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We are excited to announce the preview release of the new Linux-based Azure Cosmos DB Emulator! This latest version is built to provide faster startup times and broader platform compatibility, addressing one of the most requested features in the Azure Cosmos DB User Voice community. The emulator can now seamlessly run on Apple silicon and The post Introducing the new Linux-based Azure Cosmos DB Emulator (Preview) appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Microsoft Ignite 2024 took over the Windy City this week, bringing with it new technological innovation and exciting product announcements aplenty! If you missed the first day of the show, don’t worry – we’ve got you covered with all the latest and greatest Azure Cosmos DB news. This year’s event saw great enthusiasm and attendance The post Azure Cosmos DB Shines at Microsoft Ignite 2024! appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Managing workloads with unpredictable spikes can be a real challenge, especially when it comes to ensuring your database can handle sudden surges in traffic. Often, this leads to overprovisioning resources to play it safe, resulting in higher costs and wasted capacity. But what if there was a better way? We’re excited to introduce Autoscale for The post Autoscale in public preview for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

We’re excited to announce a major security enhancement for the vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Integration for Secondary Users with Read/Read Write Privileges. Now available in public preview, this feature enables organizations to control data access with greater precision while preserving the flexibility and high performance that Azure Cosmos DB The post New RBAC Features for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

We’re excited to announce that the Data API for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is now in public preview. This Data API offers a flexible and powerful way for you to interact with your database using HTTP-based API calls.Data API  The Data API for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB lets you work with The post Data API Public Preview in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Security is essential for any application, and we are pleased to announce the public preview of Azure Network Security Perimeter, a feature that lets Azure Cosmos DB customers enhance their application security by creating a logical network boundary that isolates your applications network from external networks, such as the internet. Network security perimeter provides an The post Introducing Network Security Perimeter for Azure Cosmos DB: A New Way to Enhance Application Security appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

In today’s digital landscape, cross-region replication has become a foundational feature for any managed database service aiming to provide high availability, disaster recovery, and global scalability. Ensuring data continuity and availability even during regional outages or unexpected events is essential, and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) now offers a robust generally available (GA) cross-region The post Achieving Production Readiness with Cross-Region Replication in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

This article was co-authored by Kenji Onishi, Senior Manager, Powertrain Performance Development​, Toyota Motor Corporation; Kosuke Miyasaka, Azure App Innovation Specialist; and Keisuke Hatasaki, Azure Sr. Specialist, GBB. ​ Executive Summary: Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, has adopted Azure Cosmos DB in its new multi-agent AI system designed to improve The post How Toyota uses Azure Cosmos DB to power their multi-agent AI system for enhanced productivity appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

We’re excited to announce several new features and advancements for search and retrieval functionalities in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL including: General Availability (GA) of Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL General Availability (GA) of the Microsoft DiskANN vector index Public Preview of Full Text Search and Ranking (using BM25) Public Preview of The post New Vector Search, Full Text Search, and Hybrid Search Features in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

We’re excited to announce the preview of DiskANN vector indexing for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB! This feature empowers you to perform efficient, low-latency searches on large vector datasets, making it perfect for scaling applications that depend on fast similarity searches—like recommendation engines, document retrieval, and AI insights. With DiskANN, you can “do more with The post Public Preview: Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB with DiskANN  appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.