Azure Cosmos DB Blog
The latest news, updates and technical insights from the Azure Cosmos DB team
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MongoDB 3.6 lives on in Azure Cosmos DB
Worried about the upcoming MongoDB 3.6 retirement? Don't - Azure Cosmos DB continues to 3.6 and 3.2 support in the API for MongoDB 3.6 and 3.2 for all use cases.
Share your notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB public notebooks gallery
We’re excited to announce two updates to our Azure Cosmos DB notebooks preview. Notebooks are now available in 29 regions, and with the new public gallery, publish and share your notebooks with the broader Azure Cosmos DB community
Announced at Ignite: new Cassandra and MongoDB capabilities, real-time analytics, enhanced security, and more
New features and capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB were announced today at Microsoft Ignite. Read on for highlights and the schedule of events.
Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB v4.0 Is Here – Three Reasons to Upgrade Now
Announced at Microsoft Ignite, Azure Cosmos DB API for Mongo DB v4.0 is now generally available! Discover exciting new features like multi-document transactions, explore upgrade options, and learn about the top three reasons you should upgrade now.
Continuous backup with point in time restore now in preview
Azure Cosmos DB now offers continuous backup with point-in-time restore capabilities. This feature can help to recover your database from accidental delete of accounts, containers or mutation of data. The restore can be accomplished through a wide area of tools available on the platform.
Role-based access control with Azure AD now in preview
Role-based access controls are now in public preview for Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API. They offer fine-grained control over permissions and add a new layer of security to your databases.
Now in preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
Today at Microsoft Ignite, we announced Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra in public preview. Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra provides the ability to provision managed native Apache Cassandra clusters, with automated deployment and scaling operations, accelerating hybrid scenarios and reducing ongoing maintenance. Why are we Introducing Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra? Moving to the cloud can be a challenging experience for some customers, adapting to the various changes in approach that are required to run a pure Platform-as-a-Service offering. In some scenarios, customers ...
Announcing: Azure Cosmos DB Conf, a free online developer event
We are really excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB Conf, April 20-21, 2021. This is our very first virtual conference dedicated to Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft's fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale. This free event is being organized in collaboration with the Azure Cosmos DB community, and sessions will be delivered by community members and Microsoft representatives. The event will be streamed in three, 3-hour live segments with unique content in each. To ensure you don't miss any of the great content, sessions will soon after be available to view on-demand on the Azure Cosmos DB YouTube channel. Jo...
New ways to use composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB
You can now use composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB to optimize additional cases of the most common inefficient queries! Anytime you have a slow or high RU query, you should first consider whether the query can be optimized with a composite index.