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A new set of Azure SDKs is now available in preview
A new set of libraries for working with Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, Key Vault, and Event Hubs in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and C# is now available in preview.
Azure Cosmos DB .NET V3 SDK now generally available
Azure Cosmos DB .NET V3 SDK incorporates performance improvements (including the new streaming API), a more intuitive, idiomatic programming model with developer-friendly APIs, and new change feed pull and push programming models.
Azure Cosmos DB Java V3 SDK now available
Now generally available, the Azure Cosmos DB Java V3 SDK features a new, more intuitive, idiomatic programming model with developer-friendly APIs, Reactor-based async programming model, and added support for Azure Cosmos DB direct TCP transport protocols to increase performance and availability.
Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript V3 SDK is now available
Now generally available, the Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript V3 SDK includes usability updates to the object model for a better developer experience, as well as the ability to begin using partition keys to scale previously non-partitioned containers.
Driver extension for Cassandra in Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
Azure Cosmos DB now offers a preview driver extension for Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API for Java SDK.
Azure Cosmos DB ExpressRoute BGP Community now available
We are now announcing the addition of the Azure Cosmos DB community on ExpressRoute, which will allow for regional advertisements of Azure Cosmos DB.
June 2019
Azure Cosmos DB—Direct connectivity support for Java Async SDK is now in preview
The Azure Cosmos DB Async Java SDK now supports direct mode connectivity, available in version 2.4 and higher.
May 2019
Upgraded Gremlin API functionality for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
Enhanced Gremlin functionality in Cosmos DB Gremlin API is now available.
Enhanced SQL API query functionality in Azure Cosmos DB is now available
Azure Cosmos DB SQL API provides support for Distinct, Skip & Take, Correlated Subquery, and Composite indexes.
Azure Cosmos DB Operator role for role-based access control (RBAC) is now available
Azure Cosmos DB now provides a new RBAC role: Cosmos DB Operator. This new role lets you provision Azure Cosmos accounts, databases, and containers, but can’t access the keys that are required to access the data.
Enhanced Azure Resource Manager support for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
Azure Cosmos DB now provides support for databases, containers, and offers in Azure Resource Manager.
Corrected billing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse and other Azure services
We’ve corrected billing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse and other Azure services that impacted EA customers only.
Azure Cosmos DB API for etcd in preview
With a wire-protocol compatible API for etcd on top of Azure Cosmos DB, developers will automatically get highly reliable, globally distributed and highly available Kubernetes and K8 tools with no code changes or management required.
Azure Cosmos DB API for Spark and etcd
Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed multi-model database service, now offers APIs for Apache Spark and for etcd, a distributed key-value store designed to securely store data across a cluster. These updates bolster the abilities of Cosmos DB users to build and manage operational analytics workloads that run real time over globally distributed data. <br> <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/planet-scale-operational-analytics-and-ai-with-azure-cosmos-db/" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement">Read blog | </a>See documentation for <a href="https://aka.ms/SparkAPI" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement">Spark API | </a>See documentation for <a href="https://aka.ms/EtcdAPI" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement">etcd API</a>
Azure Cosmos DB notebook experience
Azure Cosmos DB now provides a notebook experience for all APIs. The feature allows Python developers to enjoy a supported notebook experience for native APIs in Azure Cosmos DB. Notebooks are popular because they offer developers an easy way to share code and collaborate. <br> <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/planet-scale-operational-analytics-and-ai-with-azure-cosmos-db/" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement">Read blog |</a><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db/" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement"> Learn more</a>
Built-in support for Apache Spark in Azure Cosmos DB now in preview
By using built-in support for Apache Spark and Jupyter notebooks, Azure Cosmos DB helps reduce time to insights by ingesting and serving data and running analytics against the local database replica in an Azure region.
Notebook support for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs is in preview
Azure Cosmos DB is enhancing the developer experience by adding notebook support in preview.
February 2019
Data Migration Assistant support for Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB assessment
Now in preview, the Data Migration Assistant provides support to help with migrating data from Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB.
MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online migration is in preview
Migrate from on-premises or cloud implementations of MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB with minimal downtime by using Azure Database Migration Service.
December 2018
Azure Cosmos DB emulator support for Cassandra API
Now generally available, Azure Cosmos DB now provides support for its Cassandra API, in addition to support for SQL and MongoDB APIs.
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