Accelerating MongoDB Development on Azure: What’s New at Microsoft Build 2025

What’s New for MongoDB Apps at Build 2025

Microsoft Entra ID integration: GA
- Bring centralized identity authentication to MongoDB workloads with Entra ID.
DiskANN vector indexing: GA
- Enable large-scale vector similarity search for AI production workloads with support for up to 16,000 dimensions.
DocumentDB VSCode extension: Preview
- New extension for Visual Studio Code that brings MongoDB API and DocumentDB databases directly into the editor.
DocumentDB Local: Public Preview
- Lightweight, containerized image for developing and testing applications locally with MongoDB compatibility.
Change streams: GA
- React to data changes in real time using MongoDB change streams.
Filtered vector search: GA
- Combine semantic search with structured filters for more relevant results.
Azure Functions triggers and bindings: Public Preview
- Build event-driven architectures by integrating change events into Azure Functions.
Instant Autoscale: GA
- Autoscale feature that adapts to peak demand instantly, reducing costs and eliminating server overprovisioning.

Session title: Scale and secure MongoDB-compatible apps with Azure Cosmos DB
Speakers: Khelan Modi, Patty Chow, Siddhesh Vethe, Hari Krishna Sunder, Rohan Thomas
When: BRK202, Wednesday May 21, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST

To start building with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, check out the quick start or dive into DocumentDB on GitHub.
Whether deploying in Azure or experimenting locally, it's easy to get up and running today.

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