MongoDB Atlas Release Notes

2019 Releases

16 April 2019 Release

• Supports Microsoft Azure VNet peering.
• Can load sample data into an Atlas cluster.
• Supports the Microsoft Azure South Africa North region.
• Supports the Google Cloud Platform Zurich region.
• Offers self-serve customers option to sign up for a support package.

26 March 2019 Release

• Atlas instances can re-use public IP addresses when replaced in the same region.
• Can configure backup schedule and retention for Snapshots Backup.
• AWS EC2 Capacity for all instance sizes in all regions and availability zones is visible via the Atlas Admin UI.

05 March 2019 Release

• UX improvements to the cluster Connect modal.
• Most server replacements get initial data from a disk snapshot of the primary instead of an initial sync.
• Support for new shared tier regions:
  • AWS
    • eu-central-1 (M2/M5)
    • eu-west-1 (M0)
    • us-west-2 (M0)
  • Azure
    • northeurope (M0)
    • westus (M0/M2/M5)
• Cloud Provider Snapshots for Geo-sharded clusters.

13 February 2019 Release

• Supports Google Cloud Peering.
• Introduces Analytics Nodes. These are similar to read-only nodes but this special node type makes use of replica set tags to let you target workloads to specific secondaries.
• Support for AWS Stockholm region. With this region comes a new largest cluster instance size, M700.
• Atlas on Azure 2.0.
  • M10, M80, and M200 instances are now supported in all regions. The M90 instance size is going to be removed shortly.
  • Pricing reductions in most regions.
  • All Azure instances have been migrated to latest generation hardware.

23 January 2019 Release

• Optimizes safe cluster upgrades after failure (no user-facing components, internal Atlas planner optimizations).
• Allows creation of API Keys that are scoped to an organization and are not tied to a human.
• Credit cards will be authorized for a small amount ($1.00) to reduce the risk of failed charges.
• Users can now remove themselves from a project.

01 January 2019 Release

• Optimizes automated rollout to ensure that rollouts happen within 1 U.S. East business day for non-maintenance-window projects.
• Provides more visibility to maintenance timing in the administration user interface.
• Supports On-Demand Cloud Provider Snapshots.

2018 Releases

04 December 2018 Release

• Allow users to set when they would prefer to start Atlas maintenance.
• Support NVMe storage.
• Create and manage custom roles for MongoDB database users.
• Can peer across regions.
• Improved speed of backup restores for Continuous Backup.

13 November 2018 Release

• Improved the Cluster Connect experience.
• Support for sharded clusters for Snapshot Backup in both AWS and Azure.
• Support for new GCP regions:
  • Finland
  • Los Angeles
  • Hong Kong

24 October 2018 Release

• Improved experience for connecting to cluster.
• Can now set advanced configuration options when deploying the Business Intelligence Connector.
• Can restrict MongoDB employee access to their Atlas servers.
• Can use Snapshot Backups for sharded clusters AWS and Azure as private beta.
• Can now create rolling indexes via Data Explorer.

04 October 2018 Release

• Ability for Project Owners to disable the use of Data Explorer for their Project.

11 September 2018 Release

• Encrypted Storage Engine available with Azure KeyVault integration
• Data Explorer Available for Atlas Shared Tier (M0/M2/M5)
• Public API: Ability to perform point in time automated restores
• Send project alert notifications to organization members by role

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