Announcements Archives

Now in preview – Support for Synapse SQL serverless in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

Ramnandan Krishnamurthy October 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020 10/28/20

Azure Synapse Link now supports querying Azure Cosmos DB data using Synapse SQL serverless. This capability, available in public preview, allows you to use familiar analytical T-SQL queries and build powerful near real-time BI dashboards on Azure Cosmos DB data.

Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK v.1.0.4

David Pine October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

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 Sander October 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 10/1/20

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

Ignite 2020: New serverless and analytics capabilities announced

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

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 ...

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

Luis Bosquez September 11, 2020 Sep 11, 2020 09/11/20

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. ...

Azure Cosmos DB serverless now in preview

Thomas Weiss August 19, 2020 Aug 19, 2020 08/19/20

Azure Cosmos DB serverless is a new consumption-based offer that requires no capacity management. It bills only for the Request Units used by database operations and provides a lower entry price for development, testing and small applications with light traffic.

New Azure Cosmos DB PowerShell features for greater enterprise manageability

Patrick El-Azem June 25, 2020 Jun 25, 2020 06/25/20

Learn about the new PowerShell cmdlets available in Az.CosmosDB available now in public preview.

Wildcard indexes in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB

Tim Sander June 24, 2020 Jun 24, 2020 06/24/20

With our latest service update, you can now create wildcard indexes in accounts that use Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB. Wildcard indexes are a popular feature in MongoDB 4.2 that allow you to index many properties without enumerating each one.

TLS 1.2 enforcement on Azure Cosmos DB

Thomas Weiss June 17, 2020 Jun 17, 2020 06/17/20

Azure Cosmos DB will start enforcing Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 starting July 29th, 2020.

New string function performance improvements and case-insensitive search

Tim Sander June 15, 2020 Jun 15, 2020 06/15/20

Azure Cosmos DB now supports case-insensitive Contains, StartsWith, EndsWith, and StringEquals. Additionally, both Contains and EndsWith have had significant performance improvements. You can now store string data in Azure Cosmos DB without having to worry about matching the case in the query.

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