{"id":9742,"date":"2025-03-24T05:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2025-03-26T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:57:19","slug":"enable-continuous-backup-for-multi-region-write-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/enable-continuous-backup-for-multi-region-write-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable continuous backup for multi-region write account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Azure Cosmos DB already delivers <strong>99.999%<\/strong><strong> availability<\/strong> with <strong>multi-region write<\/strong><strong> capability<\/strong> and <strong>continuous backup<\/strong> for point-in-time restores within a <strong>7 or 30 day<\/strong><strong> retention period<\/strong>. Now, we\u2019re making it even better!<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_9761\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_9761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9761\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous-1024x764.png\" alt=\"Enable multi-region write on continous backup enabled account\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/03\/mrw-enable-continuous.png 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_9761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multi-region write account and continuous backup &#8211; coexistence.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Going forward &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can migrate existing single region write region with point in time restore capability to support <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/nosql\/how-to-multi-master?tabs=api-async#portal\">multi-region write<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cosmos-db\/migrate-continuous-backup#portal\">enable<\/a> point in time restore capability on existing multi-region write account.<\/li>\n<li>You can create a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cosmos-db\/nosql\/quickstart-portal\">new<\/a> account with these capabilities out of the box.<\/li>\n<li>And of course you can perform normal point in time <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/restore-account-continuous-backup\">restore.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are no special charges &#8211; the existing point in time charges for backup, restore and multi region write cost continue.<\/p>\n<p>Please check out the documentation about multi-region <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/multi-region-writes\">writes<\/a>, point in time restore <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/continuous-backup-restore-introduction#understanding-multi-region-write-account-restore-preview\">capability<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go ahead give it a try!<\/p>\n<p><em>(With care from &#8211; Min Ho Kang, Mayank Katwal, Vivek Agarwal, Vinh Trinh, Kalyan Khandrika, Kshittiz Kumar, Dinesh Kumar D, Michael Koltachev, Zishan Fu, Brent Brightling, Subramanyan Pattipaka, Prithvi Raj G, Piyush Mehrotra, Jade Welton, Craig Boger, Sivaramakrishna RV, Sundar Subramani, Debarshi Bhowal, Jay Gordon, Marko Hotti, Hans W, Govind Kanshi)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave a review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tell us about your Azure Cosmos DB experience! Leave a review on PeerSpot and we\u2019ll gift you $50.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peerspotdotcom.my.site.com\/proReviews\/?SalesOpportunityProduct=00kPy000004TKXJIA4&amp;productPeerspotNumber=30881&amp;CalendlyAccount=peerspot&amp;CalendlyFormLink=peerspot-product-reviews-ps-gc-vi-sf-50&amp;giftCard=50\">Get started here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Azure Cosmos DB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/introduction\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/mongodb\/vcore\/free-tier#get-started\">Try Azure Cosmos DB for free here.<\/a> To stay in the loop on Azure Cosmos DB updates, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzureCosmosDB\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/AzureCosmosDBYouTube\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/azure-cosmos-db\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azure Cosmos DB already delivers 99.999% availability with multi-region write capability and continuous backup for point-in-time restores within a 7 or 30 day retention period. Now, we\u2019re making it even better! Going forward &#8211; You can migrate existing single region write region with point in time restore capability to support multi-region write. You can enable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10035,"featured_media":9761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[499],"class_list":["post-9742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mongodb-api","category-core-sql-api","tag-azure-cosmos-db"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Azure Cosmos DB already delivers 99.999% availability with multi-region write capability and continuous backup for point-in-time restores within a 7 or 30 day retention period. Now, we\u2019re making it even better! Going forward &#8211; You can migrate existing single region write region with point in time restore capability to support multi-region write. 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