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September 2020

1 Sep

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.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Retirements

February 2018

22 Feb

Azure Cosmos DB training webinars

NOW AVAILABLE

Join us as we explore Azure Cosmos DB in our seven-part training series with interactive question and answer opportunities throughout.

  • Features
8 Feb

Azure Cosmos DB Graph API

NOW AVAILABLE

This latest release provides improved performance and reduced latency with the use of third-party Gremlin connectors, support for Python and PHP platforms, and a preview of a .NET library for performant bulk import operations.

  • Features

January 2018

26 Jan

Azure Cosmos DB – Visual Studio now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

It’s now much easier to develop and debug an Azure function locally when it is consuming Cosmos DB change feed on Azure.

  • Features
26 Jan

Azure Cosmos DB – Higher provisions on unlimited collections

NOW AVAILABLE

Unlimited containers (collections) enable you to dynamically scale your provisioning from as low as 1,000 RU/sec to millions of RU/sec with no limit on storage consumption.

  • Features
26 Jan

Azure Cosmos DB – Now available in France preview

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Cosmos DB is now part of the preview of Microsoft Azure in France

  • Features

December 2017

8 Dec

Azure Cosmos DB Network Security – New IP Firewall rule

NOW AVAILABLE

We now support a new firewall rule that will allow you to limit access to your Azure Cosmos DB account from services deployed in Azure.

  • Features
8 Dec

Azure Cosmos DB Graph API

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Cosmos DB Graph API now supports the Apache Tinkerpop recommended Gremlin framework PHP.

  • Features

November 2017

17 Nov

Azure Cosmos DB SLA 99.999 per cent read availability at global scale

NOW AVAILABLE

Database accounts spanning two or more Azure regions will now have a 99.999 per cent SLA for read availability.

  • Features
17 Nov

Spark connector for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Spark connector for Azure Cosmos DB will enable real-time data science, machine learning, advanced analytics and exploration over globally distributed data in Azure Cosmos DB by connecting it to Apache Spark.

  • Features
17 Nov

Azure Cosmos DB Apache Cassandra API

IN PREVIEW

We’re excited to announce the preview of the Apache Cassandra API on Azure Cosmos DB. The Cassandra API in Azure Cosmos DB will allow developers who are familiar with Cassandra and using its SDKs and tools to lift-and-shift existing applications.

  • Features
17 Nov

Aggregation Pipeline preview and unique indexes for Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB API

IN PREVIEW

Aggregation pipeline support preview will allow Azure Cosmos DB developers using MongoDB API to perform data manipulation in multi-stage pipelines even within a single query, enabling the streamlined development of more sophisticated applications.

  • Features

August 2015

20 Aug

Azure Cosmos DB: Geospatial indexing and query support

Azure Cosmos DB supports geospatial indexing and querying.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
  • Features

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