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Build 2020 Recap: What’s new in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB?

Luis BosquezJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

It's that time of the year again! The entirety of Microsoft has been working hard this past semester to bring you new features and functionality, and the Azure Cosmos DB is no exception. The Cosmic team has worked hard to deliver disruptive new functionality that goes from automatically scaling your database capacity to expanding the Jupyte

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Azure Cosmos DB wrap-up: May 2020 BUILD Announcements

Mark BrownMay 21, 2020May 21, 202005/21/20

Read about all of the amazing announcements we made at Microsoft BUILD 2020 including Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB, autoscale GA, encryption, new Jupyter Notebook features, serverless, new change feed and much more!

Use built-in Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK in C# notebooks to create Cosmos database/container

Run C# notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB

Deborah ChenMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

We’re excited to announce new features in the preview of Azure Comsos DB Jupyter Notebooks. With our new C# notebooks and integration with GitHub, working with your Azure Cosmos DB data is now easier than ever.

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Enhanced encryption at rest with customer-managed keys

Thomas WeissMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Azure Cosmos DB enhances its enterprise-grade security offering. Encryption at rest with customer-managed keys is now generally available, adding a second layer of encryption on top of the default service-managed keys.

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Autoscale + serverless: new offers to fit any workload

Deborah ChenMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Azure Cosmos DB is excited to announce two new offers: autoscale provisioned throughput (GA) and the upcoming preview of serverless. These offers complement our existing standard (manual) provisioned throughput and ensure that Azure Cosmos DB is, more than ever, a database that delivers the best cost and performance for any kind of workload.

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Unlock near real-time, no-ETL analytics at scale with Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

Ramnandan KrishnamurthyMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Learn about how you can use Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB to analyze large volumes of operational data directly in near real-time with no ETL pipelines and no performance impact on transactional workloads

Now in preview: Use the native Cassandra shell on Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API!

Theo van KraayMay 15, 2020May 15, 202005/15/20

We have released support to run the native Cassandra shell (CQLSH) v5.0.1 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API accounts!

Join us: Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2020

Nikisha Reyes-GrangeMay 14, 2020May 14, 202005/14/20

Save the date: join the Azure Cosmos DB team at Microsoft Build 2020 for announcements and demos of exciting new capabilities and features.

Using spatial geometry data in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim SanderMay 7, 2020May 7, 202005/7/20

Support for two different types of spatial data has been added to Azure Cosmos DB. Using the SQL (Core) API: geography data (round-earth coordinate system), and two-dimensional geometry data.

Native Mongo shell on Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now in preview

Luis BosquezMarch 19, 2020Mar 19, 202003/19/20

We are happy to announce the preview release for native Mongo shell v3.6.8 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB! This will provide you with the native Mongo shell capabilities for database management and CRUD operations. This is available in your Data Explorer either in the Azure Portal or in its stand-alone version.

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