Is CosmosDB the One?

CosmosDB is a flexible, powerful database, but is it the best one? Steve has a few thoughts.

CosmosDB Change Feed Processing

This article was created to help readers understand CosmosDB change feed processing.

What is NoSQL?

Steve talks about the definition of what a NoSQL database might be and where they are useful.

Azure Cosmos DB Consistency Levels

The majority of traditional database management systems are responsible for making sure that any changes to their data are consistently reflected in the results of subsequent queries. Azure Cosmos DB extends the range of consistency options by providing support for bounded-staleness, session, and consistent prefix models.

Current State of the NewSQL/NoSQL Cloud Arena

Choosing the right data platform is not an easy task. Warner Chaves compares the capabilities of the big three Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, Microsoft’s Cosmos DB, Google’s Cloud Spanner, and Amazon’s DynamoDB, to help you make the right choice for your application.

Cosmos DB

The Full Court CosmosDB Press

Microsoft is pushing CosmosDB quite a bit this year.

Cosmos DB properties

Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is the latest data service offering from Microsoft. Azure Cosmos DB is a super set of DocumentDB and provides a new set of capabilities. These capabilities make Azure Cosmos DB stand out from other members in the NoSQL database family.

Microsoft Azure DocumentDB

Microsoft's DocumentDB is a late-entrant in the Document-oriented database field. However, it benefits from being designed from the start as a cloud service with a SQL-like language. It is intended for mobile and web applications. Its JSON document-notation is compatible with the integrated JavaScript language that drives its multi-document transaction processing via stored procedures, triggers and UDFs. Robert Sheldon investigates its SQL-like query language.