Microsoft has released a major update of Azure Cosmos DB, the company’s NoSQL database service for several models.
One important development is that Cosmo DB users now have access to advanced data recovery options that allow them to create point-in-time backup points or recover data from specific periods of time.
Another important change is the introduction of a serverless price plan. Subscribers to this Cosmos DB billing system are charged based on the resources used for each database operation they perform. Microsoft wants the system to meet the needs of organizations that have abnormal traffic loads, such as application developers.
Overall, these changes introduced by Microsoft are aimed at making Cosmos DB a more cost-effective product and offering more flexibility to customers. For example, users can now use their own encryption keys in Azure Cosmos DB. Previously, the database could only be encrypted using a Microsoft-generated key.
Since its launch in 2017, the Azure Cosmos DB platform has been recognized for its outstanding scalability thanks to its guaranteed speed and robust APIs for Gremlin, Cassandra, and MongoDB. The latest round of updates takes this to the next level with the use of autoscaled throughput provisioning, which Microsoft has called “autopilot mode” that allows SLAs to be maintained while expanding to predefined maximum throughput loads.
The update for Azure DB was released at Microsoft Build 2020, which was released in Seattle on May 19 and 21. All face-to-face meetings were canceled due to the new crown eruption and converted to webinars.