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- Logic Apps Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
- BizTalk Services Seamlessly integrate the enterprise and the cloud
- Service Bus Connect across private and public cloud environments
- API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
- StorSimple Hybrid cloud storage for enterprises, reduces costs and improves data security
- SQL Server Stretch Database Dynamically stretch on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
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- Azure Active Directory Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Recent DocumentDB Updates
Cross-partition ORDER BY queries available in DocumentDB Java and Node.js SDKs
October 14, 2016 - The DocumentDB Java SDK and DocumentDB Node.js SDK are available. Both include support for TOP and ORDER BY queries on partitioned collections.
DocumentDB Python SDK 2.0.0 supports Python 3
October 3, 2016 - The Azure DocumentDB Python SDK now supports Python 3 and provides connection pooling, performance improvements to consistency levels, and ORDER BY support for cross-partition queries.
Go faster with DocumentDB .NET SDK 1.10.0
September 30, 2016 - Azure DocumentDB .NET SDK 1.10.0 is available and includes a few specific improvements, the biggest of which is direct connectivity support for partitioned collections.