Jay Gordon

Senior Program Manager, Azure Cosmos DB

Jay Gordon is a Senior Program Manager with Azure Cosmos DB focused on reaching developer communities. Jay is located in Brooklyn, NY.

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Exploring the Free Try Azure Cosmos DB Experience

September 28th, 2023
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, data is at the heart of everything we do. From e-commerce and healthcare to gaming and finance, businesses across all industries are relying on data to drive innovation, make informed decisions, and deliver exceptional user experiences. To harness the full potential of your data, you need a ...

Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 1: Attribute array

September 7th, 2023
Over the years, customers have asked us for help in designing applications around specific scenarios they were trying to achieve. In some cases, these centered around implementing certain patterns using a JSON-based NoSQL database. Some of these patterns are very common in the NoSQL world, but not well understood by those new to NoSQL ...

Register Now for Azure Cosmos DB North America Roadshow Events

May 18th, 2023
  The world of technology is rapidly evolving, and so are the tools we use to interact with it. As more organizations and developers look to leverage the power of AI and build intelligent applications with cloud scale databases, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB stands as a beacon, offering unmatched scalability, performance, and ...

The Azure Cosmos DB Conf call for speakers is now open!

December 14th, 2022
Azure Cosmos DB Conf is back for 2023 and the call for papers is now open!  Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a free virtual developer event happening on March 28th, 2023, organized by Microsoft with support from the greater Azure Cosmos DB community. This is the third year we’re holding the conference, with sessions delivered by both Microsoft ...

Are you up for the Azure Cosmos DB Cloud Skills Challenge!?

November 8th, 2022
The Azure Cosmos DB Developer Cloud Skills Challenge is here! This is a chance to expand your knowledge of Azure Cosmos DB on the road to certification. The challenge helps developers start building cloud-native applications with a fully managed NoSQL database. Across about 20 hours of instruction, you’ll learn to build, scale, and ...

Antipatterns on Azure Cosmos DB

September 20th, 2022
This post was authored by Microsoft MVP and Azure Cosmos DB community champion Blaize Stewart.  You can reach Blaize (@theonemule) on Twitter. Software developers of all kinds love patterns. They give us reusable ideas that can be applied in many different contexts. We also have antipatterns: bad practices and habits that crop up enough ...

Azure Cosmos DB SQL Studio is a Hidden Gem!

August 16th, 2022
This post was authored by Microsoft MVP and Azure Cosmos DB community champion Hasan Savran.  You can reach Hasan (@SavranWeb) on Twitter.  Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API has many features that can help you with your cloud projects in Microsoft Azure. Most of these features; especially the new ones are at the SDK level, and you need to ...

Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022 Review – Episode 45

June 13th, 2022
Welcome back!  We hope you enjoyed all the content and updates from the 2022 edition of Microsoft Build. Developers were able to watch and virtually attend over 500 different live sessions covering topics ranging from Java, Kubernetes, and Azure Cosmos DB, and more! Check out the video below for the full recap on the new and exciting features...

Azure Cosmos DB Live TV Episode 43 – Data Modeling for the Relational Mind

May 18th, 2022
Azure Cosmos DB Live TV returns with episode 43, where Principal Program Manager, Mark Brown and Microsoft MVP Sarah Dutkiewicz showcase how the relational mind can into the nonrelational side by looking at the differences in data modeling. They will walk through a common scenario and how relational modeling differs from modeling for document ...