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Announced at Ignite: new Cassandra and MongoDB capabilities, real-time analytics, enhanced security, and more

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

New features and capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB were announced today at Microsoft Ignite. Read on for highlights and the schedule of events.

Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB v4.0 Is Here – Three Reasons to Upgrade Now

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Gahl Levy

Announced at Microsoft Ignite, Azure Cosmos DB API for Mongo DB v4.0 is now generally available! Discover exciting new features like multi-document transactions, explore upgrade options, and learn about the top three reasons you should upgrade now.

Continuous backup with point in time restore now in preview

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Govind Kanshi

Azure Cosmos DB now offers continuous backup with point-in-time restore capabilities. This feature can help to recover your database from accidental delete of accounts, containers or mutation of data. The restore can be accomplished through a wide area of tools available on the platform.

Managing indexing through the Azure Portal in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB

December 7, 2020 Dec 7, 2020 12/7/20

Tim Sander

In this blog, we’ll cover how to add and remove indexes using the new indexing policy editor. We’ll also highlight the differences in best practices for indexing in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB and native MongoDB.

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

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

Ramnandan Krishnamurthy

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.

Leverage your MongoDB skills on Azure Cosmos DB

October 27, 2020 Oct 27, 2020 10/27/20

Collin Brian

Learn how you can benefit by using your MongoDB skills on Azure Cosmos DB with the API for MongoDB.

Ignite 2020: New serverless and analytics capabilities announced

September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

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

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

Luis Bosquez

(image) 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 ...

Wildcard indexes in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB

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

Tim Sander

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.

Build 2020 Recap: What’s new in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB?

June 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020 06/2/20

Luis Bosquez

Get a run down of all the BUILD 2020 announcements for the Cosmos DB API for MongoDB.

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