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March 2023

Mar 1

Generally available: 4 TiB, 8 TiB, and 16 TiB storage per node for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Onboard even larger distributed Postgres workloads to Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL with fewer nodes using 4 TiB, 8 TiB, or 16 TiB storage per node.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

January 2023

Jan 9

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2023

Now in public preview: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time.

  • Features
Jan 4

Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB V2 Connector for Power BI

IN PREVIEW

Import data into Power BI dashboards using DirectQuery mode when filtering so aggregations can be pushed down to Azure Cosmos DB to reduce data movement and improve performance.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

December 2022

Dec 14

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4

NOW AVAILABLE

Authenticate to Azure Functions with Azure Active Directory using the Azure Cosmos DB extension version 4.

  • Features
Dec 14

Generally available: Updated API names for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

See multiple updated API names in Azure Cosmos DB on product pages, in technical documentation, and billing that will not impact your experience, product functionality, or performance.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Dec 14

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now available in new regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Create Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters now in the Sweden Central and Switzerland West regions.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Regions & Datacenters
Dec 14

Public Preview: Materialized view for Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra

IN PREVIEW

Experience even greater compatibility for native Apache Cassandra with materialized view.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Dec 14

Generally Available: Azure Functions Extension Bundle v4

NOW AVAILABLE

The latest Azure Functions Extension Bundle is now generally available.

  • Features

November 2022

Nov 30

General availability: Cross-region read replicas for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Build applications with cross-region read replicas for read scalability and disaster recovery with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Citus 11.1 support

NOW AVAILABLE

Run the latest Citus 11.1 version when using clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters, a managed service for distributed Postgres databases.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Blob Storage integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Now you can interact with your Azure Blob Storage directly from Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, making it a perfect staging environment for getting your data into the cloud.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

Generally available: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Now you can select PostgreSQL 15 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 21

Public preview: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in IoT Hub

IN PREVIEW

Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 9

General availability: Retryable writes in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

NOW AVAILABLE

Develop your applications with more flexibility with retryable writes in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 9

Public preview: Intra-account container copy for Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Intra-account container copy helps you create offline copies of containers within Azure Cosmos DB SQL API and Cassandra API accounts.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features

October 2022

Oct 26

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB data plane RBAC

NOW AVAILABLE

Create users and roles and configure fine-grained access to your database account data for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB data plane.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API

IN PREVIEW

Unlock near real time analytics on your graph data with Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
Oct 12

General availability: 16MB limit per document in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

NOW AVAILABLE

Develop your applications with more flexibility with a higher 16MB document limit in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Open Source
Oct 12

Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Build distributed PostgreSQL applications that scale globally with cross-region read replicas with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Services
  • Management
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Open Source
Oct 12

General availability: Use managed identities to access Cosmos DB from Stream Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2022

You can use managed identity to authenticate to your Cosmos DB output from Azure Stream Analytics.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

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