As Microsoft’s Ignite digital event kicks off today, the company is announcing a range of new capabilities in its database platforms as well as within Azure Synapse Analytics, its combination cloud data warehouse/data lake service. One big announcement is the preview of a new version of SQL Server, which I’ve covered in a separate post. This post will cover the announced goodies in Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, and Azure Synapse Analytics.