Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Do more with granular control in new backup features for Azure Cosmos DB at low cost

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23

Govind Kanshi

This blog post and the features are brought to you by Vinh Trinh, Mayank Katwal, Amit Singh, Kshittiz Kumar, Vineet Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Chuck Skelton, Sidney Andrews, Joe Dennis, Venkata Sivaramakrishna Ramadugu & Govind Kanshi from the Azure Cosmos DB team  Azure Cosmos DB team is pleased to share exciting announcements. The ...

Auto scaling Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL with Citus, Grafana, & Azure Functions

May 19, 2023 May 19, 2023 05/19/23

Lucas Borges Fernandes

One of the top Citus features is the ability to run PostgreSQL at any scale, on a single node as well as a distributed database cluster. As your application needs to scale, you can add more nodes to the Citus cluster, rebalance existing data to the new Postgres nodes, and seamlessly scale out. However, these operations require manual ...

Register Now for Azure Cosmos DB North America Roadshow Events

May 18, 2023 May 18, 2023 05/18/23

Jay Gordon

  The world of technology is rapidly evolving, and so are the tools we use to interact with it. As more organizations and developers look to leverage the power of AI and build intelligent applications with cloud scale databases, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB stands as a beacon, offering unmatched scalability, performance, and ...

Azure Cosmos DB at Build 2023: Everything you need to know

May 15, 2023 May 15, 2023 05/15/23

Michal Toiba

  Build season is upon us again and we’ve got plenty of goodies in store. From a ton of new features that will make life easier for developers, to exciting sessions where Azure Cosmos DB will be the star of the show, you won’t want to miss the event. This year’s Build takes place May 23-25th and is happening both in-person at...

Evolving django-multitenant to build scalable SaaS apps on Postgres & Citus

May 10, 2023 May 10, 2023 05/10/23

Gurkan Indibay

This post by Gurkan Indibay about the django-multitenant library was originally published on the Citus Open Source Blog.   If you’re building a software application that serves multiple tenants, you may have already encountered the challenges of managing and isolating tenant-specific data. That’s where the django-multitenant library ...

Migration assessment for MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

May 1, 2023 May 1, 2023 05/1/23

Sandeep S. Nair

As more and more businesses are moving their applications to the cloud or looking for improvements in their cloud applications, they are faced with the challenge of choosing the right database solution for their needs. For those who are currently using MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is an attractive option. Azure Cosmos DB offers two ...

Data Encryption at rest with Customer Managed keys for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

April 11, 2023 Apr 11, 2023 04/11/23

Akash Rao

Today, we are thrilled to announce the public preview of data encryption at rest with customer managed keys for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. Data stored in your Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster is automatically and seamlessly encrypted with keys managed by Microsoft (service-managed keys). Optionally, you can now choose to add an ...

Building multi-tenant Java apps using Spring Data and Azure Cosmos DB

April 4, 2023 Apr 4, 2023 04/4/23

Theo van Kraay

There are many factors to take into account when designing a multi-tenant application in Azure Cosmos DB. We've covered many of these aspects at a high level in our documentation on Multitenancy and Azure Cosmos DB. In this blog, we'll quickly dive into the mechanics of implementing a database per tenant or container per tenant performance ...

Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL vs. Azure Database for PostgreSQL: When to choose which

March 31, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 03/31/23

Michal Toiba

Do you have PostgreSQL workloads? You can take advantage of your familiar Postgres tools while benefiting from high performance and unlimited scale on Azure. We offer multiple fully-managed, open-source database options for hosting your Postgres data. Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is ideal for building new cloud-native and highly scalable ...

Highlights from Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2023!

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23

Michal Toiba

Azure Cosmos DB Conf returned this year with the exciting launch of a new version of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, and a variety of sessions on how to drive developer productivity, cloud-scale innovation, and cost savings with Azure Cosmos DB. Customers and partners such as Databricks, LinkedIn, and Cazton joined a host of Azure Cosmos DB ...