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Nov 18, 2025
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What’s New in Semantic Search for Azure Cosmos DB at Ignite 2025

James Codella
James Codella

We’re excited to introduce new capabilities and performance improvements for vector and full-text search in Azure Cosmos DB. These updates make it easier for developers and architects to build semantic search experiences and generative AI applications on the world’s most scalable NoSQL database. Note: These new capabilities are actively rolling ...

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQLAIQuery
Nov 5, 2025
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Now Available: Sort Geospatial Query Results by ST_Distance in Azure Cosmos DB

James Codella
James Codella

Azure Cosmos DB’s geospatial capabilities just got even better! We're excited to announce that you can now sort query results by distance using an ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE(...) clause in the NoSQL query language while leveraging a spatial index. Why is this important? Previously, you could use ST_DISTANCE in projections or WHERE clauses to fi...

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQLQuery
Nov 5, 2025
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Query Advisor for Azure Cosmos DB: Actionable insights to improve performance and cost

James Codella Minh Le
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Minh

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now features Query Advisor, designed to help you write faster and more efficient queries. Whether you’re optimizing for performance, cost, or scalability, Query Advisor provides actionable recommendations to help you get the most out of your data. Why Query Optimization Matters Azure Cosmos DB’s SQL API is flexible and e...

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May 19, 2025
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New Generally Available and Preview Search Capabilities in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

James Codella
James Codella

At Microsoft Build 2025, we're excited to announce general availability of search capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB, including full-text and hybrid search, enabling developers to build highly performant, scalable, and intelligent applications. We're also introducing new preview enhancements such as multi-language support and fuzzy search, further en...

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQLAIQuery
Sep 25, 2024
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Announcing Cost and Performance Improvements with Azure Cosmos DB’s Binary Encoding

Rodrigo Souza
Rodrigo Souza

We are excited to announce a significant enhancement to Azure Cosmos DB, bringing substantial cost savings and performance improvements to our users. The new binary encoding feature is now available for new containers and will soon be available for existing ones. What is Binary Encoding? Binary encoding converts JSON or other text-based data form...

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Jan 13, 2022
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Tips & Tricks for Query Pagination in Azure Cosmos DB

Tim Sander
Tim Sander

In this blog, we'll take a look at tips for query pagination in Azure Cosmos DB. Pagination is the process of dividing a large volume of data across many small pages.

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQLTips and TricksQuery
Dec 15, 2021
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Reading data with Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB v3

Ravi Tella
Ravi Tella

Discover best practices to help improve the read performance of Spring applications when using the new Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB v3 for Core (SQL) API.

Java SDKAzure Cosmos DB for NoSQLTips and Tricks
Nov 2, 2021
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Optimize query performance with Azure Cosmos DB indexing metrics

Tim Sander
Tim Sander

You can now use the Azure Cosmos DB indexing metrics, now generally available, to optimize query performance! The indexing metrics show indexes that the query engine used and index recommendations for improving query performance.

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQLQuery