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Generally available: Pgvector extension on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Native vector data type enables easy storage of AI generated embeddings performing Euclidean and inner product and cosine distance searches--directly within the database.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration
Build your apps now using Vercel to easily connect an existing Azure Cosmos DB database to your Vercel projects.
May 2023
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB SDKs OpenTelemetry and Application Insights integration
Monitoring your applications is easier than ever with new support for OpenTelemetry and improved Application Insights integration.
Public Preview: Time-travel for Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB
Rewind to read previous transactions in Synapse Link containers to analyze previous versions of your document with time-travel for Azure Synapse Link
Generally Available: Cost-optimizations with transformations on Log Analytics for troubleshooting Cosmos DB
Optimize costs on your Log Analytics workspace by adding transformation rules to your Cosmos DB LA tables.
Public Preview: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore enhances AI-driven applications using OpenAI API or custom-built solutions by incorporating vector similarity search into your database.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB serverless container with 1 TB storage
Azure Cosmos DB serverless 1-TB is now generally available. Enjoy expanded storage capacity, allowing you to store up to 1 TB of data in a single container.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB hierarchical partition keys
Now generally available, hierarchical partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB enables you to partition your data with up to three levels of keys.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB all versions and deletes change feed mode
The new all versions and deletes mode for change feed allows you to read item creates, updates, and deletes that occurred within the continuous backup period configured on your account.
Public Preview: Materialized views for Cosmos DB NoSQL API
Create materialized views on top of your NoSQL containers to reduce cross partition queries, improve speed, and reduce costs.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB computed properties
Simplify complex queries using computed properties which can represent frequently used query logic such as expressions based on persisted item properties and can be indexed for increased performance.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB burst capacity
Now generally available, Azure Cosmos DB burst capacity helps improve performance by allowing you to use idle throughput to handle temporary spikes in traffic.
April 2023
Public Preview : Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Data Encryption with Customer Managed Keys
Data encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL allows you to bring your own key for data protection at rest.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL REST APIs
Use REST APIs for all cluster operations to streamline your ongoing management experience with one or many clusters.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster compute start and stop
Stop and start compute on all cluster nodes to optimize cost of your Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.
General availability: Improved scaling model for Azure Functions with Target Based Scaling
Scaling improvement for Service Bus, Event Hubs, Storage Queue, and Cosmos DB is now available for the Azure Functions Consumption and Premium plans.
March 2023
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Unlock the full potential of the Azure ecosystem with a MongoDB compatible database that simply works. A new architecture designed to provide seamless integration and unbeatable performance.
Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases
Improve development velocity and efficiency via modern REST and GraphQL API using the new data API builder with support for multiple Azure databases.
Public Preview: Change data capture for Azure Cosmos DB analytical store
Build CDC data flows from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store, at no RUs cost, with Azure Synapse Analytics or Azure Data Factory.
Generally available: Burstable compute for single node configurations for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Use new burstable compute in single node configurations to start small with distributed Postgres and scale out later.
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