Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Four Ways to Try Azure Cosmos DB FREE

January 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 01/25/21

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

There are a variety of ways to try Azure Cosmos DB for free, in both production and non-production environments. Explore the options and find the one that best suits your needs.

Introducing the LIKE keyword in Azure Cosmos DB

January 21, 2021 Jan 21, 2021 01/21/21

Tim Sander

You can now use the LIKE keyword to do text searches in Azure Cosmos DB SQL (core) API! By including the LIKE keyword in a WHERE clause, you can search for specific string patterns.

Understanding how to query arrays in Azure Cosmos DB

December 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020 12/17/20

Tim Sander

This blog is the final part of a series of blogs where we’ll demystify commonly confused concepts for developers learning how to query data using Azure Cosmos DB. Today, we’ll walk through tips and tricks for querying arrays.

How Walmart, ASOS, and Chipotle power real-time ecommerce at scale with Azure Cosmos DB

December 15, 2020 Dec 15, 2020 12/15/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

Product recommendations, shopping carts, real-time personalization, and more are brought to life with Azure Cosmos DB. See how leading retailers ASOS.com, Walmart, and Chipotle power scalable eCommerce solutions around the world. Plus, find code samples, architecture diagrams, and other resources to build your own innovation solution.

Integrating Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with Apache Kafka using Kafka Connect

December 14, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 12/14/20

Abhishek Gupta

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API is a fully managed cloud service that is compatible with Cassandra Query Language (CQL) v3.11 API. It has no operational overhead and you can benefit from all the underlying Azure Cosmos DB capabilities such as global distribution, automatic scale out partitioning, availability and latency guarantees, encryption ...

New in documentation for December 2020

December 10, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 12/10/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

A guide to the most recent Azure Cosmos DB technical documentation updates for December 2020.

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.

Understanding the difference between null and undefined in Azure Cosmos DB

November 25, 2020 Nov 25, 2020 11/25/20

Tim Sander

This blog is part two of a series of three blogs where we’ll demystify commonly confused concepts for developers learning how to query in the SQL (core) API in Azure Cosmos DB. We’ll look at the difference between null and undefined values.

Creating Mobile Applications with Azure Cosmos DB and React Native

November 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 11/19/20

Jason Amos

A step-by-step guide to building a mobile application with Azure Cosmos DB and React Native.

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API serverless now in preview!

November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

Theo van Kraay

Azure Cosmos DB serverless is now available for the Cassandra API. Get an overview of this new option, a walk-through on getting started, and tips for choosing between serverless and provisioned throughput for your database operations.