Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Azure Cosmos DB serverless now in preview

August 19, 2020 Aug 19, 2020 08/19/20

Thomas Weiss

Azure Cosmos DB serverless is a new consumption-based offer that requires no capacity management. It bills only for the Request Units used by database operations and provides a lower entry price for development, testing and small applications with light traffic.

HttpClientFactory in the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

August 19, 2020 Aug 19, 2020 08/19/20

Matias Quaranta

In this post, learn about HTTPClientFactory and how you can use it to pool HTTP connections with Azure Cosmos DB clients.

Change Feed – Unsung Hero of Azure Cosmos DB

July 2, 2020 Jul 2, 2020 07/2/20

Lenni Lobel

One of the most overlooked capabilities in Azure Cosmos DB is its change feed. This little gem sits quietly behind every container in your database, watches for changes, and maintains a persistent record of them in the order they occur. Discover use cases and tips for using this powerful feature.

Data Modeling and Partitioning for Relational Workloads

June 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 06/30/20

Lenni Lobel

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 Azure Cosmos DB PowerShell features for greater enterprise manageability

June 25, 2020 Jun 25, 2020 06/25/20

Patrick El-Azem

Learn about the new PowerShell cmdlets available in Az.CosmosDB available now in public preview.

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.

Azure Cosmos DB for AI Engineers

June 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020 06/23/20

Rodrigo Souza

Learn how AI Engineers can use Azure Cosmos DB for AI Applications.

TLS 1.2 enforcement on Azure Cosmos DB

June 17, 2020 Jun 17, 2020 06/17/20

Thomas Weiss

Azure Cosmos DB will start enforcing Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 starting July 29th, 2020.

New string function performance improvements and case-insensitive search

June 15, 2020 Jun 15, 2020 06/15/20

Tim Sander

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

June 11, 2020 Jun 11, 2020 06/11/20

Andy Feldman

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.