Microsoft Azure users can now benefit from significant improvements in data management capabilities, with the general availability of Atlas Data Federation and Atlas Online Archive on Azure. Atlas Data Federation allows users to query, transform, and create views across multiple MongoDB Atlas databases and cloud object storage solutions like Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. The feature enables direct deployment in Azure and access to Azure Blob Storage for detailed data insights. Atlas Online Archive's general availability on Azure ensures efficient and integrated tiering of data, keeping archival data within the Azure ecosystem. Both updates represent major advancements in making data management on Azure more powerful and flexible.