Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Understanding the difference between point reads and queries in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim SanderOctober 22, 2020Oct 22, 202010/22/20

In this blog, we'll look at the differences between point reads and queries in Azure Cosmos DB.

Latest documentation releases for Azure Cosmos DB

Nikisha Reyes-GrangeOctober 16, 2020Oct 16, 202010/16/20

A short guide to the most recently published Azure Cosmos DB technical documentation.

Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK v.1.0.4

David PineOctober 7, 2020Oct 7, 202010/7/20

David Pine shares the unofficial Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK. The repository SDK aims to simplify the consumption of Azure Cosmos DB by abstracting away some of the complexities of the existing .NET SDK and exposes a modern generic repository pattern-based interface.

New date and time system functions in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim SanderOctober 1, 2020Oct 1, 202010/1/20

Learn about new system functions for working with dates and times in Azure Cosmos DB

Data modeling, partitioning, and pricing in 2 minutes

Nikisha Reyes-GrangeSeptember 30, 2020Sep 30, 202009/30/20

Build your NoSQL database for speed, scale, and performance with the right data modeling, partitioning, and pricing strategies. In under 2-minutes, these new videos will help guide your next application development project.

Optimizing bandwidth in the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Matias QuarantaSeptember 24, 2020Sep 24, 202009/24/20

Learn how to optimize the network bandwidth usage in your application by taking advantage of EnableContentResponseOnWrite to avoid getting unneeded content as part of your operations with the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Ignite 2020: New serverless and analytics capabilities announced

Nikisha Reyes-GrangeSeptember 22, 2020Sep 22, 202009/22/20

Today, at Microsoft Ignite 2020, we announced new ways to run serverless workloads and bring the power of Azure Synapse Analytics to operational data in Azure Cosmos DB. These capabilities offer new possibilities for NoSQL developers and data analysts to power applications at any size or scale – from dev/test to production. You can explore ...

Bulk Updates with Optimistic Concurrency Control

Theo van KraaySeptember 15, 2020Sep 15, 202009/15/20

How to support bulk updates in Azure Cosmos DB with Optimistic concurrency control. In this sample, we use Core (SQL) API to bulk update vertices in a graph hosted in Gremlin API!

Upgrade your server version from 3.2 to 3.6 for Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB

Luis BosquezSeptember 11, 2020Sep 11, 202009/11/20

You can now upgrade your applicable MongoDB account to the latest version by using our automatic database upgrade process. The upgrade process doesn't interrupt the availability of your account and it doesn't consume RU/s or decrease the capacity of the database at any point. No existing data or indexes will be affected by this process. ...

Build fault tolerant applications with Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB

Abhishek GuptaSeptember 10, 2020Sep 10, 202009/10/20

Step-by-step guidance about how to build fault tolerant applications using the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with a custom retry policy for 429 errors.