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The latest news, updates and technical insights from the Azure Cosmos DB team

Announced at Microsoft Build: New features for scalable, cost-effective application development
Announced at Microsoft Build: New features for scalable, cost-effective application development
May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 05/24/22
Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Microsoft Build starts today and features exciting announcements about Azure Cosmos DB, along with demonstrations of new features and interactive sessions with members of our product team. We hope you’re able to join us live or on-demand. New features for developers to build and deploy scalable applications Azure Cosmos DB has been the ...
Watch Now! Azure Cosmos DB Essentials Season 3
Watch Now! Azure Cosmos DB Essentials Season 3
May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 05/20/22
Ricky Diep
Season 3 is finally here! Explore and dive into the diverse types of architectures our customers use to build lightweight IoT & real-time telemetry applications by leveraging Azure Cosmos DB. Mustafa Branch and Mark Brown walkthrough use case diagrams, explain how data flows throughout the cloud application architecture, and explore ...
Azure Cosmos DB Live TV Episode 43 – Data Modeling for the Relational Mind
Azure Cosmos DB Live TV Episode 43 – Data Modeling for the Relational Mind
May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 05/18/22
authorsJay Gordon, Mark Brown
Azure Cosmos DB Live TV returns with episode 43, where Principal Program Manager, Mark Brown and Microsoft MVP Sarah Dutkiewicz showcase how the relational mind can into the nonrelational side by looking at the differences in data modeling. They will walk through a common scenario and how relational modeling differs from modeling for document ...
Join Us! Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022
Join Us! Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022
May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022 05/13/22
Ricky Diep
Find out what's new in the world of Azure Cosmos DB directly from our team at Microsoft Build 2022. We will be introducing new features that enable developers to build scalable, cost-effective cloud-native applications with ease. Join senior leadership, program managers, and engineers for live sessions, roundtable discussions, and much ...
Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API: A true differentiator with Autoscale
Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API: A true differentiator with Autoscale
April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 04/26/22
Dileep Rao
 Overview We know that Apache Cassandra, a wide-column NoSQL database, is a great option to solve the 3 V’s (Volume, Variety and Velocity) of data requirements. It is a given that data will grow as the business expands. Invariably you will need to expand the cluster to accommodate additional data and handle greater throughput. This load ...
Larger document sizes, unique index improvements, $expr support in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
Larger document sizes, unique index improvements, $expr support in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
April 20, 2022 Apr 20, 2022 04/20/22
Shweta Nayak
We are excited to announce these recent updates in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB that enable larger document sizes, improved unique indexes, and expressions in your queries.   16MB document support (Preview) To keep database operations as efficient as possible, it is best practice to keep documents to a small size. This applies...
Register now for Azure Cosmos DB Conf on April 19 – 20
Register now for Azure Cosmos DB Conf on April 19 – 20
April 6, 2022 Apr 6, 2022 04/6/22
Mark Brown
Azure Cosmos DB Conf, our free, virtual developer event, returns April 19-20.  The event will include three, 3-hour live streams in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Australia, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Each live stream will feature its own unique, region-specific content that will be created and delivered by local members of the ...