Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 3: Distributed counter

November 28, 2023 Nov 28, 2023 11/28/23

Jay Gordon

Over the years, customers have asked us for help in designing applications around specific scenarios they were trying to achieve. In some cases, these centered around implementing certain patterns using a JSON-based NoSQL database. Some of these patterns are very common in the NoSQL world, but not well understood by those new to NoSQL ...

Introducing Burstable Tier (M25) on Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

November 21, 2023 Nov 21, 2023 11/21/23

Sudhanshu Vishodia

(image) Introducing the new burstable cluster tier (M25) in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, designed to cater to dynamic workloads with varying CPU usage patterns. Burstable SKUs provide an intelligent solution for small database workloads, offering minimal CPU performance during idle periods while seamlessly ramping up to full CPU ...

Announced at MS Ignite 2023: MongoDB vCore, free offer, Copilot, and more!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Michal Toiba

(image) Microsoft Ignite 2023 was abuzz with all things AI on opening day of the event – and the excitement continues! The show kicked off with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote on how Microsoft is creating new opportunities across platforms and solutions in the era of AI. Azure Cosmos DB is at the forefront of these solutions - ...

Announcing Dynamic Scaling Per Region and Per Partition for Azure Cosmos DB’s Autoscale

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Tara Bhatia

We’re excited to announce dynamic scaling per region and per partition (public preview) for all new Azure Cosmos DB accounts to help optimize and lower costs for your workload! By default, Azure Cosmos DB autoscale scales workloads based on the most active region and partition. For non-uniform workloads that have different workload ...

What’s New for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra at Microsoft Ignite 2023: Building the Next Generation of AI Apps

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Ricky Diep, Theo van Kraay

(image)   Get ready for Microsoft Ignite 2023, where we'll be unveiling exciting new features and enhancements for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra. With the introduction of vector search, turnkey major version upgrades, turnkey replication for multi-region clusters, turnkey hybrid cluster setup for live migrations, and ...

Introducing the General Availability of Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Khelan Modi, James Codella

(image) We’re thrilled to share the exciting news that Vector Search is now officially available to all users of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore. This groundbreaking feature paves the way for a multitude of fresh opportunities in the realm of secure and resilient AI-driven applications while making Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore ...

Announcing Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric – Private Preview

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Anitha Adusumilli, Revin Chalil

We are excited to announce private preview availability of mirroring your Azure Cosmos DB databases in Microsoft Fabric. Mirroring provides a modern way of accessing your Azure Cosmos DB databases in Microsoft Fabric, helping unify your data estate, thereby eliminating data silos.  With just a few clicks, you can now bring your Azure Cosmos ...

Introducing Vector Search in Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Theo van Kraay

We are delighted to announce Cassandra 5.0 in public preview for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, with vector search capabilities enabled!   Vector Search in Cassandra 5.0 In Cassandra 5.0, vector search is backed by storage-attached indexes that represent data as vectors in a multi-dimensional space. We use DiskANN, a ...

Run Mongo workloads for free with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore – Free Tier

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Sudhanshu Vishodia

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud services, Azure Cosmos DB made a notable advancement a few years ago by introducing a dedicated free tier. Today, we're thrilled to extend this remarkable feature to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, empowering our users to unlock the full potential of this platform without any financial commitments...

Introducing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore: Now Generally Available!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Khelan Modi

We're thrilled to announce that following a successful public preview, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore has officially launched and is now available for all users! This marks a significant achievement in our quest to provide our users with a robust, seamlessly integrated, and fully-managed database solution tailored for their MongoDB ...