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We’re excited to share that the Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code is now officially rebranded as the Azure Cosmos DB extension!  🎯 Why the Change? This rebranding is part of our effort to provide dedicated, streamlined tooling for each Azure database service. Similar to our extensions for MongoDB and PostgreSQL, the new The post 🚀 Introducing the New VS Code Extension for Azure Cosmos DB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

A Simpler Way to Navigate, Learn, and Optimize your Azure Cosmos DB Account within the Azure Portal. Whether you are just getting started with Azure Cosmos DB or managing a production workload, finding the right tools and guidance in the Azure portal should be simple. The new Cosmos DB Account Overview Hub makes that possible. The post Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Account Overview Hub appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Today, we’re thrilled to announce a major update to the DocumentDB for VS Code extension that will make life easier for enterprise developers. With version 0.3, you can now connect to your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) clusters using Microsoft Entra ID authentication.  For many organizations, using a central identity provider is a top The post Secure Your Connections with Entra ID Support in the DocumentDB VS Code Extension appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Leading up to Microsoft Ignite, I wanted to pressure-test something the community keeps talking about: vibe coding. It’s a style of AI-assisted development where you describe outcomes in natural language and your assistant does most of the scaffolding, refactoring, and glue. You keep momentum by talking through the work, and you only drop to raw The post Everyone is talkin’ bout vibes appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Built-in security for every configuration Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore is designed with security as a foundational principle. Regardless of how your cluster is configured—whether it’s a single-node deployment or a multi-shard architecture—your data is always encrypted at rest using the AES-256 cipher, one of the most trusted and widely adopted encryption standards. This The post Data encryption with customer-managed key (CMK) for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra Upgrade to Cassandra v5.0 is now generally available, bringing a host of powerful new features and performance improvements to your cloud-native applications. This release marks a significant milestone for developers and data platform teams looking to modernize their distributed data infrastructure. Why Upgrade to Cassandra v5.0? Cassandra v5.0 introduces The post Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0 Generally Available! appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Local large language models (LLMs) provide significant advantages for developers and organizations. Key benefits include enhanced data privacy, as sensitive information remains entirely within your own infrastructure, and offline functionality, enabling uninterrupted work even without internet access. While cloud-based LLM services are convenient, running models locally gives you full control over model behavior, performance tuning, The post Build a RAG application with LangChain and Local LLMs powered by Ollama appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Scalable AI in Action with Azure Cosmos DB – A Monthly Partner Showcase As AI continues to reshape industries, customers are seeking scalable, real-time solutions that integrate seamlessly with their existing data platforms. Azure Cosmos DB, with its global distribution, low latency, and multi-model support, is uniquely positioned to power intelligent applications at scale. To The post Scalable AI with Azure Cosmos DB – Video Series appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Multi-tenant applications face a fundamental challenge: how to efficiently store and query data for tenants of vastly different sizes? Consider the typical scenario where your platform serves both enterprise clients with hundreds of thousands of users, as well as small businesses with just a handful. With traditional database partitioning strategies you are likely to run The post Scaling multi-tenant Go applications: Choosing the right database partitioning approach appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.