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Integrating Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with Apache Kafka using Kafka Connect

Abhishek GuptaDecember 14, 2020Dec 14, 202012/14/20

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API is a fully managed cloud service that is compatible with Cassandra Query Language (CQL) v3.11 API. It has no operational overhead and you can benefit from all the underlying Azure Cosmos DB capabilities such as global distribution, automatic scale out partitioning, availability and latency guarantees, encryption ...

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API serverless now in preview!

Theo van KraayNovember 12, 2020Nov 12, 202011/12/20

Azure Cosmos DB serverless is now available for the Cassandra API. Get an overview of this new option, a walk-through on getting started, and tips for choosing between serverless and provisioned throughput for your database operations.

Build fault tolerant applications with Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB

Abhishek GuptaSeptember 10, 2020Sep 10, 202009/10/20

Step-by-step guidance about how to build fault tolerant applications using the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with a custom retry policy for 429 errors.

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!

Announcing: Change Feed support for Azure Cosmos DB’s Cassandra API

Theo van KraayDecember 2, 2019Dec 2, 201912/2/19

Azure Cosmos DB now has GA support for Change Feed for its Cassandra API. This now allows users of Azure Cosmos DB's Cassandra API to get the same great advantages of using Change Feed as enjoyed by users of SQL (Core) API and MongoDB API. What is Change Feed? Azure Cosmos DB's Change Feed is a persistent log of documents within a container...

Announcing Live Data Migration from Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB

Theo van KraayNovember 21, 2019Nov 21, 201911/21/19

We are excited to announce the ability to live migrate data from Apache Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API account. This allows you to migrate on-premises Cassandra workloads to Azure with minimum downtime.

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