Microsoft is announcing a private preview of Integrated Azure RBAC for Cosmos DB, which unifies management and data plane authorization under a single permissions model. Previously, Cosmos DB required a separate permission system for data access; now, data plane roles (Cosmos DB Data Reader and Cosmos DB Data Contributor) appear directly in the Azure portal's Access Control (IAM) alongside existing Azure RBAC roles. Authentication uses Microsoft Entra ID consistently across Azure services. The preview has limitations including no custom role support, feature-flag-only access, and is not recommended for production. Early adopters can sign up via a request form.
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