Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Azure Cosmos DB for AI Engineers

Rodrigo Souza June 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020 06/23/20

Learn how AI Engineers can use Azure Cosmos DB for AI Applications.

TLS 1.2 enforcement on Azure Cosmos DB

Thomas Weiss June 17, 2020 Jun 17, 2020 06/17/20

Azure Cosmos DB will start enforcing Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 starting July 29th, 2020.

New string function performance improvements and case-insensitive search

Tim Sander June 15, 2020 Jun 15, 2020 06/15/20

Azure Cosmos DB now supports case-insensitive Contains, StartsWith, EndsWith, and StringEquals. Additionally, both Contains and EndsWith have had significant performance improvements. You can now store string data in Azure Cosmos DB without having to worry about matching the case in the query.

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – General Availability

Andy Feldman June 11, 2020 Jun 11, 2020 06/11/20

Announcing the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 for SQL API is now generally available. Read about all the new features and capabilities as well as how to migrate or get started with new applications today.

Manage Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell

Patrick El-Azem June 8, 2020 Jun 8, 2020 06/8/20

Learn about how you can manage Azure Cosmos DB resources using the new Az.CosmosDB PowerShell package.

Build 2020 Recap: What’s new in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB?

Luis Bosquez June 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020 06/2/20

Get a run down of all the BUILD 2020 announcements for the Cosmos DB API for MongoDB.

Azure Cosmos DB wrap-up: May 2020 BUILD Announcements

Mark Brown May 21, 2020 May 21, 2020 05/21/20

Read about all of the amazing announcements we made at Microsoft BUILD 2020 including Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB, autoscale GA, encryption, new Jupyter Notebook features, serverless, new change feed and much more!

Run C# notebooks with Azure Cosmos DB

Deborah Chen May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020 05/20/20

We’re excited to announce new features in the preview of Azure Comsos DB Jupyter Notebooks. With our new C# notebooks and integration with GitHub, working with your Azure Cosmos DB data is now easier than ever.

Enhanced encryption at rest with customer-managed keys

Thomas Weiss May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Azure Cosmos DB enhances its enterprise-grade security offering. Encryption at rest with customer-managed keys is now generally available, adding a second layer of encryption on top of the default service-managed keys.

Autoscale + serverless: new offers to fit any workload

Deborah Chen May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Azure Cosmos DB is excited to announce two new offers: autoscale provisioned throughput (GA) and the upcoming preview of serverless. These offers complement our existing standard (manual) provisioned throughput and ensure that Azure Cosmos DB is, more than ever, a database that delivers the best cost and performance for any kind of workload.