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RSS feedNovember 2022
General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers
With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.
Public preview: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to set up an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.
General availability: Retryable writes in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Develop your applications with more flexibility with retryable writes in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
Public preview: Intra-account container copy for Azure Cosmos DB
Intra-account container copy helps you create offline copies of containers within Azure Cosmos DB SQL API and Cassandra API accounts.
October 2022
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB data plane RBAC
Create users and roles and configure fine-grained access to your database account data for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB data plane.
Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API
Unlock near real time analytics on your graph data with Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API.
General availability: 16MB limit per document in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Develop your applications with more flexibility with a higher 16MB document limit in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Build distributed PostgreSQL applications that scale globally with cross-region read replicas with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
August 2022
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache
Optimize your Azure Cosmos DB workloads using the integrated cache, an in-memory cache built-in to the Azure Cosmos DB dedicated gateway.
Generally available: Audit log for continuous mode with Azure Cosmos DB
Audit your restore actions on continuous mode in Azure Cosmos DB accounts.
June 2022
Public preview: Azure Data Studio MongoDB extension for Azure Cosmos DB
Use the new Azure Data Studio MongoDB extension for Azure Cosmos DB to manage all your MongoDB resources.
Public preview: Continuous backup enhancements in Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB accounts can now take advantage of continuous backup with seven-day data retention and point-in-time restore capabilities.
Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB SQL API Go SDK improvements
Use new Go SDK features in your Azure Cosmos DB SQL API account including authentication with Azure Active Directory, the ability to execute single partition queries, and transactional batch support.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API Query Engine improvements
Query your Azure Cosmos DB containers even more efficiently with new query engine optimizations.
Generally available: Improved Try Azure Cosmos DB for free experience
Get started using Azure Cosmos DB for free.
Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB serverless container storage limit increase to 1TB
Store up to 1TB of data in Azure Cosmos DB serverless containers.
Public preview: Linux emulator with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
Develop and test locally at no cost on Linux and macOS with Azure Cosmos DB Linux emulator with API for MongoDB support.
Public preview: 16 MB limit per document in API for MongoDB
Develop your applications with more flexibility with a new higher 16 MB document limit in the API for MongoDB.
May 2022
Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB data plane RBAC
The API for MongoDB now includes the ability to create users and roles and configure fine-grained access to your database account data.
Public preview: Enhanced elasticity features for Azure Cosmos DB
Elasticity features for Azure Cosmos DB help achieve the best scalability and performance, including increased serverless capacity, database traffic burst handling, partition throughput redistribution, partition merge, and hierarchical partition keys.
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