AzureFunBytes Presents: Migrating Your Data – Migrate your MongoDB data to Cosmos DB

This post details the practical steps and considerations for migrating MongoDB data from an on-premises VM to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB API using Azure Database Migration Service (DMS). It covers configuring the source MongoDB instance (`bind_ip = 0.0.0.0`), setting up Network Security Groups to allow AzureCloud service tags, creating and configuring the Azure Database Migration Service (including selecting service mode and pricing tier), and executing the migration project. The post differentiates between offline and online migrations and provides a step-by-step walkthrough of selecting source and target details, database settings, collection settings, and initiating the migration. It also includes verification steps in Cosmos DB Explorer and cleanup recommendations.