Azure Cosmos DB Blog

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Diagram of app requesting data from the cache
Aria Jelinek
Aria Jelinek
May 25, 2021

Announced at Build: new capabilities for data security and workload optimization

Read on for Azure Cosmos DB updates at Microsoft Build 2021, including enhanced control, security, cost savings and speed.

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Interface of Linux emulator
Aria Jelinek
Aria Jelinek
May 25, 2021

Announced at Build: new options to build and test apps at any scale

Read on Azure Cosmos DB updates at Microsoft Build 2021, including the GA of serverless, expansion of the free tier and NEW Linux emulator.

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Iranga Subasinghe
Iranga Subasinghe
May 18, 2021

Using Spark 3 connector for Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API with Azure Databricks

In this blog post, we show how to use the Spark 3 OLTP connector for Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API with Azure Databricks workspace and explains how the Catalog API is being used. Also, explores the differences between the partitioning strategies when reading the data from Cosmos DB.

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Apache Cassandra Logo
Theo van Kraay
Theo van Kraay
May 10, 2021

Cassandra API Recommendations for Java

Check out the latest recommendations for using Java V4 Cassandra Driver with Azure Cosmos DB's Cassandra API. We've created a custom Java extension that you can implement without any code changes, for a better overall experience.

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Matias Quaranta
Matias Quaranta
Apr 23, 2021

Improve your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK initialization

In this post, learn about the ways you can initialize your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK client to avoid latency spikes in your first operations.

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Screenshot of website showing Confluent Connector screenshot
Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Mar 18, 2021

Seamlessly transfer Kafka data with the new Azure Cosmos DB connector

Enable smooth data transfers between Apache Kafka and Azure Cosmos DB. New self-managed source and sink Azure Cosmos DB connectors for Kafka Connect are available now and can be downloaded from Confluent Hub or on GitHub.

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Gahl Levy
Gahl Levy
Mar 18, 2021

MongoDB 3.6 lives on in Azure Cosmos DB

Worried about the upcoming MongoDB 3.6 retirement? Don't - Azure Cosmos DB continues to 3.6 and 3.2 support in the API for MongoDB 3.6 and 3.2 for all use cases.

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Deborah Chen
Deborah Chen
Mar 4, 2021

Share your notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB public notebooks gallery

We’re excited to announce two updates to our Azure Cosmos DB notebooks preview. Notebooks are now available in 29 regions, and with the new public gallery, publish and share your notebooks with the broader Azure Cosmos DB community

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Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Mar 2, 2021

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

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

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