Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB v5 now in limited preview!

December 20, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 12/20/22

Shweta Nayak

We are excited to announce that the Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB v5 is now in Limited Preview! The latest v5 Preview version supports much anticipated features such as distributed ACID transactions, higher limits for unsharded collections and for shards themselves, improved performance for aggregation pipelines and complex queries, and more...

More IntelliJ support for Azure Cosmos DB!

November 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022 11/15/22

Theo van Kraay

In September we announced that the Azure ToolKit for IntelliJ plugin now includes support for Azure Cosmos DB. Check out that blog here. This month, we've added more features! IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and other JVM-based languages. The Azure plugin allows Java developers to ...

Open-source developers rejoice! 🙌 PostgreSQL support and MongoDB enhancements announced at Ignite 2022

October 12, 2022 Oct 12, 2022 10/12/22

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

Microsoft Ignite 2022 kicked off with great news for fans of Azure Cosmos DB and open-source databases. In this morning's keynote address, CEO Satya Nadella announced the introduction of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. This new, generally available feature offers support for native, open-source PostgreSQL. It gives developers the scalability, ...

Bigger and more secure: new features for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

October 12, 2022 Oct 12, 2022 10/12/22

Gahl Levy

During Microsoft Ignite 2022, we announced new, generally available (GA) features in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB that enhance security, auditability, and document size flexibility. How to get started? RBAC and 16MB documents can be enabled on new and existing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB accounts. Keep in mind that when RBAC and/...

IntelliJ support for Azure Cosmos DB!

September 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022 09/22/22

Theo van Kraay

We're excited to announce that the Azure ToolKit for IntelliJ plugin now includes support for Azure Cosmos DB! IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and other JVM-based languages. The Azure plugin allows Java developers to easily develop, configure, test, and deploy highly available and ...

Role-based access control in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB: Now in preview

July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 07/19/22

Richa Gaur

Role based access control (RBAC) is a much-needed capability in any database for enterprises. It lets you simplify your access control mechanism without added management. We have introduced RBAC in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB, which allows you to: How does it work? API for MongoDB RBAC is built on concepts that are commonly ...

Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022 Review – Episode 45

June 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 06/13/22

Jay Gordon, Mark Brown

Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed all the content and updates from the 2022 edition of Microsoft Build. Developers were able to watch and virtually attend over 500 different live sessions covering topics ranging from Java, Kubernetes, and Azure Cosmos DB, and more! Check out the video below for the full recap on the new and exciting features...

Larger document sizes and $expr support in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB

April 20, 2022 Apr 20, 2022 04/20/22

Shweta Nayak

We are excited to announce these recent updates in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB that enable larger document sizes and expressions in your queries. 16MB document support (Preview) To keep database operations as efficient as possible, it is best practice to keep documents to a small size. This applies to Azure Cosmos DB API ...

Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB v4.2 Is Here – Three Reasons to Upgrade Now

February 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 02/28/22

Gahl Levy

We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB version 4.2! New aggregation functionality and improved security features, all built on the most scalable database platform make this the best release yet. For a full list of supported features, please read the documentation.

Build a Node.js app with Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB

January 6, 2022 Jan 6, 2022 01/6/22

Shweta Nayak

Build a Node.JS application with Azure Cosmos DB using the API for MongoDB, React, and Express. A new five-part developer video series demonstrates key steps and best practices to help you get started.

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