Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Best Practices for Re-modeling Graph database to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

January 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 01/8/24

Subhasish Ghosh, Faiz Chachiya, Sandeep S. Nair

Introduction Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's premier fully managed NoSQL database for modern app development. It is ideal for solutions including artificial intelligence, digital commerce, Internet of Things, booking management and other types of use cases. It offers single-digit millisecond response times, automatic and instant scalability ...

Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 4: Global distributed lock

January 4, 2024 Jan 4, 2024 01/4/24

Jay Gordon

Over the years, customers have asked us for help in designing applications around specific scenarios they were trying to achieve. In some cases, these centered around implementing certain patterns using a JSON-based NoSQL database. Some of these patterns are very common in the NoSQL world, but not well understood by those new to NoSQL ...

Call for Papers now open: Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024

December 21, 2023 Dec 21, 2023 12/21/23

Jay Gordon

(image) We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers (CFP) for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024 is now officially open! This is an exciting opportunity for you to share your knowledge, experiences, and innovations with a vibrant and diverse community of developers. About the conference Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a free virtual developer ...

Scaling IoT/Time Series/Metering Workloads with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 12/19/23

Brian McKerr

Introduction : For many organizations around the world, the capture of consumption data is a common yet critical requirement. Some of these organizations struggle to manage the sheer volumes of data that they must capture and process. No wonder! We conservatively estimate that there would petabytes of such data globally and it is likely ...

Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 3: Distributed counter

November 28, 2023 Nov 28, 2023 11/28/23

Jay Gordon

Over the years, customers have asked us for help in designing applications around specific scenarios they were trying to achieve. In some cases, these centered around implementing certain patterns using a JSON-based NoSQL database. Some of these patterns are very common in the NoSQL world, but not well understood by those new to NoSQL ...

Introducing Burstable Tier (M25) on Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

November 21, 2023 Nov 21, 2023 11/21/23

Sudhanshu Vishodia

(image) Introducing the new burstable cluster tier (M25) in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, designed to cater to dynamic workloads with varying CPU usage patterns. Burstable SKUs provide an intelligent solution for small database workloads, offering minimal CPU performance during idle periods while seamlessly ramping up to full CPU ...

Announced at MS Ignite 2023: MongoDB vCore, free offer, Copilot, and more!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Michal Toiba

(image) Microsoft Ignite 2023 was abuzz with all things AI on opening day of the event – and the excitement continues! The show kicked off with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote on how Microsoft is creating new opportunities across platforms and solutions in the era of AI. Azure Cosmos DB is at the forefront of these solutions - ...

Announcing Dynamic Scaling Per Region and Per Partition for Azure Cosmos DB’s Autoscale

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Tara Bhatia

We’re excited to announce dynamic scaling per region and per partition (public preview) for all new Azure Cosmos DB accounts to help optimize and lower costs for your workload! By default, Azure Cosmos DB autoscale scales workloads based on the most active region and partition. For non-uniform workloads that have different workload ...

What’s New for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra at Microsoft Ignite 2023: Building the Next Generation of AI Apps

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Ricky Diep, Theo van Kraay

(image)   Get ready for Microsoft Ignite 2023, where we'll be unveiling exciting new features and enhancements for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra. With the introduction of vector search, turnkey major version upgrades, turnkey replication for multi-region clusters, turnkey hybrid cluster setup for live migrations, and ...

Integrated Vector Database in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore is Generally Available!

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23

Khelan Modi, James Codella

(image) We’re thrilled to share the exciting news that the integrated vector database is now officially available to all users of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore. This groundbreaking feature paves the way for a multitude of fresh opportunities in the realm of secure and resilient AI-driven applications while making Azure Cosmos DB for ...