Gahl Levy

Senior Product Manager Lead

Gahl has spent the last decade of his career working on databases and cloud infrastructure. He’s responsible for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB. Gahl earned an MBA from UC Berkeley with highest honors and a B.S. in Computer Science from UCSC. Gahl grew up in the SF Bay Area and lives in NYC.

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Introducing Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

May 23rd, 2023
We are thrilled to announce the release of Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, which will be showcased at Microsoft Build. This innovative feature opens a world of new opportunities for building intelligent AI-powered applications and makes Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore the first among MongoDB-compatible offerings to ...

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May 17th, 2023

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore helps developers build intelligent apps in the cloud

March 27th, 2023
Building intelligent applications such as chatbots, recommendation systems, and other transactional workloads are at the top of developers’ to-do lists, thanks to the explosive growth of AI for building cost-effective and engaging ways to interact with customers. A high-performance intelligent application requires a data strategy that can ...

Bigger and more secure: new features for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

October 12th, 2022
During Microsoft Ignite 2022, we announced new, generally available (GA) features in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB that enhance security, auditability, and document size flexibility. How to get started? RBAC and 16MB documents can be enabled on new and existing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB accounts. Keep in mind that when RBAC and/...

Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB v4.2 Is Here – Three Reasons to Upgrade Now

February 28th, 2022
We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB version 4.2! New aggregation functionality and improved security features, all built on the most scalable database platform make this the best release yet. For a full list of supported features, please read the documentation.

Async IO for the Python SDK is now in preview!

December 16th, 2021
Async IO support for Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK, an important and much-anticipated capability, is now available in preview! Async IO is a concurrent programming method in Python that makes running CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations in parallel easy to do.

Use Indexes for blazing-fast queries on your API for MongoDB Data

October 6th, 2021
What’s better than faster queries – how about an order of magnitude faster queries? That’s what indexes do in the API for MongoDB. Let’s dive into the three things that are most important for MongoDB developers to know about indexing when building their applications on the API for MongoDB.

Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB in the cloud – now easier than ever

May 27th, 2021
On the Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB team, we’ve worked hard to make many improvements in the Azure portal to make the API for MongoDB easy and obvious to use for MongoDB developers.

MongoDB 3.6 lives on in Azure Cosmos DB

March 18th, 2021
Worried about the upcoming MongoDB 3.6 retirement? Don't - Azure Cosmos DB continues to 3.6 and 3.2 support in the API for MongoDB 3.6 and 3.2 for all use cases.

Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB v4.0 Is Here – Three Reasons to Upgrade Now

March 2nd, 2021
Announced at Microsoft Ignite, Azure Cosmos DB API for Mongo DB v4.0 is now generally available! Discover exciting new features like multi-document transactions, explore upgrade options, and learn about the top three reasons you should upgrade now.

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