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Data Modeling and Partitioning for Relational Workloads

Lenni LobelJune 30, 2020Jun 30, 202006/30/20

As a NoSQL database, Azure Cosmos DB requires you think about data modeling in new ways. In this post, we’ll use a familiar real-world relational data model and refactor it as a non-relational data model for Azure Cosmos DB.

New string function performance improvements and case-insensitive search

Tim SanderJune 15, 2020Jun 15, 202006/15/20

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.

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – General Availability

Andy FeldmanJune 11, 2020Jun 11, 202006/11/20

Announcing the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 for SQL API is now generally available. Read about all the new features and capabilities as well as how to migrate or get started with new applications today.

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.

How to change your partition key in Azure Cosmos DB

Theo van KraayApril 27, 2020Apr 27, 202004/27/20

Searching for how to change your partition key in Azure Cosmos DB? You have come to the right place! Learn how to achieve this by leveraging Change Feed and Bulk Execution features in Azure Cosmos DB to live migrate containers.

Bulk support improvements for Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Matias QuarantaApril 14, 2020Apr 14, 202004/14/20

Learn about the improvements made on Bulk support to increase throughput usage in the latest Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK.

April query updates in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim SanderApril 9, 2020Apr 9, 202004/9/20

We are constantly adding new query and indexing features to Azure Cosmos DB. This blog outlines a few recent query and indexing improvements for aggregates, inequality filters, and
dates and time system functions. This blog covers updates during the first four months of 2020.

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – Exploring the new Async API

Andy FeldmanMarch 25, 2020Mar 25, 202003/25/20

In this second of our series for the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 for Core (SQL) API, I’m going to explore our new Async API. To get you caught up though go check out the first post in this series Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 - New Java SDK Quickstart Guide and Sample Code! Current users of our Java SDK v2 are familiar with our Sync API ...

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – New Java SDK Quickstart Guide and Sample Code!

Andy FeldmanMarch 9, 2020Mar 9, 202003/9/20

The Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK for SQL API (hereafter “Java SDK”) provides support for Java applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Java SDK 4.0 General Availability is coming soon! To help customers prepare for this and take advantage of all the new great features, I'll be writing a series of blog posts around this as well as including ...

Introducing TransactionalBatch in the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Matias QuarantaJanuary 7, 2020Jan 7, 202001/7/20

Learn how to use the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK TransactionalBatch support to leverage transactional scope on groups of operations that need to atomically commit as a unit

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