Announcements

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.

Better cost governance now available on Azure Cosmos DB

November 2, 2021 Nov 2, 2021 11/2/21

Thomas Weiss

To help customers better manage and control their database operations budgets, a new provisioned throughput spending limit feature was announced at Microsoft Ignite and is now generally available.

Now Generally Available – Partial Document Update in Azure Cosmos DB

November 2, 2021 Nov 2, 2021 11/2/21

Abhishek Gupta

Check out the new partial document update feature for Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API, announced at Microsoft Ignite. This feature makes it possible to use the Java, .NET, and Node.js SDKs to perform path-level updates to specific fields/properties in a single document without needing to perform a full document read-replace operation.

Now in private preview: optimize your data distribution with hierarchical partition keys

August 12, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 08/12/21

Deborah Chen

Hierarchical partition keys are now available in private preview for the Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API. With hierarchical partition keys, also known as sub-partitioning, you can now natively partition your container with up to three levels of partition keys. This enables more optimal partitioning strategies for multi-tenant scenarios or ...

A tour of Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB

July 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021 07/29/21

Santosh Kulkarni

Always encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB provides encryption support on the client-side to protect sensitive data by encrypting data such as credit card numbers or national identification numbers, before it gets transferred over the wire to be stored in Azure Cosmos DB. Always encrypted allows clients to protect JSON property values which are ...

Seamlessly transfer Kafka data with the new Azure Cosmos DB connector

March 18, 2021 Mar 18, 2021 03/18/21

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

Enable smooth data transfers between Apache Kafka and Azure Cosmos DB. New self-managed source and sink Azure Cosmos DB connectors for Kafka Connect are available now and can be downloaded from Confluent Hub or on GitHub.

Share your notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB public notebooks gallery

March 4, 2021 Mar 4, 2021 03/4/21

Deborah Chen

We’re excited to announce two updates to our Azure Cosmos DB notebooks preview. Notebooks are now available in 29 regions, and with the new public gallery, publish and share your notebooks with the broader Azure Cosmos DB community

Announced at Ignite: new Cassandra and MongoDB capabilities, real-time analytics, enhanced security, and more

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

New features and capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB were announced today at Microsoft Ignite. Read on for highlights and the schedule of events.

Continuous backup with point in time restore now in preview

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Govind Kanshi

Azure Cosmos DB now offers continuous backup with point-in-time restore capabilities. This feature can help to recover your database from accidental delete of accounts, containers or mutation of data. The restore can be accomplished through a wide area of tools available on the platform.

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

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Gahl Levy

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

Better cost governance now available on Azure Cosmos DB

Now Generally Available – Partial Document Update in Azure Cosmos DB

Now in private preview: optimize your data distribution with hierarchical partition keys

A tour of Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB

Seamlessly transfer Kafka data with the new Azure Cosmos DB connector

Share your notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB public notebooks gallery

Announced at Ignite: new Cassandra and MongoDB capabilities, real-time analytics, enhanced security, and more

Continuous backup with point in time restore now in preview

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

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