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Announcing Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric – Private Preview

We are excited to announce private preview availability of mirroring your Azure Cosmos DB databases in Microsoft Fabric. Mirroring provides a modern way of accessing your Azure Cosmos DB databases in Microsoft Fabric, helping unify your data estate, thereby eliminating data silos.  With just a few clicks, you can now bring your Azure Cosmos ...


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Introducing Vector Search in Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra!

We are delighted to announce Cassandra 5.0 in public preview for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, with vector search capabilities enabled!   Vector Search in Cassandra 5.0 In Cassandra 5.0, vector search is backed by storage-attached indexes that represent data as vectors in a multi-dimensional space. We use DiskANN, a ...


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Run Mongo workloads for free with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore - Free Tier

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud services, Azure Cosmos DB made a notable advancement a few years ago by introducing a dedicated free tier. Today, we're thrilled to extend this remarkable feature to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, empowering our users to unlock the full potential of this platform without any financial commitments...


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Introducing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore: Now Generally Available!

We're thrilled to announce that following a successful public preview, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore has officially launched and is now available for all users! This marks a significant achievement in our quest to provide our users with a robust, seamlessly integrated, and fully-managed database solution tailored for their MongoDB ...


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Microsoft Copilot for Azure enables natural language queries for Azure Cosmos DB data

We are thrilled to announce Microsoft Copilot for Azure in Azure Cosmos DB is now in public preview! Microsoft Copilot for Azure is an AI companion that simplifies how you design, operate, optimize, and troubleshoot from cloud to edge. Copilot’s integration into Azure Cosmos DB is an amazing AI-powered capability that can create Azure ...


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New Offline Migration Feature in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB Migration Extension for Azure Data Studio

In April 2023, we announced the public preview for end-to-end assessment in Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB extension in Azure Data Studio. We have recently added the offline migration capability of MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB vCore to the same extension. With this additional capability, you can run an end-to-end assessment ...