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Public Preview: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore enhances AI-driven applications using OpenAI API or custom-built solutions by incorporating vector similarity search into your database.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB serverless container with 1 TB storage
Azure Cosmos DB serverless 1-TB is now generally available. Enjoy expanded storage capacity, allowing you to store up to 1 TB of data in a single container.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB hierarchical partition keys
Now generally available, hierarchical partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB enables you to partition your data with up to three levels of keys.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB all versions and deletes change feed mode
The new all versions and deletes mode for change feed allows you to read item creates, updates, and deletes that occurred within the continuous backup period configured on your account.
Public Preview: Materialized views for Cosmos DB NoSQL API
Create materialized views on top of your NoSQL containers to reduce cross partition queries, improve speed, and reduce costs.
Generally Available: Enhanced document expiration with Time to Live (TTL) on any field.
Effortlessly set a TTL on any field in a collection, giving you more flexibility to control how your documents expire in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB RU.
Public Preview: In-Account restore for continuous backup accounts
Customers can restore the deleted database and containers in the same continuous backup account.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB computed properties
Simplify complex queries using computed properties which can represent frequently used query logic such as expressions based on persisted item properties and can be indexed for increased performance.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB burst capacity
Now generally available, Azure Cosmos DB burst capacity helps improve performance by allowing you to use idle throughput to handle temporary spikes in traffic.
April 2023
Public Preview : Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Data Encryption with Customer Managed Keys
Data encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL allows you to bring your own key for data protection at rest.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL REST APIs
Use REST APIs for all cluster operations to streamline your ongoing management experience with one or many clusters.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster compute start and stop
Stop and start compute on all cluster nodes to optimize cost of your Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.
March 2023
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Unlock the full potential of the Azure ecosystem with a MongoDB compatible database that simply works. A new architecture designed to provide seamless integration and unbeatable performance.
Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases
Improve development velocity and efficiency via modern REST and GraphQL API using the new data API builder with support for multiple Azure databases.
Public Preview: Change data capture for Azure Cosmos DB analytical store
Build CDC data flows from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store, at no RUs cost, with Azure Synapse Analytics or Azure Data Factory.
Generally available: Burstable compute for single node configurations for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Use new burstable compute in single node configurations to start small with distributed Postgres and scale out later.
Generally available: 4 TiB, 8 TiB, and 16 TiB storage per node for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Onboard even larger distributed Postgres workloads to Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL with fewer nodes using 4 TiB, 8 TiB, or 16 TiB storage per node.
January 2023
Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB V2 Connector for Power BI
Import data into Power BI dashboards using DirectQuery mode when filtering so aggregations can be pushed down to Azure Cosmos DB to reduce data movement and improve performance.
December 2022
Generally available: Updated API names for Azure Cosmos DB
See multiple updated API names in Azure Cosmos DB on product pages, in technical documentation, and billing that will not impact your experience, product functionality, or performance.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now available in new regions
Create Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters now in the Sweden Central and Switzerland West regions.
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