Azure Cosmos DB Blog

How to change your partition key in Azure Cosmos DB

Theo van KraayApril 27, 2020Apr 27, 202004/27/20

Searching for how to change your partition key in Azure Cosmos DB? You have come to the right place! Learn how to achieve this by leveraging Change Feed and Bulk Execution features in Azure Cosmos DB to live migrate containers.

Bulk support improvements for Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Matias QuarantaApril 14, 2020Apr 14, 202004/14/20

Learn about the improvements made on Bulk support to increase throughput usage in the latest Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK.

April query updates in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim SanderApril 9, 2020Apr 9, 202004/9/20

We are constantly adding new query and indexing features to Azure Cosmos DB. This blog outlines a few recent query and indexing improvements for aggregates, inequality filters, and
dates and time system functions. This blog covers updates during the first four months of 2020.

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – Exploring the new Async API

Andy FeldmanMarch 25, 2020Mar 25, 202003/25/20

In this second of our series for the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 for Core (SQL) API, I’m going to explore our new Async API. To get you caught up though go check out the first post in this series Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 - New Java SDK Quickstart Guide and Sample Code! Current users of our Java SDK v2 are familiar with our Sync API

Running a low-cost, scalable app with Azure Cosmos DB free tier

Nikisha Reyes-GrangeMarch 23, 2020Mar 23, 202003/23/20

When building an app, the challenge is to identify the right combination of services or tools from the vast options available. The creators of theURList.com share how Azure Cosmos DB free tier and other Azure services help them run a low-cost, scalable app.

Native Mongo shell on Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now in preview

Luis BosquezMarch 19, 2020Mar 19, 202003/19/20

We are happy to announce the preview release for native Mongo shell v3.6.8 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB! This will provide you with the native Mongo shell capabilities for database management and CRUD operations. This is available in your Data Explorer either in the Azure Portal or in its stand-alone version.

Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB now generally available

Thomas WeissMarch 14, 2020Mar 14, 202003/14/20

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB, making Azure Cosmos DB the next Azure service compatible with Azure Private Link. What is Azure Private Link Azure Private Link provides private connectivity from a virtual network to Azure platform as a service (PaaS) services. It simplifies the

Create a Java Azure Cosmos DB Function Trigger using Visual Studio Code in 2 minutes!

Theo van KraayMarch 13, 2020Mar 13, 202003/13/20

Creating event sourcing solutions with Azure Cosmos DB is easy with Azure Functions Triggers, where you can leverage the Change Feed Processor's powerful scaling and reliable event detection functionality, without the need to maintain any worker infrastructure. You can just focus on your Azure Function's logic without worrying about

Create a .NET Azure Cosmos DB Function Trigger using Visual Studio Code in 2 minutes!

Theo van KraayMarch 11, 2020Mar 11, 202003/11/20

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – New Java SDK Quickstart Guide and Sample Code!

Andy FeldmanMarch 9, 2020Mar 9, 202003/9/20

The Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK for SQL API (hereafter “Java SDK”) provides support for Java applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Java SDK 4.0 General Availability is coming soon! To help customers prepare for this and take advantage of all the new great features, I'll be writing a series of blog posts around this as well as including helpfu