Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Running a low-cost, scalable app with Azure Cosmos DB free tier

Nikisha Reyes-Grange March 23, 2020 Mar 23, 2020 03/23/20

When building an app, the challenge is to identify the right combination of services or tools from the vast options available. The creators of theURList.com share how Azure Cosmos DB free tier and other Azure services help them run a low-cost, scalable app.

Native Mongo shell on Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now in preview

Luis Bosquez March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20

We are happy to announce the preview release for native Mongo shell v3.6.8 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB! This will provide you with the native Mongo shell capabilities for database management and CRUD operations. This is available in your Data Explorer either in the Azure Portal or in its stand-alone version...

Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB now generally available

Thomas Weiss March 14, 2020 Mar 14, 2020 03/14/20

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB, making Azure Cosmos DB the next Azure service compatible with Azure Private Link. What is Azure Private Link Azure Private Link provides private connectivity from a virtual network to Azure platform as a service (PaaS) services. It simplifies the ...

Create a Java Azure Cosmos DB Function Trigger using Visual Studio Code in 2 minutes!

Theo van Kraay March 13, 2020 Mar 13, 2020 03/13/20

Creating event sourcing solutions with Azure Cosmos DB is easy with Azure Functions Triggers, where you can leverage the Change Feed Processor's powerful scaling and reliable event detection functionality, without the need to maintain any worker infrastructure. You can just focus on your Azure Function's logic without worrying about ...

Create a .NET Azure Cosmos DB Function Trigger using Visual Studio Code in 2 minutes!

Theo van Kraay March 11, 2020 Mar 11, 2020 03/11/20

Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK v4 – New Java SDK Quickstart Guide and Sample Code!

Andy Feldman March 9, 2020 Mar 9, 2020 03/9/20

The Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK for SQL API (hereafter “Java SDK”) provides support for Java applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Java SDK 4.0 General Availability is coming soon! To help customers prepare for this and take advantage of all the new great features, I'll be writing a series of blog posts around this as well as including ...

Build apps for free with Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier

Deborah Chen March 6, 2020 Mar 6, 2020 03/6/20

With the new Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier, you’ll get the first 400 RU/s throughput and 5 GB storage in your account for free each month, for the lifetime of the account. That means that you can start small and grow with confidence, knowing your app will be running on a high-performance database service.

Migrating Relational Data into Azure Cosmos DB using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks

Tonio Lora March 5, 2020 Mar 5, 2020 03/5/20

Organizations migrating relational data to Azure Cosmos DB meet different challenges, from moving large amounts of data, to performing the transformations required to properly store the data in a format that will provide the performance required. The first step on this type of migrations is to come up with the non-relational model that will ...

Introducing TransactionalBatch in the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK

Matias Quaranta January 7, 2020 Jan 7, 2020 01/7/20

Learn how to use the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK TransactionalBatch support to leverage transactional scope on groups of operations that need to atomically commit as a unit

Migrating Relational Data with one-to-few relationships into Azure Cosmos DB SQL API

Theo van Kraay December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

A worked through sample for migrating relational data with one-to-few relationships into Azure Cosmos DB SQL API.