Create Projects and deploy clusters (preview) directly from Azure Portal using Azure Native Integration of MongoDB Atlas.
Your data platform just got a lot closer to home. You can now create MongoDB Atlas projects and deploy clusters directly from the Azure portal - the same place you already manage the rest of your cloud.
This builds on the general availability of MongoDB Atlas as an Azure Native Integration. Back then, you could provision an Atlas organization from Azure and manage billing through the Azure Marketplace. Now the workflow goes all the way down to the thing that runs your app: the cluster.
Atlas organization in AzureAtlas Projects & Clusters
An Atlas Project is a logical container that groups clusters and related resources within your Atlas organization. Create one per app, team, or environment and then deploy clusters into it.
An Atlas cluster is a fully managed MongoDB deployment running in the cloud. It is where your data lives and where it scales, replicates, backs itself up, and serves every read and write your application makes.
Getting the cluster right is what turns a project into a production-ready app:
- Performance & scale - pick a tier that matches your traffic, from free experiments to high-throughput dedicated workloads.
- Data residency - the Azure region you choose for the cluster is where your data is stored, so you stay aligned with compliance requirements.
- Resilience - clusters come with backups and health state you can view at a glance.
- Organization - clusters live inside projects, giving you clean logical boundaries for teams, environments, and apps.
What you can do now, right from Azure
- Create and browse Atlas projects from your MongoDB Atlas resource.
- Deploy clusters - Free (M0), Flex, or dedicated M10 / M30 tiers.
- Choose the Azure region where each cluster's data lives.
- View cluster details: MongoDB version, region, tier, backups, and state.
- Keep billing unified through your existing Azure Marketplace plan.
Get started in minutes
If you already have a MongoDB Atlas resource in Azure, you're four clicks from a running cluster:
- In the Azure portal, open your MongoDB Atlas resource (search All resources if you need to find it).
- In the service menu, select Projects (preview), then + Create project and give it a unique name
- Open the project and, in the Clusters section, select + Create Cluster.
- Pick a tier, enter a cluster name and Azure region, and select Create. That's it - your cluster deploys.
Don't have an Atlas resource yet?
Search for MongoDB Atlas in the Azure portal and create one against your subscription first to follow the steps above. You'll need the Owner role on the Atlas organization to create projects and clusters.
Choosing your cluster tier
Start small and grow. You can begin free and move up as your app takes off.
Built for what's next: vector search & AI agents
A cluster is the foundation for AI-powered apps. MongoDB Atlas brings native vector search right alongside your operational data, so you can build semantic search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) experiences that ground large language models in Foundry in your own enterprise data.
That story goes further with agents. As covered in Build and connect Microsoft Foundry agents to MongoDB Atlas, the MongoDB MCP Server is available in the Microsoft Foundry Tool Catalog - letting agents run vector search and database operations against the very clusters you just deployed, with enterprise-grade governance built in.
Ready to build?
Head to the Azure portal, create a project, and deploy your first cluster today. Start free, then scale when you're ready.
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