Azure Cosmos DB Blog
The latest news, updates and technical insights from the Azure Cosmos DB team
Latest posts
Getting started with Kafka Connector for Azure Cosmos DB using Docker
This blog post is a getting started guide for the Kafka Connector for Azure Cosmos DB.
Optimizing costs with the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache
In this blog, we’ll dive into the details of the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache! With the integrated cache, you can add caching to an existing Azure Cosmos DB workload without modifying your application’s logic.
Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB in the cloud – now easier than ever
On the Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB team, we’ve worked hard to make many improvements in the Azure portal to make the API for MongoDB easy and obvious to use for MongoDB developers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.