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Unlocking the power of Time-Travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23
authorsRevin Chalil, Rodrigo Souza
Azure Synapse Link now offers time-travel capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB data supporting NoSQL and MongoDB APIs. This exciting feature, currently available in public preview through Azure Synapse Spark, enables you to access Azure Cosmos DB data in the analytical store, precisely as it appeared at specific points in time in history (down to ...

Now in preview – Change Data Capture (CDC) with Azure Cosmos DB analytical store

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23
authorsRevin Chalil, Anitha Adusumilli, Rodrigo Souza
Azure Cosmos DB analytical store now supports Change Data Capture (CDC), for Azure Cosmos DB API for NoSQL and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB. This capability, available in public preview, allows you to efficiently consume a continuous and incremental feed of changed (inserted, updated, and deleted) data from analytical store. CDC is ...

Azure Synapse Link support for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API now in preview

October 4, 2022 Oct 4, 2022 10/4/22
Rodrigo Souza
Azure Cosmos DB's Gremlin API combines the power of graph database algorithms with highly scalable, managed infrastructure to provide a unique, flexible solution to most common data problems associated with lack of flexibility and relational approaches. For more information, click here. Use Cases The objective of this new capability is to ...

Now in preview – Support for custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

November 2, 2021 Nov 2, 2021 11/2/21
Rodrigo Souza
Support for custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB was announced in preview at Microsoft Ignite. This capability improves query performance by enabling you to partition Azure Cosmos DB analytical store data using keys that are frequently used as query filters.

Ignite 2020: New serverless and analytics capabilities announced

September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20
Nikisha Reyes-Grange
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 ...