Brand unification: DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code (#226)

Author: tnaum-ms

app/page.tsx

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ const releaseHighlights = [
   },
   {
     eyebrow: "Tools",
-    title: "DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0",
+    title: "DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0",
     description:
       "Start DocumentDB Local in a few clicks, bring your data, and understand it with Query Insights.",
     href: "/blogs/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/",

app/services/articleService.ts

@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ const optionalSampleDataContent = `Sample data is **opt-in**, not required for y
 
 const vscodeQuickStartGuideContent = `# Visual Studio Code Quick Start
 
-Use DocumentDB for VS Code to set up a local DocumentDB instance, browse sample data, and create your first database without leaving the editor.
+Use the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code to set up a local DocumentDB instance, browse sample data, and create your first database without leaving the editor.
 
 The extension can create the instance for you: it pulls the official image, creates a container and persistent data volume, generates credentials, waits until the database accepts connections, and saves the connection. It does not install Docker.
 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ Already running DocumentDB? Skip provisioning and [connect your existing instanc
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
-- The [DocumentDB for VS Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-documentdb)
+- The [DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-documentdb)
 - Docker Desktop or Docker Engine, set to Linux containers, running wherever VS Code is
 - Optional: [mongosh](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install/) for independent connection checks
 
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ For extension-specific help or bugs:
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- [DocumentDB for VS Code docs](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-documentdb/tree/main/docs)
+- [Documentation for the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-documentdb/tree/main/docs)
 - [Docker Quick Start](/docs/getting-started/docker)
 - [Linux Packages Quick Start](/docs/getting-started/packages)
 - [Mongo Shell Quick Start](/docs/getting-started/mongo-shell-quickstart)

app/v1/page.tsx

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const highlights = [
 
 const readMore = [
   { label: "Announcement", title: "DocumentDB 1.0 is here", href: documentdbReleaseAnnouncementUrl },
-  { label: "Tools", title: "DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0", href: "/blogs/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/" },
+  { label: "Tools", title: "DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0", href: "/blogs/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/" },
   { label: "Kubernetes", title: "DocumentDB 1.0 on Kubernetes", href: "/blogs/posts/kubernetes-operator-versioning/" },
   { label: "Versioning", title: "Long-term support or development?", href: "/blogs/posts/versioning/" },
 ];
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export default function ReleasePage() {
             <div className={cardClass}>
               <h3 className="mb-2 text-xl font-semibold text-white">VS Code</h3>
               <p className="mb-4 text-sm leading-6 text-gray-400">
-                DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0 sets up DocumentDB Local for you, then lets you browse, query and copy
+                The DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0 sets up DocumentDB Local for you, then lets you browse, query and copy
                 data between connections. Needs desktop VS Code and Docker running.
               </p>
               <a

blogs/_posts/2026-09-23-documentdb-name-disambiguation.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tags:
 | **Azure DocumentDB** (2014–2017, historical) | Microsoft's original NoSQL document service — preview August 2014, GA April 2015 — renamed to Azure Cosmos DB in May 2017. | **No relationship** to the open-source DocumentDB project or to today's Azure DocumentDB, beyond reuse of the name. | **Retired name** |
 | **DocumentDB Local** | Container distribution of the open-source engine for local development. | Part of the project. | Current |
 | **DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator** | Open-source operator for deploying and operating DocumentDB on Kubernetes. | Part of the project. | Current |
-| **DocumentDB extension for VS Code** | Open-source, Microsoft-built extension that works against any DocumentDB or MongoDB cluster. | Tooling for the project. | Current |
+| **DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code** | Open-source, Microsoft-built extension that works against any DocumentDB or MongoDB cluster. | Tooling for the project. | Current |
 | **MongoDB** (MongoDB, Inc.) | A separate commercial database product. | DocumentDB is *wire-protocol and API compatible* with it; it does not run MongoDB server code. | Current |
 
 ## The five distinctions that actually cause confusion

blogs/_posts/2026-10-19-documentdb-1-0.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The [v1.0-0 release](https://github.com/documentdb/documentdb/releases/tag/v1.0-
 
 - **Docker**, on Linux, macOS or Windows: `ghcr.io/documentdb/documentdb/documentdb-local` with tags `pg15-1.0.0` through `pg18-1.0.0`; `latest` is PostgreSQL 17. Start with the [Docker Quick Start](https://documentdb.io/docs/getting-started/docker/).
 - **Linux packages** for Ubuntu 24.04 and EL9 on PostgreSQL 17 or 18, amd64 or arm64, from the documentdb.io APT and YUM repositories or the clean-host installer. See [Install DocumentDB](https://documentdb.io/packages/).
-- **DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0** sets up DocumentDB Local for you. [Read about the release]({{ '/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/' | relative_url }}).
+- The **DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0** sets up DocumentDB Local for you. [Read about the release]({{ '/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/' | relative_url }}).
 - **Kubernetes**: the DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator 1.0.0 is generally available alongside the engine. See [DocumentDB 1.0 on Kubernetes]({{ '/posts/kubernetes-operator-versioning/' | relative_url }}).
 
