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Microsoft has introduced the Azure Cosmos DB Account Overview Hub, a new centralized experience within the Azure portal designed to simplify database management, learning, and optimization.

Whether you are setting up your first Cosmos DB database or running production-scale workloads, navigating the right tools and guidance is now faster and more intuitive. The Overview Hub consolidates setup help, monitoring tools, data management, and learning resources into a single, easy-to-navigate view.

You can access the Overview Hub by opening your Azure Cosmos DB account in the Azure portal, then selecting Overview from the left navigation pane.

What’s Inside the Overview Hub

The Hub is organized into five key sections, supporting common tasks across every stage of your Azure Cosmos DB journey:

1. Setup & Optimization

Get started with databases, design for scale, and prepare your application for production. This section includes Quickstarts, samples, and optimization tips to help improve performance and cost efficiency.

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2. Learning Resources

Explore tutorials, documentation, and best practices directly from the Hub to level up your Cosmos DB expertise.

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3. Containers & Data

Manage and query your data resources instantly. Access containers in Data Explorer or VS Code, adjust throughput, and take quick actions on your database resources.

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4. Monitoring

Gain visibility into workload health with a scorecard of availability, alerts, and recommendations, plus real-time metrics, Insights, and diagnostic tools for troubleshooting.

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5. Recommendations

Receive contextual, tailored suggestions from Azure Advisor to optimize cost, performance, and reliability.

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Why It Matters

The new Account Overview Hub is designed to:

• Simplify access to tools and guidance.

• Save time by reducing navigation across multiple pages.

• Provide contextual resources tailored to current needs.

• Centralize learning, monitoring, and troubleshooting in one place.

No matter your stage—beginner or production-scale user—the Hub streamlines the Cosmos DB experience so you can manage databases with greater efficiency and confidence.

Try It Out

Visit your Azure Cosmos DB account in the Azure portal and explore the new Account Overview Hub under Overview. Microsoft continues to enhance the experience based on customer feedback.

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