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H03 Building Azure DocumentDB on Open-Source Foundations

March 19th, 2026

8:00am - 9:15am

Level: Intermediate

Patty Chow

Product Manager

Microsoft

How do you turn a high-performance open-source database engine into a globally distributed, fully managed cloud service? In this session, we go under the hood of Azure DocumentDB (prev. Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore) and explore how it is powered by the open-source DocumentDB engine. You'll learn how Microsoft built a multi-tenant cloud architecture around this core, including service orchestration, elastic scaling, workload isolation, and API compatibility.

You will learn:

  • Understand how the open-source DocumentDB engine is extended and operated as part of Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
  • About key cloud service architecture decisions
  • Discover how open-source components work with Azure-native services to deliver a secure, scalable developer experience