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Scenario: When Every Millisecond Counts in Gaming Imagine millions of players logging in at the exact moment a new game season launches. Leaderboards light up, achievements tally, and in-game shops buzz with transactions. In these high-stakes moments, speed and reliability aren’t optional, they’re mission critical. That’s where Azure Cosmos DB with the NoSQL API steps The post Powering Real-Time Gaming Experiences with Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

We are very excited to announce the public preview for private endpoint support for Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring with Microsoft Fabric mirroring. This feature allows you to preserve the enhanced network security on your data in Cosmos DB from virtual networks or private endpoints, allowing you to seamlessly replicate your operational data in Cosmos DB The post Public Preview: Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric with Private Endpoints appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

A hands‑on walkthrough of building MCP servers that can plug AI applications into Azure Cosmos DB The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has established itself as the ubiquitous standard for connecting AI applications to external systems. Since its release, there have been implementations across various programming languages and frameworks, enabling developers to build solutions that expose data sources, tools, and The post Build AI Tooling in Go with the MCP SDK – Connecting AI Apps to Databases appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

The Cloud at Hyperscale: ARM’s Mission and Growth Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the backbone of Azure’s resource provisioning and management, orchestrating billions of daily requests from customers around the globe. ARM manages all resources for Azure: VMs, Storage, Databases, etc. As Azure’s reach expands and customer expectations rise, ARM’s architecture must not only keep The post How Azure Cosmos DB Powers ARM’s Federated Future: Scaling for the Next Billion Requests appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Connecting the Dots: How Graph Databases Drive Innovation In today’s data-rich world, organizations face challenges that go beyond simple tables and rows. Whether it’s uncovering hidden relationships in social networks, detecting fraud, or powering recommendation engines, graph databases offer a unique way to model and analyze complex connections. JanusGraph, an open-source graph database, combined with The post Unlock the power of distributed graph databases with JanusGraph and Azure Apache Cassandra appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

The Azure Cosmos DB Linux-based vNext emulator (preview) is a local version of the Azure Cosmos DB service that runs as a Docker container on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides a cost-effective way to develop and test applications locally without requiring an Azure subscription or network connectivity. The latest release brings improvements in two key areas: The post Azure Cosmos DB vNext Emulator: Query and Observability Enhancements appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

For years, “Database” and “Search systems” (think Elastic Search) lived in separate worlds. While both Databases and Search Systems operate in the same domain (storing, indexing and querying data), they prioritized different aspects. OLTP Databases prioritized Structured and Semi-structured data Transactional & Durability Guarantees (ACID) Secondary Indexes and Cost-Based Query Optimization Operational Aspects – Low-Latency, The post Azure Cosmos DB : Becoming a Search-Native Database appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB is a new option that lets you securely protect and recover your Azure Cosmos DB data for compliance, audit, and ransomware protection scenarios. It leverages Azure Backup’s vault isolation and Azure Cosmos DB’s native backup streams to deliver scalable, long-term data protection that meets regulatory requirements. How does it The post Long-term data retention up to 10 years: Announcing Private Preview of Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

With Azure DocumentDB, Tata Neu delivers seamless authentication for millions of users, accelerates credit card onboarding across partners, unifies loyalty programs for hundreds of millions of members, and powers AI-driven support experiences across more than 60 brands. This article is coauthored by Anurag Mathur, the VP and Head of Foundational Services at Tata Digital, and The post Tata Neu delivers personalized shopping experiences for millions of users with Azure DocumentDB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.

Today marks a big step forward with the public preview of Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) for Azure Cosmos DB. This feature helps organizations protect sensitive data without requiring changes to application logic or database interactions. What is Dynamic Data Masking? Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) is a server-side, policy-driven security feature that automatically masks sensitive information The post Announcing: Dynamic Data Masking for Azure Cosmos DB (Preview) appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.