 ## Usage telemetry in the container image

blogs/_posts/2026-10-19-documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0.md

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 ---
-title: "DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0: Run It Locally, Bring Your Data"
-description: The free, open-source DocumentDB GUI for VS Code reaches 1.0. Start DocumentDB Local in a few clicks, bring your data with copy and paste, and understand it with the Cluster Dashboard and Query Insights.
+title: "DocumentDB Extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0: Run It Locally, Bring Your Data"
+description: The DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code, a free, open-source DocumentDB GUI, reaches 1.0. Start DocumentDB Local in a few clicks, bring your data with copy and paste, and understand it with the Cluster Dashboard and Query Insights.
 date: 2026-10-19 00:01:01 -0700
 featured: true
-author: Tomasz Naumowicz and the DocumentDB for VS Code team
+author: Tomasz Naumowicz and the team behind the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code
 category: documentdb-blog
 cover_image: /assets/images/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/hero.png
-cover_image_alt: DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0
+cover_image_alt: DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0
 tags:
   - DocumentDB
   - VS Code
   - "1.0"
   - GUI
   - Tools
 ---
-DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0 is here. Released alongside [DocumentDB 1.0]({{ site.release_announcement_url | relative_url }}), the free, open-source extension is a **DocumentDB GUI** and MongoDB GUI, built right into Visual Studio Code. It works with DocumentDB, Azure DocumentDB and other MongoDB-compatible databases, wherever they run.
+Version 1.0 of the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code is here. Released alongside [DocumentDB 1.0]({{ site.release_announcement_url | relative_url }}), the free, open-source extension is a **DocumentDB GUI** and MongoDB GUI, right in your editor. It works with DocumentDB, Azure DocumentDB and other MongoDB-compatible databases, wherever they run.
 
 The milestone reflects what we built across all the releases on the way to 1.0, over a little more than a year. Version 1.0 focuses on fixes and polish, and celebrates how far that experience has come. Here is the shortest path from reading about DocumentDB 1.0 to working with it: run it locally, bring your own data, and understand what you have.
 
@@ -60,18 +60,18 @@ Queries don't always come from you anymore. Whether you wrote one yourself or an
 
 ## A shared milestone, built in the open
 
-![The road to DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0, from v0.2 in May 2025 to 1.0 in October 2026]({{ '/assets/images/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/road-to-1.0-illustrated.jpg' | relative_url }})
+![The road to version 1.0 of the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code, from v0.2 in May 2025 to 1.0 in October 2026]({{ '/assets/images/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/road-to-1.0-illustrated.jpg' | relative_url }})
 
-DocumentDB 1.0 is a milestone for the open-source database. DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0 celebrates the developer experience around it, one that also works with the MongoDB-compatible databases you already run.
+DocumentDB 1.0 is a milestone for the open-source database. Version 1.0 of the extension celebrates the developer experience around it, one that also works with the MongoDB-compatible databases you already run.
 
 We didn't get here alone. Eleven community developers contributed nearly 30 pull requests along the way, and many more of you shaped the extension with issue reports, accessibility reviews and bug bash findings. Thank you for helping us reach 1.0.
 
 > **Run it locally. Bring your data. Understand what you have.** That's the experience we have been building, release by release.
 
 ## Try it
 
-**[Install DocumentDB for VS Code from the Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-documentdb)**, or search for "DocumentDB" in the VS Code Extensions view.
+**[Install the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code from the Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-documentdb)**, or search for "DocumentDB" in the VS Code Extensions view.
 
-- [DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0 release notes](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-documentdb/discussions/1012) (the full tour, with every feature explained)
+- [Version 1.0 release notes](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-documentdb/discussions/1012) (the full tour, with every feature explained)
 - [Documentation](https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-documentdb/)
 - [GitHub repository](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-documentdb)

blogs/assets/images/posts/documentdb-for-vs-code-1-0/hero.png

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <p class="blog-hero__kicker">DocumentDB 1.0</p>
   <h1 class="blog-hero__title">DocumentDB 1.0 is here</h1>
   <p class="blog-hero__description">
-    The release, its planned long-term support track, and the tools around it: DocumentDB for VS Code 1.0 and the Kubernetes operator.
+    The release, its planned long-term support track, and the tools around it: the DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code 1.0 and the Kubernetes operator.
   </p>
   {% if announcement_href != blog_href %}
     <a class="blog-hero__cta" href="{{ announcement_href }}">Read the announcement <span aria-hidden="true">&rarr;</span></a>