in the background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/03\/word-image-11980-12.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/#speaker\/khelan-modi\">Khelan Modi<\/a><\/strong>, Program Manager, Microsoft <strong> \u2014 One Codebase, Any Cloud: Building a Retail Database with OSS and Azure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khelan Modi will demonstrate how developers can build applications using MongoDB-compatible APIs that run both on-premises and in the cloud. The session walks through a retail application architecture\u2014including product catalog, inventory, orders, and vector-powered recommendations\u2014built once and deployed using open-source DocumentDB and Azure DocumentDB. Khelan will show how the same drivers, queries, and application code can run across both environments without modification, enabling portable architectures while still benefiting from Azure\u2019s managed capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>Explore the full lineup<\/h2>\n<p>These sessions are just a sample of what you\u2019ll find at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026. With 21 speakers from around the world, the conference offers a broad look at how developers are using Azure Cosmos DB, open-source DocumentDB, and Azure DocumentDB to build intelligent, distributed, and modern applications.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.azurecosmosdb.com\/conf\/\" target=\"_new\">Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 website<\/a> for the full speaker list, session details, conference news, and the latest event updates.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/cosmosconfreg\">register now for the live event<\/a> on <strong>April 28, 2026<\/strong>. Registering will help keep you up to speed with email updates from the Azure Cosmos DB team, including speaker announcements, session updates, and other conference news.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026, a free global, virtual developer event focused on building modern applications with Azure Cosmos DB. 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