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April 2024

24 Apr

Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL queries

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Reduce RU-costs and improve query speeds with Index Advisor!

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
24 Apr

General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Leverage historical LLM responses with Azure Cosmos DB and LangChain!

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
24 Apr

Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB improves its vector search capabilities with filtered vector search, now in preview.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
24 Apr

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Store cluster backup in another region. Restore cluster in the primary or another region.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
24 Apr

General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

The HNSW vector index is now generally available in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
10 Apr

Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2024

Get near-real time analytics on your Azure Cosmos DB data in Microsoft Fabric with zero-ETL.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

March 2024

27 Mar

Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
13 Mar

General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
13 Mar

General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
13 Mar

Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

February 2024

28 Feb

General availability: Azure SDKs support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Now you can use Azure SDKs including .NET SDK, Go SDK, Java SDK, JavaScript SDK, and Python SDK to manage the lifecycle of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
28 Feb

General availability: Azure CLI support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

You can now use Azure CLI to manage the whole lifecycle of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters from provisioning to scaling to configuration changes and starting/stopping cluster compute.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

January 2024

31 Jan

General availability: PgAudit in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Database session and object audit logging of database activities in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
31 Jan

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Customer-managed keys (CMK)

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Customer-managed keys allow you to use your own key for cluster data encryption at rest.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
22 Jan

Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q4 2024: Spring Cloud Gateway supports a response cache and more

NOW AVAILABLE

Recent updates to the Enterprise plan include improved response caching in Spring Cloud Gateway, a more secure try-out option in API Portal, and enhanced application-level settings in Service Connector. Additionally, there's richer build history information to help with troubleshooting. For both Enterprise and Basic/Standard plans, Azure Spring Apps now offer scheduled maintenance for updates and an auto-sync feature for certificates, making application management more efficient and secure.

  • Azure Spring Apps
  • Services
  • Features
17 Jan

Public preview: Partition merge now supports shared throughput databases

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

You can now merge partitions in Azure Cosmos DB on shared throughput databases. Merging partitions allows you to reduce the number of physical partitions used for your container.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

November 2023

22 Nov

General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are announcing the general availability of the time travel capability in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and MongoDB API.

  • Features
22 Nov

General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are announcing the general availability of the CDC capability from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
15 Nov

General availability: Azure AI Advantage for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Today, we are excited to announce the Azure AI Advantage customer offer.

  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
15 Nov

General availability: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Unlock next-level AI applications with native vector similarity search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

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