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Unlocking the power of Time-Travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23
authorsRevin Chalil, Rodrigo Souza
Azure Synapse Link now offers time-travel capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB data supporting NoSQL and MongoDB APIs. This exciting feature, currently available in public preview through Azure Synapse Spark, enables you to access Azure Cosmos DB data in the analytical store, precisely as it appeared at specific points in time in history (down to ...

Introducing Integrated Vector Database in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23
authorsJames Codella, Gahl Levy
(image) We are thrilled to announce the release of Integrated Vector Database in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, which will be showcased at Microsoft Build. This innovative feature opens a world of new opportunities for building intelligent AI-powered applications and makes Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore the first among MongoDB-...

Migration assessment for MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

May 1, 2023 May 1, 2023 05/1/23
Sandeep S. Nair
As more and more businesses are moving their applications to the cloud or looking for improvements in their cloud applications, they are faced with the challenge of choosing the right database solution for their needs. For those who are currently using MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is an attractive option. Azure Cosmos DB offers two ...

Now in preview – Change Data Capture (CDC) with Azure Cosmos DB analytical store

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23
authorsRevin Chalil, Anitha Adusumilli, Rodrigo Souza
Azure Cosmos DB analytical store now supports Change Data Capture (CDC), for Azure Cosmos DB API for NoSQL and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB. This capability, available in public preview, allows you to efficiently consume a continuous and incremental feed of changed (inserted, updated, and deleted) data from analytical store. CDC is ...

Announcing the New Azure Cosmos DB Desktop Data Migration Tool

March 23, 2023 Mar 23, 2023 03/23/23
Mark Brown
Today we're excited to introduce a brand new Azure Cosmos DB Desktop Data Migration Tool. You can find the new tool at https://github.com/AzureCosmosDB/data-migration-desktop-tool. Read more about it below and how to use it.   Some History The old Data Migration Tool (or DMT as it was known) was originally created in 2015 and had ...

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, ...

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 ...