Azure Cosmos DB: Can point-in-time restore target a different existing Cosmos DB account?

Dushyant Priyadarshee 161 Reputation points
2026-11-11T14:42:50.38+00:00

We need to restore Azure Cosmos DB data from SourceAccount to DestinationAccount, where DestinationAccount already exists.

The documentation covers restoring to the same account or to a new account, but we could not find an option to restore directly into another existing account.

Is this supported?

If not, what does Microsoft recommend for restoring the data and moving it into the existing target account?

We currently create a temporary Cosmos account from restore, then copy data across to DestinationAccount. It seems inefficient and expensive.

Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB

An Azure NoSQL database service for app development.

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