Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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Announcing Instant GraphQL APIs with Hasura Data Connector for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
We’re excited to partner with Hasura to launch a new Hasura native data connector that generates instant GraphQL APIs on Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. Hasura DDN makes data access easy by enabling backend teams to effortlessly deliver a unified API on all your data. With unparalleled on-demand composability, performance, security, and reliability baked in, frontend teams are empowered to ship new experiences faster. Key features of the connector: The Hasura data connector for Azure Cosmos DB offers instant, real-time, and production-ready GraphQL APIs on top of Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. Key features in...
Introducing Online Migration Capability for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB in Azure Data Studio
We’re thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to the Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB extension! Now, you can seamlessly migrate your MongoDB workloads to vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB with the added convenience of online migration capability. Let’s dive into the details. What Is the Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB Extension? The Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB extension is a powerful tool designed to simplify the migration process for MongoDB workloads to Azure Cosmos DB. Key Features of the Extension: What's changing? Till now migrations were carried ...
Now use role-based access control in Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer
Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer is a web-based tool that allows you to interact with your data, run queries, and visualize results in Azure Cosmos DB. It is available in the Azure Portal and as a standalone web app. RBAC allows you to use Microsoft Entra ID identities to control data access in Data Explorer, instead of using account keys. This way, you can grant granular permissions to different users and groups and audit their activities. RBAC also enables you to use features such as Entra ID Conditional Access and Entra ID Privileged Identity Management to further protect your data. It allows for finer-graine...
Mastering Azure Cosmos DB: A Comprehensive Guide from Prototype to Production
Over the past couple of years, we have collaborated with numerous customers to tackle performance, scaling, and cost issues that arise when transitioning their Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL API based applications to production. In many cases, these challenges stem from a lack of understanding of key Azure Cosmos DB concepts. To address this, We teamed up to create a scenario-based learning video series. We are thrilled to present three informative YouTube videos that delve deep into the workings of Azure Cosmos DB. These videos cover a variety of crucial topics essential for successfully transitioning your pro...
Announced at Build 2024: DiskANN-powered vector database, cross-region replication in vCore, and a new era of databases
Microsoft Build 2024 kicked off this week aiming to answer the question “How will AI shape your future?” You’ll find the answer in the incredible lineup of sessions at this year’s event – featuring talks on generative AI, building copilots, cloud platforms, low-code, and much, much more. The power of cloud scale data – the foundation for transformative AI experiences – has also been highlighted across sessions. Among the biggest data announcements at Build on day one, Microsoft CVP for Azure Data Arun Ulagaratchagan introduced a new era of cloud databases, built for AI apps at any scale, anywhere. These new datab...
Enhancements in the Kafka Connector for Azure Cosmos DB: A New Era of Scalability and Flexibility
The Azure Fabric team announced Azure Cosmos DB CDC source to an event stream in preview at BUILD 2024. This capability uses a brand new major version of The Azure Cosmos DB Kafka Connector behind the scenes, and we are also excited to introduce version 2.0 in beta preview! This new version brings significant improvements in both the source and sink connectors, enhancing scalability, performance, and flexibility for developers working with Azure Cosmos DB. Let's dive into the key advancements and what they mean for your data processing needs. Enhanced Source Connector: Unleashing Scalability One of the prima...
Introducing vector database capabilities in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL (Public Preview)
We are excited to announce that native vector indexing and search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL is now available in preview! Azure Cosmos DB is the world’s first full-featured serverless database with vector search and features multiple vector index options from flat (exact), quantized flat, and a new DiskANN-based index. DiskANN is a suite of highly scalable, accurate, and cost-effective approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) algorithms, developed at Microsoft Research, for low-latency and cost-effective vector search at any scale. You can take advantage of Azure Cosmos DB's rich features such as a NoSQ...
Cross-region replication in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
A modern managed database service such as Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB has a growing list of requirements in today’s world. Prompt recovery of the database availability when its region becomes unavailable is one of such critical functions. When a region is experiencing outage, there’re two primary methods for restoring access to data of a managed database located in that region – cross-region replication and backup. By default, vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB stores all cluster data in a selected Azure region. Today you can start using the new cross-region replication capability that allows you to m...
General Availability: Computed Properties in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
We’re thrilled to share that Computed Properties have now hit General Availability in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL! Computed properties are a Cosmos DB developer’s dream come true! They allow you to write your query logic just once and then reuse it across multiple queries, saving you time and effort in your database operations. Computed Properties can be added to your indexing policy opening up the possibility to reduce the RU costs and latency of your queries! What are Computed properties Computed properties are a feature in Azure Cosmos DB that allow you to derive values from existing item properties. Howev...