Database company MongoDB Inc. today announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft Corp. that includes new integrations aimed at enhancing artificial intelligence application development, real-time data analytics and deployment flexibility.

The first integration sees MongoDB Atlas, MongoDB’s fully managed cloud database service, integrated into Microsoft Azure AI Foundry. The goal is to allow customers to build retrieval-augmented generation or RAG applications by combining MongoDB’s data capabilities with Azure OpenAI Service.

With the integration, developers can enhance large language models with proprietary data stored in MongoDB Atlas without additional coding or pipeline building, streamlining the process of creating chatbots, copilots and enterprise AI applications. Azure AI Foundry’s “Chat Playground” feature further simplifies development by enabling real-time testing of LLMs with enterprise data before deployment.

The integration offers users a way to augment generative AI models with their own data to ensure their applications are grounded in up-to-date context. The combination of MongoDB Atlas and Azure AI Foundry offers flexibility and efficiency in leveraging enterprise data for advanced AI use cases.

In the second announcement, real-time data analytics with Microsoft Fabric, MongoDB Atlas now supports Open Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric for a near real-time connection with OneLake. The capability synchronizes data between the two platforms, allowing businesses to generate timely analytics, AI predictions, and business intelligence reports.

Through enabling real-time insights, businesses can leverage MongoDB’s operational data and Microsoft Fabric’s analytics tools to drive strategic decisions and optimize performance across diverse use cases, from AI-powered predictions to reporting.

The final announcement allows users to “deploy MongoDB their way” with MongoDB Enterprise Advanced on Azure Marketplace, introducing greater flexibility for organizations deploying applications in Kubernetes environments. With Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes, customers can deploy and self-manage MongoDB instances across on-premises, multicloud and edge environments.

“By integrating MongoDB Atlas with Microsoft Azure’s powerful AI and data analytics tools, we empower our customers to build modern AI applications with unparalleled flexibility and efficiency,”Sandy Gupta, vice president of partner development ISV at Microsoft, said in a statement.

Sahir Azam, chief product officer of MongoDB, spoke with theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s live streaming studio, in May, when he discussed how the company is strengthening its database ecosystem and advancing artificial intelligence capabilities with key partners:

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