Azure Cosmos DB Blog

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.

Unlock near real-time, no-ETL analytics at scale with Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

Ramnandan Krishnamurthy May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Learn about how you can use Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB to analyze large volumes of operational data directly in near real-time with no ETL pipelines and no performance impact on transactional workloads

Now in preview: Use the native Cassandra shell on Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API!

Theo van Kraay May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 05/15/20

We have released support to run the native Cassandra shell (CQLSH) v5.0.1 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API accounts!

Join us: Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2020

Nikisha Reyes-Grange May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 05/14/20

Save the date: join the Azure Cosmos DB team at Microsoft Build 2020 for announcements and demos of exciting new capabilities and features.

Using spatial geometry data in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim Sander May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 05/7/20

Support for two different types of spatial data has been added to Azure Cosmos DB. Using the SQL (Core) API: geography data (round-earth coordinate system), and two-dimensional geometry data.

Migrate relational data into Azure Cosmos DB using Azure Data Factory

Tonio Lora May 4, 2020 May 4, 2020 05/4/20

It's now possible to migrate relational data to Azure Cosmos DB in just six easy steps. Discover the no-code way by using the mapping data flows capability of Azure Data Factory.