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November 2023

Nov 15

Public preview: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB enables customers to prioritize critical high priority requests for execution during high traffic, while potentially throttling low priority requests.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Cross-account container copy for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

You can use offline cross-account container copy to migrate data across Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API accounts seamlessly using Azure CLI.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Azure Open AI “Use your data” integration with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Now you can easily leverage your data stored in Azure Cosmos DB for Mongo DB vCore for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Azure OpenAI models using the "Use your data" feature in Azure OpenAI Studio.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Dynamic scaling per partition and per region

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Autoscale gets even better with two new improvements -- scaling per partition and per region!

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Microsoft Copilot for Azure capability now available in Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Turn your questions into Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL queries with Microsoft Copilot for Azure.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB extension - Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore migration capability

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Migrate MongoDB workloads to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore using Azure Cosmos DB Migration for MongoDB extension in Azure Data Studio.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 13

Public Preview: Support for GraphQL APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Customers now have the power to expose GraphQL APIs through Azure API Management's self-hosted gateway.

  • Features

October 2023

Oct 25

General availability: Azure Synapse Link for existing MongoDB collections

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB enables near real time analytics, now available for existing MongoDB collections in Azure Cosmos DB for Mongo DB.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Oct 25

General availability: Azure Synapse Link compatibility with Cosmos DB continuous backup

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Now Azure Cosmos DB customers using continuous backup can enable Synapse Link in their database accounts.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Oct 25

General availability: PostgreSQL 16 production support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

You can now choose PostgreSQL 16 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.

  • Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Oct 6

Azure Cosmos DB built-in Jupyter notebooks will be retired March 30, 2024

Target retirement date: March 30, 2024

On 30 March 2024, the Azure Cosmos DB preview of built-in Jupyter notebooks will be retired. If you’re using notebooks to interact with your Azure Cosmos DB account, transition to run these notebooks using Visual Studio Code’s support for Jupyter notebooks, or your preferred notebooks client.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Retirements
Oct 5

Generally Available: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in Azure IoT Hub

NOW AVAILABLE

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
  • Services

September 2023

Sep 29

Update to Azure Functions Cosmos DB extension version 4.x by 31 August 2024 for continued support

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Applications hosted on Azure Functions that are using Azure Cosmos DB extension version 3.x will be unsupported after 31 August 2024.

  • Azure Functions
  • Retirements
Sep 27

Generally available: Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now partition your data in analytical store using keys that are critical for your business logic to achieve better query and data load performance.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Sep 13

Public Preview: Configure customer-managed keys on existing Cosmos DB accounts

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Configure customer-managed keys for your existing Azure Cosmos DB account with Azure Key Vault.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Sep 13

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Javascript SDK v4.0

IN PREVIEW

Open-source Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript v4.0 SDK empowers developers to streamline operations with enhanced ease and efficiency.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 16

Generally Available: SDK type bindings in Azure Functions

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Functions now supports binding to types from the Azure SDK, providing a richer development experience.

  • Azure Functions
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Aug 16

Public Preview: Azure Active Directory integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Now you can use Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.

  • Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Aug 16

General availability: Terraform support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Now you can use Terraform for unified inventory and management operations for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.

  • Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Aug 2

Public Preview: Intra-account collection copy in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

With intra-account collection copy in the Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB you can migrate data from one collection to another in an offline manner.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

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