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Capacity calculator with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now generally available
Use the Azure Cosmos DB capacity calculator to estimate your RU/s for your API for MongoDB workloads.
March 2021
Insights and workbooks for Azure Cosmos DB now in public preview
Now available in preview support, Azure Monitor insights and Azure Monitor workbooks makes it easier to visualize and customize metrics for dynamic monitoring of your Azure Cosmos DB resource.
Azure Cosmos DB: Continuous backup with point in time restore in public preview
Continuous backup mode capability (now in preview) for new SQL and MongoDB API accounts helps you handle accidental deletes in your account or container, or accidental modification of the data.
Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB supports version 4.0
Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB 4.0 (general availability) adds several new features, including multi-document transactions, making it easier to model complex transactional business logic.
Role-based access control (RBAC) with Azure Active Directory (AAD) on Azure Cosmos DB in public preview
Benefit from finer grained access control to data and leverage AAD authentication with role-based access control (RBAC) with Azure Active Directory (AAD) for Azure Cosmos DB, now in preview.
Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool support in general availability
Run familiar analytical T-SQL queries over data in Azure Cosmos DB in place and build rich near-time business intelligence with Synapse serverless SQL pools for Azure Synapse Link.
February 2021
Update the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We’ll be retiring version Sync 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK.
More ways to use composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB now generally available
You can now use composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB to optimize even more types of queries, including queries with aggregates and system functions.
January 2021
Azure Cosmos DB: Multiple region Availability Zones support with single-region write now generally available
The general availability of Availability Zone support for Azure Cosmos DB accounts configured for two or more regions with single-region writes may lower pricing and includes increased availability SLA.
LIKE keyword support now generally available in Azure Cosmos DB
Announcing support for LIKE keyword, a popular SQL keyword for doing text search in Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Cosmos DB Management with PowerShell cmdlets is now generally available
Manage Azure Cosmos DB resources using PowerShell cmdlets in the Az.CosmosDB Powershell module—providing full support for all features in general availability for Azure Cosmos DB and across all API’s.
November 2020
Azure Cosmos DB transactional batch support for Java SDK 4.7.0 and above is now available
This new support satisfies a frequent customer ask for ACID-compliant transactions that succeed or fail altogether.
Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB in preview on all APIs
A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is now in preview for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs.
October 2020
Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: SQL serverless runtime support in preview
Azure Synapse Link now offers preview support for querying Azure Cosmos DB data with Synapse SQL serverless.
September 2020
Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB SDK v3.0.0 release now available
Now you can use the Spring Data framework with the Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API.
Azure Synapse Link now supports Azure Cosmos DB API for Mongo DB (Preview)
Analyze MongoDB data stored in Azure Cosmos DB collections using Azure Synapse Link.
Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: SQL serverless runtime support coming soon
Run analytical T-SQL queries and build near-real time Power BI dashboards over Azure Cosmos DB data.
Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB coming soon on all APIs
A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is coming soon.
Update your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDKs by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
We’ll be retiring version 1.x of the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK and the .NET Core SDK.
August 2020
Update your Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
We’ll be retiring version 1.x and 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK
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